We welcome applications to join our excellent Cover Team in a dynamic and rewarding role as a Cover Co-ordinator. At the start and end of each day, this dynamic role will co-ordinate meeting the learning provision needs across the school’s curriculum, alongside doing classroom cover supervision during the day as well as the opportunity to provide general administrative support.
Essential Requirements
Education and Experience
- Very good numeracy, literacy and IT skills
- Experience of working with relevant age groups within a learning environment
- Experience of working with children with additional needs
- Experience of general clerical/ administrative work
- Experience in a relevant discipline
- Training in relevant strategies in appropriate curriculum or learning area
- Ability to work independently during early mornings as well as the ability to work well as part of a team during the rest of the day
- Excellent communication skills, particularly in doing so with external agencies.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work well as part of a team
- An understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities
- Good working knowledge of national curriculum and other relevant learning programmes
- An ability to understand the principles of child development and learning processes and in particular barriers to learning
- Ability to observe, monitor and provide constructive feedback on pupils’ progress
- Good working knowledge of relevant policies and codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation
- Ability to contribute to plan effective actions for pupils at risk of underachieving.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with pupils, treating them equitably with respect and consideration
- Ability to understand the roles of parents and carers in pupils learning and demonstrate ability to liaise with parents and carers sensitively and effectively
- Ability to provide necessary personal care to children
- Ability to successfully complete first aid training as required
- Ability and willingness to identify own training needs and participate in training and evaluate own learning
- To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school.
How to apply
For further information and an application form please refer to the links on the TES website or visit our website www.ephs.ealing.sch.uk and forward completed forms to Ms Wendy Henderson, the Headteacher’s PA on whenderson@ephs.ealing.sch.uk
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will need to undertakea DBS enhanced clearance for the school.
Please note we do not accept CVs, and these will not be shortlisted.
Closing date Midday on Thursday 22nd May 2025
Job starts As soon as possible