Cover Supervisor 0.4 FTE

Matthew Arnold School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JE

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Sept 2025

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £8,925.00 - £9,670.00 Annually (Actual)

Cover Supervisor 0.4 FTE job summary

Covering Supervisor – Grade 6

Hours: 14.8 Hours per week (O.4 FTE

Salary: £8,925 - £9,670

Main purpose of the role

Undertaking cover for teachers in classes and other administration duties as required in support of the teaching staff

Principal responsibilities:

Class based: supervising classes for absent staff

• To receive the work from the cover manager or curriculum leader and to ensure that all students complete the work set
• To cover tutor groups when required
• To take the attendance register for the classes supervised
• To complete the class supervision report for the cover manager
• To undertake administrative support for teachers, as determined by the curriculum leaders
• To report any incidents involving students to the curriculum leader

School based

• To provide administrative support for and at times accompany school events, trips and work experience
• To invigilate examinations

General administration (e.g. using SIMS database, letters, files, phone calls, CCTV);

• To provide administrative support to the teaching staff which will include filing, collating reports, preparation of teaching materials, classroom displays, stocktaking, maintaining department records etc
• To act as a member of the Communications Team assisting with duties as and when necessary: answering the telephone, taking messages, transferring calls, assisting with photocopying
• Carry out other duties relating to the core purpose of this job specification as required

Experience

• Personal impact and presence
• Excellent record of punctuality and attendance
• Commitment, integrity, resilience
• Adaptability to changing circumstances and new ideas
• Energy, vigour and perseverance
• Ability to show initiative
• Enthusiasm and a sense of humour
• Care and attention to detail, and a methodical approach to work
• Good communication skills, including the ability to negotiate sensitively in order to complete tasks efficiently
• Good literacy and numeracy skills
• Good organisation skills and personal time management
• Confidence to assess situations and respond when no source of immediate advice is at hand
• Ability to recognise and respect confidentiality
• Flexibility as a team member

Person Specification

• Minimum to GCSE (grade C/level 4 or above) or equivalent, including maths and English
• A good level of experience of PC applications in Windows/ Google Apps
• Experience with using Management Information Systems and the internet
• An interest in developing work-related IT systems
• An interest in career development while working in the post
• An interest in the education of young people
• Working with children and young people
• Demonstrable success in a similar post
• Relevant experience of working in a complex organisation would be helpful

How to apply:

Please complete the application form on My New Term. If you have any further questions please contact Jeremiah at hrwest@acertrust.org.uk.

Matthew Arnold School reserves the right to interview applicants early and close the advert prior to closing date, therefore please apply as soon as possible.

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 Matthew Arnold School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1285 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Matthew Arnold School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/matthew-arnold-school-oxford

Matthew Arnold is a popular and successful school on the edge of Oxford with an excellent local reputation. We are focussed on improving outcomes for every student and are committed to staff development to support this.

The school is part of the Acer Trust family of schools so there is opportunity to share expertise and experiences and enjoy professional development with more than one school. Our induction programmes give strong support to NQTs.

We offer defined-benefit public sector pension schemes (Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension Scheme), a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme, good bus links, car and cycle parking.

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