Cover Supervisor
| Posting date: | 04 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 June 2025 |
| Location: | Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6SW |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4c90d611-e9d7-4bfe-99b1-0aab596f11a7 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We seek to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our high-performing school, where students make progress that is above the national average.
As a Cover Supervisor you will need to cover a range of subjects and deliver pre-prepared work to classes in the absence of the teacher. The successful candidate will be able to think on their feet and show authority in the classroom, managing student behaviour effectively.
The successful candidate will enjoy working with young people, be flexible and calm in their manner and possess a good sense of humour. You will be part of a team of 4 led by our Cover Lead.
Experience of working in secondary education is desirable but not essential. This role may be suited to anybody considering a career in teaching and there may be possibility of support from the school to obtain teaching qualifications.
Other duties may include supporting the work of classroom teachers when not deployed directly covering a class.
The hours are 8:00am to 3:30pm Monday to Thursday, and 8.00am to 3.00pm Friday, with two unpaid breaks, totalling 60 minutes each day, term time only.
The successful candidate should:
Be motivated to work with children and young people to ensure they are successful
Have a commitment to, and belief in, the equal value of all students
Have an ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
Have emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline
Have an ability to raise self-esteem and expectations of children and young people
Have the knowledge and experience of relevant highly effective behaviour management strategies for children and young people and the ability to use them effectively
Be highly skilled in a range of assertive discipline strategies
Be authoritative, consistent and fair: a commanding presence
Have competent ICT skills
What the school offers its staff
• Regular staff wellbeing activities and social events
• Free access to our sporting facilities (up to 6pm weekdays)
• Health Assured (Employee Assistance Programme) - a free confidential information, support, counselling and advice service available 24 hours a day
• School funded flu jab on site, organised through a local pharmacy
• Eye Care Vouchers for employees using a VDU
• Employer Pension Contribution – Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Teachers). Local Government Pension Scheme (Non-Teaching Staff)
• Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave and Pay
Further details about the role
This is a permanent post.
The hours are 8:00am to 3:30pm Monday to Thursday, and 8.00am to 3.00pm Friday, with two unpaid breaks, totalling 60 minutes each day, term time only.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 19th June 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.
We seek to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join our high-performing school, where students make progress that is above the national average.
As a Cover Supervisor you will need to cover a range of subjects and deliver pre-prepared work to classes in the absence of the teacher. The successful candidate will be able to think on their feet and show authority in the classroom, managing student behaviour effectively.
The successful candidate will enjoy working with young people, be flexible and calm in their manner and possess a good sense of humour. You will be part of a team of 4 led by our Cover Lead.
Experience of working in secondary education is desirable but not essential. This role may be suited to anybody considering a career in teaching and there may be possibility of support from the school to obtain teaching qualifications.
Other duties may include supporting the work of classroom teachers when not deployed directly covering a class.
The hours are 8:00am to 3:30pm Monday to Thursday, and 8.00am to 3.00pm Friday, with two unpaid breaks, totalling 60 minutes each day, term time only.
The successful candidate should:
Be motivated to work with children and young people to ensure they are successful
Have a commitment to, and belief in, the equal value of all students
Have an ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
Have emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours and attitudes to use of authority and maintaining discipline
Have an ability to raise self-esteem and expectations of children and young people
Have the knowledge and experience of relevant highly effective behaviour management strategies for children and young people and the ability to use them effectively
Be highly skilled in a range of assertive discipline strategies
Be authoritative, consistent and fair: a commanding presence
Have competent ICT skills
What the school offers its staff
• Regular staff wellbeing activities and social events
• Free access to our sporting facilities (up to 6pm weekdays)
• Health Assured (Employee Assistance Programme) - a free confidential information, support, counselling and advice service available 24 hours a day
• School funded flu jab on site, organised through a local pharmacy
• Eye Care Vouchers for employees using a VDU
• Employer Pension Contribution – Teachers’ Pension Scheme (Teachers). Local Government Pension Scheme (Non-Teaching Staff)
• Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave and Pay
Further details about the role
This is a permanent post.
The hours are 8:00am to 3:30pm Monday to Thursday, and 8.00am to 3.00pm Friday, with two unpaid breaks, totalling 60 minutes each day, term time only.
Interviews will be held on Thursday 19th June 2025
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.