Where We Work

How we work

We understand that schools and their needs are unique so our friendly staff work hard to familiarise themselves with how your school would like us to deliver the cover. We aim to build and sustain ongoing relationships with your teachers and senior leaders to maintain a high standard of provision, and adapt to any possible changes or responsibilities that naturally occur in education.

Our partner schools are provided with consistent, dedicated Junior Jam teachers or instructors who will deliver diverse and innovative lessons. We provide schools access to an online portal that enables their staff to view all of the planning, upload any specific requirements and view the outcomes of their pupils’ learning.

Consideration is given to room allocation, meaning that lessons can take place in the hall, classroom, ICT suite and outdoors. We are open to new ideas and concepts, and our staff are able to adapt to the changing conditions of the many schools we provide a service for. Our ability to do this has enabled us to provide a more effective and tailored service for our partner schools and their pupils.

Junior Jam offer the optional extra of reporting and assessment, where we will give a grade to each child at the end of each half term. In the final half term, we can provide an electronic written report on each child, which can be added to their annual school report. Our instructors are more than happy to discuss the progress and attainment of a child or a class, and welcome any feedback given.

Upon placing an order with us, we will supply you with an order confirmation that details each session and the units and levels covered within it. The activity schedule will also detail the member of staff and their DBS number. We invoice on a half-termly basis; we will send an invoice at the start of each half term for the lessons which fall within it.

Why choose us

We work extremely hard to ensure that we provide a great service for the schools we work with, and this has enabled us to become one of the leading providers of PPA cover and educational workshops in the country. Our approach to the service we provide is focused around the needs and requirements of the school we are working with so before we provide any lessons at your school, our professional and friendly office staff will speak to you about how you would like us to deliver them.

Before the first PPA Cover session, our member of staff will arrive 30 minutes early to fill in a quick question sheet relating to your school and the classes they will be teaching. In this time we aim to learn about your behaviour policy, housekeeping and how you wish us to dismiss and register the children. We take the time to ensure that our instructors have as much information about your school and pupils as possible so that they are better prepared to teach.

All of our PPA lessons have been planned and prepared with the National Curriculum in mind. We feel it is important to demonstrate how each lesson we deliver links with the curriculum, so we will give you our key skills and learning outcomes that detail this. You will receive this well before we start delivering sessions at your school, and there are differentiated lessons for KS1 and KS2 pupils. We use quality resources that utilise the latest technology to ensure that lessons are engaging and challenge young people to develop their knowledge. If there are any specific resources you would like us to use in the lessons, we are happy to do so.

You will have access to an online portal where you can access key information. We have found this is a quick and easy way to provide you with all of the information you require. Using your login details you can access all of our risk assessments and insurance documents, as well as a copy of each staff member’s DBS with a photo attached. You can also access all of the planning documents and see the work that children have produced.