Cover Administrator / Supervisor

Watford Grammar School for Girls, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0AE

16 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  4 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,118.00 Annually (Actual)

Cover Administrator / Supervisor job summary

Job Title : Cover Administrator/Supervisor

Contract Type : Permanent

Working Hours : 7.00am - 1.30pm (32,5 per week)

Working Weeks : Term Time plus up to 5 additional days (tbc)

Pay Scale & Point : H7, 19

Actual Salary : £25,118.00

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, reliable and confident Cover Administrator/Supervisor to join our school.

As Cover Administrator you will

• arrange cover for staff absences each day, both planned and unplanned
• liaise with SLT with responsibility for cover around emerging cover needs
• keep accurate records of supply cover bookings
• prepare reports for payments of supply staff and absence reporting

As Cover Supervisor you will

• take classes for absent teachers, including the accurate registration of students
• take full responsibility for the behaviour of the students, following established protocols to ensure a positive learning environment
• establish and maintain effective relationships and communication with staff and students
• help to develop a learning culture with high expect6ations in a safe and secure learning environment

What we're looking for

• experience of working with children or young people
• high expectations of student behaviour, achievement and personal development
• capable of building positive, respectful relationships with students and staff
• excellent IT, numeracy and ICT skills

For full details of the job requirements and what skills, knowledge and experience we are looking for, please review the attached job description and person specification.

Closing Date : 4th October 2026

Interview Date: to be confirmed

Start Date : asap

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Watford Grammar School for Girls

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1427 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Watford Grammar School for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watford-grammar-school-for-girls-watford

Watford Grammar School for Girls is a partially selective 11-18 girls’ school, founded as ‘The Free School’ in Watford in 1704 with a mission to teach girls, initially alongside their brothers, from the outset. This makes us one of the oldest girls’ school in the country.

We are proud of our heritage, but equally proud of our innovative approach to teaching and learning. Watford Grammar School for Girls has a very strong and distinctive ethos with clear vision and values.

There are close to 1500 pupils on role with more than 400 in the sixth form; academic results are consistently very high indeed and the school is ranked as outstanding by Ofsted.
There are always plenty of opportunities for teaching and support staff to train and develop their careers at Watford Girls.

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