Cover Manager

The Kingsbrook School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 7BR

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  June 2025

• Closing date

  21 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  4 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,170.00 - £30,351.00 Annually (Actual)

Cover Manager job summary

The Kingsbrook School

Part of the Insignis Academy Trust

We have an exciting opportunity to join our successful, vibrant community as an

Cover Manager

37 hours per week/39 weeks per year (term time + 5 inset days)

Bucks Pay Range 5 - actual salary £28,170 - £30,351

(equivalent to £33,158 - £35,725 for full time)

Start date – June 2025

Closing Date: Monday 21st April 2025 12 noon

At Insignis Academy Trust we are recruiting for a Cover Manager at The Kingsbrook School. Opened in September 2022 to 180 year 7 students, the school will grow by each year of entry until full in 2027-28. Located at the heart of the Kingsbrook Estate in Aylesbury, the school boasts state of the art facilities across the mainstream school and a purpose built Inclusion Unit for children with additional Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

We’re looking to appoint a Cover Manager who will strive to help every child succeed. You would be responsible for leading and delivering cover lessons to students when a teacher is absent or unavailable. You will be responsible for leading the Cover Assistant team to ensure the smooth operation of lessons whether delivered in house or with external supply staff.

There is also a strong support network in place where you can develop your skills quickly with plenty of opportunities for roles to further your career.

Applicants should also have an excellent working knowledge of working in a school environment or with children and an excellent rapport with parents.

For any enquiries relating to the position please contact the Trust’s Human Resources Team, either by email recruitment@insignis.org.uk or by telephone 01296 744351, who will be happy to help.

Insignis Academy Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices and the successful candidates will be required to undertake a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Closing date: Monday 21st April 2025 at 12 noon

We encourage and value candidates who have varied lived experiences and inclusive mindsets, either due to their engagements in the world or due to their protected characteristics (as set out in the Equalities Act 2010). We are committed to continued development of a community that is representative of the environment in which we work and in nurturing an equitable society.

The Insignis Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The Kingsbrook School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 393 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Kingsbrook School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-kingsbrook-school

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