Grace Academy Coventry is seeking an enthusiastic and well‑organised Cover Supervisor/Professional Assistant to provide high‑quality supervision of students during lessons when a staff member is absent, on a term‑time only basis. The role will support smooth classroom operations, assist students with set activities, and maintain safety and behaviour standards.
Key responsibilities
- Supervise cover lessons and register attendance for absent teachers.
- Provide a safe and controlled environment for students to complete assigned work.
- Collect work set by the Head of Department or sent in by the absent teacher and use it when supervising a class.
- Manage student behaviour using the Academy’s Behaviour for Learning procedure as necessary.
- Collect completed work from lessons and deliver it to the Head of Department or other subject teacher.
- Be attached to one or two faculties, supporting individuals, groups of students, or teachers.
Benefits
- A friendly, innovative and exciting community.
- A vibrant learning environment where students are ready and focused on learning.
- Professional development through the Trust’s ‘Cultivating Excellence’ support structure.
- Opportunities for training and development via the teaching school at Sponne School.
- Access to an internal market for promotions within the growing Trust.
- Pension schemes for both teaching and support staff.
- Medicash Health Plan covering a range of healthcare expenses.
- Use of onsite gym and sporting facilities.
- Free lunch when undertaking a duty.
- Free refreshments in the staffroom throughout the day.
- Staff wellbeing/workload committees that support staff wellbeing and organise social events.
- Employee Assistance programme providing free counselling and wellbeing packages.
- Free eye‑care vouchers and annual flu vaccinations.
- Free work laptop and up-to-date IT equipment.
- Plenty of on‑site parking.
