Cover Supervisor
Lyndon School, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 8EJ9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
30 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,195.00 - £26,033.00 Annually (Actual) Support Staff Scale Band C, Full time equivalent salary range £25,185 - £29,540
Cover Supervisor job summary
Required: As soon as possible
Permanent: 37 hours per week, term time only.
Salary: Support Staff Scale Band C, full time equivalent salary range £25,185 - £29,540 but after pro-rata £22,195 - £26,033.
Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
Join Lyndon School a ‘happy, friendly and caring place. Leaders are ambitious in their expectations. They want the very best for their school community. Pupils enjoy positive relationships with caring staff’ (OfSTED 2022).
Lyndon is part of Summit Learning Trust , the leadership at Lyndon is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the Academy on a journey of excellence, with Colleagues that have a passion for teaching and learning. Join us and you will be part of a community which values character, ambition and inclusivity. We believe in working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things.
We are seeking to appoint a cover supervisor who has a good level of experience and is able to cover colleagues’ absence within the lesson across the whole academy curriculum. Candidates will also have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, as this role requires regular contact with parents, carers, colleagues, learners, and the local community. The successful candidate will also need to be able to demonstrate initiative, and leadership creating an orderly and purposeful environment in which learners can complete the work set during periods of staff absence.
Other essential skill sets involve the ability to be able to work flexibly and prioritise workload, work calmly under pressure and uphold a professional, friendly manner at all times. It is desirable for candidates to have received safeguarding training or have good knowledge about the child safeguarding and protection procedures, however full training will be given.
Purpose of Role:
To create an orderly and purposeful environment in which learners can complete the work set.
To use specialist skills, training and experience to support, engage and communicate with learners.
To establish productive working relationships with learners, acting as a role model
Why Join Summit Learning Trust?
- A welcoming, supportive, and inclusive working environment.
- Commitment to your professional development with high quality CPD opportunities and career progression.
- Access to staff wellbeing initiatives and a wide range of employee benefits.
- The chance to make a meaning impact on the lives of young people.
Visits to the Academy are encouraged. Please contact 0121 743 3402 to arrange this.
Interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.
We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and communities. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to thrive.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s Barred List check., and online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates. Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available to view here. If you require the application form in a different format, please contact hr.enquiries@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted. Our policy is available to view here https://summitlearningtrust.org.uk/our-trust/statutory-information/policies-statements/
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Lyndon School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1184 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lyndon School website
Join Lyndon School a ‘happy, friendly and caring place. Leaders are ambitious in their expectations. They want the very best for their school community. Pupils enjoy positive relationships with caring staff…. Leaders have designed an ambitious curriculum. In many subjects this sets out the important things that pupils need to know and remember. A rich set of experiences are returning, following the earlier challenges of the pandemic.’ (OfSTED 2022).
Lyndon is part of Summit Learning Trust comprising Lyndon itself, Ninestiles – An Academy, Cockshut Hill School four primary schools and Solihull Sixth Form College. The leadership team of Lyndon is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the school on a journey of excellence, with staff that have a passion for teaching and learning. Join us and you will be part of a school on its journey to outstanding status with a strong team ethos. We believe in working collaboratively, sharing ideas and supporting each other to achieve great things.
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