Cover Manager

Great Western Academy, Swindon, SN25 2PP

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  1 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,068.00 Annually (Actual) Unqualified Teachers Scale 2

Cover Manager job summary

Advert for Cover Manager required for 1st September 2026

Salary £29,068 per annum

Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Do you want to motivate and inspire students to achieve great results? Are you enthusiastic and committed? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our vibrant academy with a supportive staff team as a Cover Manager and Supervisor.

Great Western Academy opened in brand new, state-of-the -art facilities in North Swindon in September 2018 and now accommodates over 1,000 students in years 7 to 11 and the Sixth Form. A-level cohorts have achieved excellent results and enabled 98% of university applicants to take up their offers. Our GCSE results have also been excellent and have showed that the progress made by the large majority of our year 11 students has been excellent, particularly in English and Maths. This includes students of all abilities.

We are seeking to appoint one person to a combined Cover Manager and Supervisor role, with two distinct aspects as detailed below.:

Cover Manager

Due to the nature of the role the cover management duties need to be completed each day between the hours of 7.30am and 8.30am. This aspect of this part of the role is to oversee arrangements for the cover of lessons needed each day in the absence of teaching staff. Responsibilities would require the successful applicant to record and respond to staff absences, allocate cover staff to lessons, and work with the designated member of our Senior Leadership Team to manage our lesson cover processes effectively and efficiently.

Cover Supervisor

This is the larger aspect of the role and will fill the remainder of the working day between 8.30am and 3.30pm. It involves covering lessons across the school for a variety of subjects when staff are absent. Additionally, there will be the opportunity to support students in lessons when no cover is required. The role would suit anyone who can show a passion for encouraging students to learn and could also serve as excellent experience for someone wanting to train to be a teacher in the future.

Additional benefits of working at GWA include:

Excellent CPD programme

State of the art facilities

Leading edge ICT, including a laptop provided for all staff and pupils

Easy access to the A419 with free parking on site

Medical and Wellbeing Support Service

Flexible working opportunities

Cycle to work Scheme through Cyclescheme

Access to EV charging on site. Electric vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Further details are available on the Academy website www.gwacademy.co.uk and in the information documents attached.

Applications should be submitted by 9.00am on Wednesday 1st July 2026, however we will review applications as they come in and may close this vacancy early, so please don’t delay your application. Interviews will be conducted soon after.

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

Great Western Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks. All posts within the Trust are therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS and barred list check. 

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 Great Western Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1025 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Great Western Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/great-western-academy

Great Western Academy opened in brand new, state-of-the-art facilities in North Swindon in September 2018. The Academy is heavily oversubscribed in years 7,8,9,10 and 11 and our Sixth Form is thriving with exceptional results.

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