Casual Supply Teacher

Comberton Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  28 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  14 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main Pay Scale - paid on an hourly or daily rate depending on hours required
• Additional allowances:

  Main Pay Scale - paid on an hourly or daily rate depending on hours required

Casual Supply Teacher job summary

CASUAL SUPPLY TEACHER

Salary: MPS - paid on an hourly or daily rate

Contract: Casual contract - as and when required

Start date: As soon as possible

Place of work: Comberton Village College

Place

We are a highly successful, community mixed comprehensive school with Teaching School status in a pleasant rural setting only 5 miles from the centre of Cambridge. We currently have around 2000 11-18 pupils on roll including our sixth form centre that opened in September 2011.

Our pupils are well motivated, staff morale is excellent and examination results at KS4 and KS5 were outstanding: both attainment and progress measures regularly put the school in the top 5% of all state comprehensive schools. The school has consistently been rated by Ofsted as outstanding over very many years - our most recent Ofsted (November 2024) achieved ‘outstanding’ in all categories.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding casual supply Teacher to join our successful and supportive team of teachers.  The successful candidate will need to be an enthusiastic, inspiring and motivating teacher who can demonstrate excellent knowledge and will ensure students have high aspirations and achieve their best. The post is suitable for ECTs or more experienced teachers.

Day-to-day duties for a Cover Teacher include:

• Supervising pupils, ensuring they are engaged in the classwork.

• Encouraging pupils to interact.

• Helping pupils to become more independent in their learning.

• Establishing trust with pupils, interacting with them according to individual needs.

• Assisting pupils with tasks as needed.

• Creating a safe, positive, supportive classroom environment.

• Promoting good behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policies, encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their behaviour.

• Collecting completed work and returning it to the teacher.

• Assisting with the supervision of pupils before and after school and at break times.

• Providing feedback to teachers on pupil’s achievement, progress, and if any problems.

• Upholding policies and procedures related to child protection, health and confidentiality, reporting all concerns to the appropriate person.

For further details on our school please visit our website www.combertonvc.org.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Comberton Village College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1962 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Comberton Village College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/comberton-village-college

Please note that listings under Comberton Village College may be for other schools within The Cam Academy Trust.

Our schools include:
Cambourne Village College, Cambourne
Comberton Village College, Comberton
Everton Heath Primary, Everton
Gamlingay Village Primary, Gamlingay
Hartford Infant School, Huntingdon
Hartford Primary School, Huntingdon
Jeavons Wood Primary School, Cambourne
Melbourn Village College, Melbourn
Offord Primary School, Offord D'Arcy
St Peters School, Huntingdon
Thongsley Fields Primary School, Huntingdon

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