Job Title: Cover Supervisor
Salary: OCL SCP 7 - 11 + LGPS (£25,584 – £27,269 FT equivalent)
Actual Salary depending on hours worked.
Closing Date: midnight on Sunday 16th March 2025
Interviews: shortly following the closing date.
Start date: ASAP
Please note we are advertising for 2 positions:
Contract:
One permanent post
or
One fixed term post until 31st August 2025
Contractual Hours: Term-Time only, Monday to Friday 8.30 am – 3.45pm, however a fewer number of days will be considered.
We are looking for an exceptional individual to join our successful team at Oasis Academy Brislington.
Who We Are
Oasis Academy Brislington is part of the Oasis Community Learning family, a multi-academy trust with the express purpose of transforming schools into community hubs, through applying a holistic view of education.
This is an exciting time to join us at Oasis Brislington, under the leadership of newly appointed Principal. We are a large and oversubscribed secondary academy with 1,400 students on roll. The academy was inspected by OFSTED in October 2021 and was categorised as a ‘Good’ school by the inspection team.
We are an inclusive 11-16 community whose aim is to ensure 'Excellence as Standard' in everything we do. We want our students to become the very best version of themselves; our vision is to equip them with the confidence, knowledge and skills to stand as "first among equals". We are incredibly proud of our students and the wonderful people we see them blossom into throughout their time with us.
The Academy
• A supportive network and family of staff in a motivating working environment
• Fantastic community of children, parents and carers who deserve the best
• Genuine opportunity to make a difference where it is needed
• Opportunities for training and development internally and externally
• Generous local government pension scheme
• Access to free counselling service
• Free eye tests
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Healthcare Cash Plan
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to support the running of our Academy to create a structured environment for pupils to complete pre-prepared curriculum activities in the absence of their teacher. The main focus of the role is supervising classes/groups of students to ensure that they carry out the work set by their teacher to ensure continuity of learning.
This is an excellent opportunity for anyone wishing to gain further experience in a supportive school environment as part of their career development and offers invaluable experience.
Please note that a teaching qualification is not required for this role.
You should enjoy working with young people and be able to establish positive working relationships; setting and upholding high expectations for learning and behaviour. Cover supervisors use the same systems as teaching colleagues to ensure positive learning behaviour in lessons and constructive, calm learning environments.
New cover supervisors are supported by our established teaching staff and are given the opportunity to spend time observing colleagues in the classroom. Time is also dedicated to developing the key skills required for delivering cover lessons, including: managing a classroom, opening and closing lessons and behaviour management.
In addition to the above, cover supervisors also support other areas of the school as appropriate and where capacity permits.
The Successful Candidate
Do you have the passion and skills to change the lives of young people in south Bristol by becoming an influence who believes, makes a difference and supports our students to achieve beyond their expectations? The successful candidate will:
• Have excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build positive relationships
• Be a good team player
• Have an experience of working within education establishment
• Have good level of ICT skills, i.e., Microsoft Package
• Be able to demonstrate flexibility and very good organisational skills
• Have emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes
• Have a good sense of humour
If you are interested in applying, please read the full job description and person specification. We cannot accept CVs for this role, therefore, please complete our standard job application form and submit it via the eTeach portal by no later than midnight on 16th March 2025. The interviews will be scheduled shortly following the closing date.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Oasis is committed to making a difference to the lives of the communities it works in, and as such, you must show a willingness to demonstrate commitment to the values and behaviours, which flow from the Oasis ethos. However, as a secular Academy, we actively seek applications from candidates of any faith or non-faith to join our completely inclusive community that is based on a set of shared, commonly held values.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.
Oasis Academy Brislington is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.