Cover Manager

Bexhill High Academy, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4BY

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  17 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week - Term time only (Mon-Thur 6.30am-2.30pm, Fri 6.30am-2pm - including a 30 minute unpaid break)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC 6 Point 18-22 (FTE £31,537-£33699) (Actual Salary £27,049.04 - £28,903.37)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Purpose of the Role

To lead the daily and forward planning of teaching cover, ensuring continuity of learning through the effective and efficient deployment of internal and external cover resources.

The role is responsible for maintaining accurate, timely and audit-ready absence data, ensuring effective integration with HR and payroll processes. The Cover Manager plays a key operational and analytical role in supporting workforce planning, absence management and recruitment activity.

What the school offers its staff

We offer a number of excellent staff benefits for our employees including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and a healthcare scheme. We have a partnership with the Mulberry schools trust, which is a high performing Multi Academy Trust of schools that are based in London. This offers our staff excellent CPD opportunities and offers our students numerous exciting opportunities.

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

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Cover Manager - Closes 17 July 2026.docx.pdf - 783 KB (opens in new tab)

About Bexhill High Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1441 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bexhill High Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@bexhillacademy.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bexhill-high-academy

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Arranging a visit to Bexhill High Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bexhillacademy.org.

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