Teaching Assistant

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and flexible Cover Supervisor to coordinate and allocate daily cover arrangements for planned and unplanned staff absence. The successful candidate will have experience in coordinating a timetable and working with children. Excellent time management, organisational skills and working to deadlines is essential for this post. The role involves 2/3 classroom cover and 1/3 cover supervisor duties and responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• To take responsibility for classroom assistance in order to help promote effective teaching and learning for pupils and students.
• Support and supervise pupils and students throughout the school day.
• Assist the teacher in keeping a record of events and progress, bringing issues of concern to the class teacher to ensure full pupil/student data is available to inform assessment and future planning.
• Assist in keeping records of pupil/student progress and report achievement in line with school policy

Key Requirements:

• Experience of working with children
• GSCE or equivalent in maths and English
• Working with children with special needs
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team

Confident and self-motivated in exercising
appropriate initiative