Cover Manager

Pakefield High School, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7AQ

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  8 December 2025

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  17 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,598

Cover Manager job summary

Cover Manager

Scale F - £24,598 (Actual Salary)

Scale F – Full time equivalent - Point 12 £28,598 – Point 17 £31,022

37 hours per week

Term time plus one week (39 weeks per year).

 

Permanent

 

Start date: 8 December 2025

Clarion Corvus Trust is seeking to recruit a Cover Manager at Pakefield High School, Lowestoft. You will be an enthusiastic, well-motivated and organised person to manage cover requirements across the school. You will arrange supervision for classes of students when teachers are on short term absence or fulfilling their professional duties. This is an opportunity for an aspiring teacher to gain knowledge, skills and experience to progress onto a teacher training programme. You could be someone who is a graduate or working towards a degree considering a career in teaching. 

We welcome applicants with a range of experiences and will expect the successful candidate to influence and motivate others via their own excellent inter-personal and communication skills.

You will be someone who understands and enjoys working with young people, is well organised, flexible, adaptable and enjoys variety in your work. You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to motivate students and gain their respect.

Your Opportunity

By joining Clarion Corvus Trust, you will become part of a staff dedicated to and passionate about securing the best possible outcomes for our young people. We can offer you:

•             The chance to work as part of a forward-thinking dynamic team

•             A role that can make significant positive impacts on the lives of young people

•             A creative and innovative environment

•             Excellent opportunities for career and professional development

•             A welcoming and supportive staffing body

•             Enrolment to the Local Government Pension Scheme (if eligible)

For more information and to apply, please see our website www.clarioncorvus.org.uk 

Closing Date: 9.00am Friday 28 November 2025

Interviews: Thursday 4 December 2025

Clarion Corvus Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding screening appropriate to the post, including checks with Disclosure & Barring Service and at least 2 references which cover the last 3 years; for all our services we will request references from where you have worked with either Children or Vulnerable Adults. Please be advised that references may be requested prior to interview for roles within our Schools.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

Clarion Corvus Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people across its schools and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS, and have checks carried out with previous employers. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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 Pakefield High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 701 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pakefield High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pakefield-high-school

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