Cover Manager

Silverstone UTC, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TL

28 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  15 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 7:30am - 4:00pm, term time only (37.5 hours a week)** **There is potential for the start of the working day to be home-based. To be discussed and agreed.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: SO1 scale, starting at point 23, £34,342 FTE

What skills and experience we're looking for

Experience and knowledge

• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Experience working independently and managing conflicting priorities.
• Desirable: Experience of coordinating timetables, rotas or cover arrangements.

CoreProfessional and personal Competencies

The successful candidate will:

• Build a professional learning community.
• Good IT skills and the ability to learn to use platforms including SIMS and Go4Schools

The successful candidate will:

• Be a strong communicator
• Have the ability to work calmly under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Have attention to detail.
• Be resilient and solution-focused.
• Discreet when handling personal matters.
• Approachable but willing to have difficult conversations with staff, when required.
• Desirable: Experience of using SIMs to plan cover.

GenericCompetencies

• A commitment to achieving the best outcomes for all pupils
• Uphold and promote the ethos and values of the school
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
• Maintain confidentiality at all times
• Commitment to safeguarding and equality

Professional Development

• Evidence of continued professional development.

What the school offers its staff

So why Silverstone UTC? We are different: we are a smaller school, only catering to students in KS4 and KS5. This means you get to know your colleagues and our students very quickly; it also means that the range of planning our teachers need to do is greatly reduced. Our students tell us that they appreciate our more 'grown-up' environment and the preparation it gives them for their future careers. We are supportive and take care to ensure that our staff have a good work-life balance: there is also plenty of experience in the team and around the UTC to help you settle in.

We pride ourselves on building excellent relationships which makes Silverstone UTC a very happy place to work.

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.

Specific Requirements of the Post

In addition to providing cover in lessons themselves, the successful candidate will be responsible for the organisation and management of cover.

• Provide cover for lessons as required.
• Organise, manage and record daily cover for teaching staff, including short-term and unplanned absences.
• Liaise with internal staff (and supply agencies, if required) to arrange appropriate cover as needed.
• Monitor the daily staffing levels to ensure appropriate cover across all teaching periods, intercepting last minute daily requests as submitted.
• Work with Heads of Department for staff requiring cover for long-term absence.
• Maintain accurate records of staff absence and cover provided.
• Communicate cover arrangements clearly and promptly with relevant staff and departments, ensuring the daily cover email is distributed
• Liaise with teaching staff and HOFs to ensure that appropriate cover work is set for classes.
• Ensure that cover arrangements are in line with school policies and guidance.
• Regularly review, with Assistant Principal – Curriculum and Achievement, the effectiveness of cover arrangements.
• Receive and process leave of absence requests from teaching staff, ahead of time and within the prescribed timeframe, ensuring requests are logged and considered according to school policy.
• Liaise with Exams Officer and other relevant staff to ensure adequate staffing for all exams.
• Assist with devising and maintaining the invigilation timetable for internal and external examinations and meetings as required.

General Requirements

• Ensure the principles expressed in the mission statement of Silverstone UTC and those of the sponsor, are evident in every aspect of the discharge of the duties of the post.
• Model the highest professional standards in all aspects of the role to all stakeholders.
• Be committed to working in a cohesive, supportive and forward-thinking team of colleagues which shares an ambitious vision to secure flagship status for Silverstone UTC.
• Be prepared to work ‘across the piece’ being flexible and interested in other areas of the Silverstone UTC.
• Work at all times to the standards as set out in the staff ‘code of conduct’.

Other areas of responsibility

Safeguarding

• Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
• Work with the DSL to promote the best interests of pupils, including sharing concerns where necessary
• Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

Please note that this list of duties is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the faculty leader will carry out. The post holder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Board of Trustees is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons and must ensure that the highest priority is given to following guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Applying for the job

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About Silverstone UTC

• School type: Free School, ages 14 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 480 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 14 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Silverstone UTC website
• Email address: laurascott@utc-silverstone.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/silverstone-utc

Silverstone UTC is a purpose-built centre of excellence for young people wanting to break into the specialist fields of High-Performance Engineering and Business with Events Management. It is based in the very heart of British Motorsport, within the Silverstone circuit, in a stunning multi-million-pound facility.

Arranging a visit to Silverstone UTC

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email laurascott@utc-silverstone.co.uk.

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