Cover Supervisor (Gildredge House)

Package Description

Salary: Two-point salary range starting at Grade 4 Point 9 on the Gildredge House Support Staff Scale 2024-25: £24,404 FTE (actual salary £19,126 pro rata) rising to Grade 4 Point 10: £24,790 FTE (actual salary £19,428 pro rata) for a full academic year.
Contract type: Fixed term
Working pattern: Part time

Closing date: 09 May 2025 at 09:00 a.m.
Interview date: The week following the closing date

How to apply: If you are interested in the position please download the Application Pack on our website.

Please complete the Application for Employment and return to careers@gildredgehouse.org.uk by 9.00 a.m. on 09 May 2025

Job Introduction

• Do you subscribe to high levels of standards and behaviour in a school?
• Are you flexible and forward thinking?
• Do you possess high emotional intelligence?
• Can you be creative and show initiative?

If the answer is ‘yes’ to these questions, then Gildredge House wants to hear from you.

We are looking to appoint a strong candidate to the post of Cover Supervisor – Maternity cover to work across both our Primary Phase and Secondary Phase to cover for absent teachers and to ensure that students are engaged in their work.

As the Cover Supervisor, you will be responsible for providing students with work set by their teacher. You will be highly skilled in creating an excellent learning environment and in keeping students on task. You will demonstrate your abilities to be resilient and creative in a busy school environment. The role is likely to be predominantly in the Secondary phase, but there will also be cover to be provided in the Primary phase.

You will be confident in applying the school’s behaviour management policy in all areas of the school.

Our school motto: 'Aspire'

Gildredge House offers:

• continuity of education for boys and girls aged 4-16
• an expectation of high academic standards
• strong discipline
• excellent pastoral care
• a range of extra-curricular activities
• parent and community involvement

As an employee of the school, you would benefit from:

• A two-week break in the Autumn Term, allowing for holidays to be taken out of peak season
• A supportive induction programme for new staff to the school.
• Investment into your career development through appropriate, regular CPD
• Support and mentoring by a strong Senior Leadership Team and other experienced leaders.
• Access to a full employee assistance programme, in support of wellbeing
• Complimentary tea and coffee in our staffroom
• Ample on-site parking

If you would like to find out more, please get in touch. We welcome visits from prospective

candidates, by appointment. Please contact us via: careers@gildredgehouse.org.uk Tel: 01323 400650 to enquire.

If you are interested in the position please download the Application Pack on our website: Staff Vacancies - Gildredge House School. Please complete the Application for Employment and return to careers@gildredgehouse.org.uk by 9.00 a.m. on 09 May 2025.

Gildredge House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All offers of employment with the school are subject to pre-employment checks which will include References, Health, Right to Work in UK, a satisfactory Enhanced DBS with Children’s Barred List check and a Declaration that they are not a disqualified person under the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations 2006.

Please note that under the UK GDPR, by replying to this advert, you are consenting to Gildredge House processing and retaining your personal information for the purposes of this application. You have the right to withdraw your consent and ask for your data to be deleted at any time, however it will then not be possible for Gildredge House to process your application any further. For further details please see the specific Privacy Policy for job applicants which can be found at https://www.gildredgehouse.org.uk/our-school/data-protection.

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.