We are seeking two friendly and enthusiastic Cover Supervisors to work full time or part time (covering the hours of 8am - 4pm, Monday to Friday) to provide a cover service for absent teachers.

We are a friendly school, severing a richly diverse community in north Bristol. We are building success on our core ORCHARD values of being: Open-minded, Respectful, Creative and Curious, Healthy, Ambitious, Responsible and Determined. Our studetns are wonderful - they value our staff, knowing that you can make a real difference to their lives. The mission statement of the school, ''Inspire today, empower for life'', lies at the heart of all the school does. We place no limits on our aspirations for our students. 

This would involve:

- Supervising classes/groups of students in lessons

- Tutoring small groups of students

- Carrying out additional learning interventions

- Potentially online learning.

We welcome applicants for this role who are educated to at least A Level Standard, but ideally with a degree possess excellent interpersonal skills and are confident working with young people. You must be able to build great relationships with students and staff, be calm and controlled, and be able to follow our behaviour and reward systems. You will be working within a busy school environment and will need to have high expectations of managing behaviour, alongside empathy, flexibility and high resilience. 

This post is ideally suited to someone with experience as a cover supervisor/ teacher, or alternatively to someone who is considering teaching as a career and is a confident and quick learner. We provide excellent professional developemtn and learning opportunites.

We offer:

• enthusiastic students, willing to learn and achieve.
• excellent student behaviour and calm learning environment.
• a bright, happy place in which to learn and work.
• a professionally stimulating environment which values the contributions of all staff.
• a strong commitment to your professional development.
• award-winning staff wellbeing with a very supportive staff body.