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SalaryBUC10596
Permanent
Full Time
Enhanced with Barred List
8 Jan 2024, 11 p.m.
9 Feb 2024
Office@highcrestacademy.org.uk
Overview
The Highcrest Academy are looking to recruit a Cover Supervisor on a term time plus one week (39 weeks per year) 32½ hours per week permanent position. No two days will be the same. You will be required to undertake admin and other support duties as directed when not providing classroom cover.
Term time only
Salary Type: Bucks pay
Salary details: Bucks PayScale 4 pro rata. Actual salary form: £19,804 - £21,426 PA depending on experience.
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 32½ hours per week, term time + insets (39 weeks of the year)
Closing date: 09/02/2024 00:00
About us
Our Ofsted Report February 2020 says “The school has a warm and welcoming atmosphere” and “Pupils at The Highcrest Academy happily live up to the school’s motto of ‘aspire and achieve’.
Our aim is to establish a culture of excellence throughout every element of our academy and move us from Good to Outstanding.
There are approximately 1,000 students on roll, which includes the Sixth Form. A recently completed building programme comprises a brand-new Sixth Form Centre, sports facilities including a gym, and a new restaurant and coffee shop for both students and staff. We also have a thriving House system that brings our whole school community together.
www.highcrestacademy.org.uk
About the role
As a Cover Supervisor no two days will be the same. You will have a strong classroom presence working with young people in a teaching or non-teaching capacity. You will cover for absent colleagues, ensuring registers completed on time. taking an active role in teaching the work set, engaging with students and upholding the academy’s high expectations.
You will be required to undertake admin and other support duties as directed when not providing cover. You will receive strong support from a "Flagship” inclusion school, and will participate in all aspects of life at the academy.
About you
- Experience in working with children
- A commitment to the student, to enable all students to be successful; a willingness to challenge others in the student’s best interest
- Empathy with, and keenness to contribute to, the aims of the school
- An ability to set clear expectations, to demand high standards and to hold others accountable for their performance
- A constant drive for improvement
- An ability to think creatively
- An ability to provide clear direction to students, to motivate and inspire them
- An excellent record of attendance and punctuality
Qualifications and Training:
- Educated to at Least A-Level
- Confident ICT user
Other information
Highcrest offers both an excellent induction and support programme for NQTs and an innovative and extensive CPD package. There is also the possibility of shared living accommodation.
“Staff feel very well supported by senior leaders. According to staff, they feel valued because senior leaders are approachable..” ... Ofsted Report February 2020.
A thriving school in the heart of the community, with free on-site parking, staff recognition schemes and free gym to counter the “Friday Biscuits” and on-site coffee shop! Just 30 minutes by train from Central London, The Highcrest Academy is the first All Ability Academy in the county of Buckinghamshire. It is culturally diverse and a vibrant school making it a fantastic place to work. We have some students who will need all your support and yet have also featured in the national Ofsted report for providing challenge to the most able
The Highcrest Academy is fully committed to safeguarding children (policies on our website). All members of staff are in a “regulated” role under the Vetting & Barring Scheme and have to be DBS cleared prior to employment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
