Job Description

Reference number

BUC13964

Contract type

Permanent

Working hours

Full Time

Level of DBS check required

Enhanced with Barred List

Date posted

5 Aug 2025, 11 p.m.

Application deadline

31 Aug 2025

Contact email

HR@ahs.bucks.sch.uk

Overview

Term time only

Salary Type:

AHS Pay Range 3

Salary details:

21,463 - 23,023

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

32.5

Closing date:

31/08/2025 00:00

Interviews to be held:

After the closing date



For September 2025

About us

Aylesbury High School (AHS) is a forward-thinking girls' grammar school that values both academic and pastoral excellence and co-curricular opportunities with the vision of developing uniquely talented young adults, who are independent, strong and confident



We create a welcoming environment which draws the very best from all in our community. Achieved by providing an ambitious education that stimulates creative and critical thinking, values diversity and facilitates dynamic personal development.



The AHS values are Confidence, Respect, Engagement, Aspiration, Teamwork and Enjoyment and we want all our community to experience, develop and demonstrate these characteristics both within the curriculum and through our extensive co-curricular offering.

Website:

http://www.ahs.bucks.sch.uk/about-the-school/staff-vacancies/

About the role

We are looking for a Cover Supervisor to supervise and deliver cover lessons on behalf of absent teachers and provide administrative support as required.



To promote the aims of the school, as expressed in the Vision and Mission.



To supervise and deliver cover lessons for absent teachers and provide administrative support as required.

About you

Qualifications

Maths and English to GCSE grade 5 / C or equivalent (essential)



Experience

Working within a team (essential)

Working to tight deadlines (essential)

Planning your own workload (essential)

Experience of working with young people, preferably in a school setting (desirable)



Knowledge

IT competency (essential)

An understanding of and a commitment to the safeguarding requirements associated with the role (essential)

Use of Google products to a competent level (desirable)

Use of SIMS (desirable)



Skills/Competencies

The ability to work independently and to take direction (essential)

Excellent oral and written communication skills (essential)

Excellent interpersonal skills (essential)

Excellent organisational skills (essential)

High attention to detail and a high level of accuracy (essential)

The ability to be reactive and proactive (desirable)

The ability to be creative and innovative (essential)

Other information

Please complete the AHS application form and include a covering letter

Applications can be: e-mailed to: hr@ahs.bucks.sch.uk or posted to: Mrs Lisa Greenway, Finance & Operations Director, Aylesbury High School, Walton Road, Aylesbury, Bucks HP21 7SX

Closing date: 31st August 2025

Interviews: After the closing date



CVs alone cannot be accepted for safeguarding reasons.



If you are shortlisted for this post, you will also be required to complete a self-disclosure form as part of the recruitment process; this will not be used for shortlisting purposes.



The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Our Safeguarding Statement is attached. The appointment will be subject to references, which are satisfactory for the advertised post, an enhanced DBS check with a Child Barred List check, identity checks, prohibition orders and qualification checks as appropriate.



AHS is an equal opportunities employer



We encourage early applications for all vacancies and reserve the right to close our vacancies at any time should the right candidates be found.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 174 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

All unspent cautions and convictions cautions*

All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to

Nacro guidance

, the

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance

or

Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance

(see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').*

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.