Cover Supervisor (Full Time or Part Time, Flexible hours to suit)

Swindon Academy is looking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our highly experienced team of support staff within the secondary phase of the school.

Working alongside other cover supervisors you will play a fundamental role in supporting a mixture of planned and reactive cover requirements across a full range of subject areas.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and professional person who can effectively manage classroom behaviour, introduce and support cover work and ensure lesson outcomes are achieved in the absence of the classroom teacher across a full range of subjects. They will be able to help all students understand the value of their education, be able to facilitate a happy and productive classroom experience and be a positive role model to all students they work with. (Swindon Academy has a clear and robust behaviour policy which means that if a pupil disrupts learning, they are removed from the lesson.)

Cover Supervisors at Swindon Academy can access the same outstanding training activities and support we offer to our subject specialist teachers, and there is a great opportunity to take a full role in school life alongside the cover duties., If you would like to contribute to our exciting school and would like to find out more, please email Karen Wright at email removed - Interim Principal. She will arrange a visit or an informal call to talk about the role.

You will first and foremost be a reliable person, with the organisation and communication skills required to effectively manage the cover provision at the academy and in doing so build positive relationships with Faculty Leaders, SLT and pastoral staff across the academy. You will be reflective and resilient in the face of setbacks and be open to making improvements to the systems and processes around you.

Being familiar with a school setting and the systems that govern it is advantageous as it will allow you to navigate the unique challenges of the classroom. This may have been achieved through other appointments in other cover supervisor roles, teaching, mentoring, or work completed in other youth organisations. This role may also be suitable for qualified teachers - from any discipline - who are looking for a different professional challenge whilst retaining experience in the classroom.

The successful candidate will be joining a team that is firmly committed to making Swindon Academy one of the best academies in the UK. The value of being part of a great team should never be underestimated. Being a member of Swindon Academy means you will be joining a supportive and talented group of staff who will invest in your professional development. This role will be excellent preparation for your future career, wherever that may take you. There is the possibility of training to teach in the future if you are interested. Further information about the unique benefits and strengths of Swindon Academy can be found via our website., At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students.

Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years.

After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a 'Good' school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, "Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.

United Learning

Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed.