Cover Supervision
The Priory Witham Academy, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7DT3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
22 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 31 hours 15 minutes per week. 38 working weeks.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,824
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Priory Witham Academy is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Cover Supervisor to join a school that makes a genuine difference to its students and supports its staff to achieve their individual goals. We passionately believe there is something special about our Academy – a tangible sense of community and an unwavering commitment to fulfil our motto ‘Believe Together Achieve Together’.
We are currently seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Cover Supervisor who will cover lessons within the Academy as part of PPA time or staff absence. The Academy is an ‘all through school’ and in addition to cover, the appointed candidate will provide classroom support in KS3&4 and have a good working knowledge and recent experience of lesson delivery, adapting to academy needs and working with pupils.
The successful applicant will be flexible, organised and IT literate. It is essential that they are able to use their initiative and have strong inter-personal skills to build strong relationships with pupils and colleagues.
What the school offers its staff
The Priory Witham Academy is an ‘all through’ (EYFS – 18) Academy in Lincoln that is central to the community it serves. Our dedicated team of staff are supportive and aspirant and in return benefit from a high trust, high accountability environment where our ‘open door’ policy values and celebrates the inputs of individuals to create our Academy vision.
The Priory Witham Academy is a member of The Priory Federation of Academies Trust, an established and supportive MAT. Our scale allows both flexibility and creativity in terms of career development, with permanent and secondment opportunities across our academies allowing exciting career pathways. We are determined in our mission to improve the life chances of our students and we are equally committed to the wellbeing and development of our staff. All our support staff benefit from annual appraisals, access to CPD opportunities, our Trust Employee Benefits Programme and excellent support from our HR team.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About The Priory Witham Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 18
- Education phase
- All through school
- School size
- 1092 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Priory Witham Academy website
- Email address
- mseller@prioryacademies.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01522 882900
Arranging a visit to The Priory Witham Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mseller@prioryacademies.co.uk.
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