20 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    16 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

SCP7 £25,584 – SCP11 £27,269 per annum

Actual salary

Pro Rata; £19,329 - £20,979

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an inspiring and energetic individual for the role of Cover Supervisor. As a Cover Supervisor you will supervise whole classes to cover absences of teachers and to allow teachers to carry out professional duties and training. Cover Supervisors will give instructions for the lesson, as provided by the teacher, and keep students on tasks while maintaining good order. Cover Supervisors will respond to general questions and provide general feedback to the teacher.

Closing date: Monday 7th July

(we reserve the right to interview before the closing date)

Interview date: Week commencing 7th July

What the school offers its staff

Old Buckenham High School is a small yet vibrant school situated in the heart of the beautiful Norfolk countryside. With an idyllic rural location, we are less than 30 minutes’ drive from Norwich, offering the perfect balance of peaceful surroundings and easy access to the city.

Currently, we have around 500 students aged between 11 and 16 years. Our vision is to provide an inspiring, challenging, and inclusive learning environment, driven by high-quality, evidence-based teaching. We hold traditional values and are incredibly proud of our excellent pastoral care, guidance, and support, ensuring all students feel valued and nurtured.

At Old Buckenham High School, we are passionate about creating a strong, positive community ethos, where mutual respect and high standards are at the core of everything we do. We aim to develop brilliant young people who are hardworking, respectful, and committed to contributing to the community around them. As a school on an exciting journey of improvement, we are building on our previous successes. Our most recent inspection praised us with a ‘Good’ rating across all aspects, and we are determined to continue building on this strong foundation.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Old Buckenham High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
492 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
HR@setrust.co.uk

Old Buckenham High School is a small/medium-sized high school set in the heart of the beautiful Norfolk countryside. We currently have around 495 students aged between 11 and 16 years, boys and girls. In each of our years we have either three or four tutor groups with an average of 24 students in each.

Students are assigned a ‘house’ when they start; Turing, Rashford, Malala, Attenborough. Students in each house compete in various interhouse competitions, including music and sports, and students are mentored by older students in their own house or paired with a literacy assistant to support their reading or a numeracy assistant for maths.

Our leadership group consists of a headteacher, a deputy headteacher and two assistant headteachers. We also have key stage leaders for the two key stages who oversee all students, from years 7 to 11.

We have curriculum leaders and subject teachers in the following subject areas; English, Maths, Science, Design & Technology, Expressive Arts, Geography, History, Modern Foreign Languages, Physical Education and Personal Development.

Arranging a visit to Old Buckenham High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@setrust.co.uk.

School location

Similar jobs nearby

Cover Supervisor

Hethersett Academy

Queen's Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 3DB

Head of Football

Sir John Leman High School

Ringsfield Road, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9PG

Learning Lead - Cognition & Learning (Job Share)

Wymondham College

Golf Links Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9SZ

Graduate Programme 2025-2026

Wymondham College

Golf Links Road, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 9SZ

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Norfolk