Cover Supervisor

Co-op Academy Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7HD

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Negotiable

• Closing date

  8 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: SCP 12-17 £23,731.00 - £25,743.00 (actual salary)

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Experience of working with young people
• Working in a school environmen
• General understanding of secondary education
• An understanding of the role played by adults in safeguarding young people
• Understanding of the National Curriculum
• An understanding of how children learn
• Excellent organisational & administrative skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Able to build positive working relationships with young people
• Excellent ICT skills
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• An ability to communicate effectively with the full range of stakeholders
• Excellent presentation skills
• Sensitivity to the varying needs of young people

What the school offers its staff

We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:

Our employee benefits package includes:

• You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
• Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
• Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
• Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
• Co-op Funeralcare benefit
• Season ticket and rental deposit loans

And More!

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.

Looking for a new opportunity to make a positive impact on young people's lives? Want to work for an academy that has a supportive, fun and friendly culture? We're looking for a Cover Supervisor to join our team.

At Co-op Academy Leeds, we strive to create an environment where everyone has the opportunity to flourish, both academically and socially. We encourage our students and staff to aim high, demonstrate perseverance, and adopt a growth mindset, even when challenges arise.

Teaching and learning are at the core of everything we do; we believe that without a strong learning culture, nothing else matters. Our focus is on providing regular, relevant, and valuable professional development for our staff, much of which is crafted and delivered by our dedicated in-house Teaching & Learning Team. We expect everyone who joins our community to actively participate in this culture of sharing and continuous improvement.

We’re looking for a Cover Supervisor to deliver lessons across all subjects to both our Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 students. The post holder will provide consistency and allow for continuity through the curriculum for students whilst their classroom teacher is absent.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with young people, be able to build positive working relationships and have an understanding of secondary education.

You will demonstrate;

• Experience of working with young people
• Knowledge of relevant practices and procedures
• Knowledge of methods of behaviour management
• Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
• Ability to use relevant technology/ICT effectively
• A positive, warm and approachable personality
• Ability to prioritise conflicting demands and remain calm and firm under pressure
• Excellent role model

Commitment to safeguarding

Co-op Academies Trust as an aware employer is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We value variety and individual differences, and aim to create a culture, environment and practices at all levels which encompass acceptance, respect and inclusion. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to Co-operative values and principles.

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About Co-op Academy Leeds

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 969 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Co-op Academy Leeds website
• Email address: dianne.singleton@coopacademies.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/co-op-academy-leeds

Co-op Academy Leeds is a ‘Good’ school (Ofsted, Nov 2022) and on the back of our recent successes we’re fully committed to getting even better.

Here at Co-op Academy Leeds, we aim to ensure everyone has the opportunity to flourish, both academically and socially. We expect students and staff to have the courage to aim high, the commitment to persevere – even when the going gets tough – and the mindset which will allow them to grow.

Teaching and learning sit right at the heart of everything we do – nothing else matters if the learning culture is not good enough. We focus relentlessly on ensuring staff receive regular, relevant and useful professional development, much of which is provided and delivered by our in-house Teaching & Learning Team. Anyone who joins us is expected to contribute to this sharing culture.

We have high expectations – and unstinting moral values. As an integral part of Co-op Academies Trust, we espouse the core Co-op values (Self-help, Self-responsibility, Solidarity, Democracy, Equity and Equality) and have adopted the 4 Ways of Being Co-op: Be yourself, always; Do what matters most; Show you care; Succeed together.

We also enjoy the significant support of the Trust and the Sponsor, which brings with it a range of opportunities and benefits, alongside a less “formal” package of colleagues working together to look after their well-being and forge stronger relationships.

We really are all about providing the best we can for everyone – making sure our students leave here and move on to better things, whatever their starting points and backgrounds.

Arranging a visit to Co-op Academy Leeds

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dianne.singleton@coopacademies.co.uk.

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