14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    1 October 2025 at 1pm

  • Date listed

    16 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£19,800.00 - £22,557.00 Annually (FTE)

Cover Supervisor job summary

To provide short term cover for absent teaching staff, allocating pre-prepared work, keeping pupils on task and managing the behaviour of pupils during class. To deliver aspects of the school’s intervention programmes.

Short-term absences occur when individuals have a number of absences in relative short spells of time. Longer term absence (maternity leave, long term sick leave) will be covered by a teacher.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and young people. We have robust Child Protection and Safeguarding Policies, and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

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About Colne Park High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1031 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Why choose Park High School?
• Park High School is an ambitious, happy, and vibrant place to work with a family of supporting colleagues who are committed to promoting a warm and friendly atmosphere.
• A strong team of staff who work together with a common goal.
• Quality First teaching is at the core of everything we do.
• Every student is entitled to experience a variety of teaching and learning styles which enable them to achieve their full potential and be the best they can be.

The Pennine Trust
The Pennine Trust is a vibrant, cross phase multi academy trust which was jointly established by three primary schools and one secondary school in 2018. We are committed to high quality professional development and a strong commitment and approach to the development of people at all levels of the organisation. Working at the Pennine Trust offers:
• A strong culture driven by values
• A supportive Central Trust Team who believe that through strong collaboration, all children within our trust will have better outcomes
• High quality professional development opportunities
• A commitment to providing every child with the best possible start in life
• Exceptional curriculum and pedagogy in all our schools
• High quality pastoral care and support

The right candidate will be totally aligned with our values, embrace our behaviours and play a full part in fulfilling our mission: Creating Opportunity, Inspiring Excellence, Shaping Tomorrow.

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