Cover Supervisor

Three Rivers Academy, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 5EJ

56 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  1 January 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  6 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,740.00 - £33,443.00 Annually (FTE) £14,254 to £15,508 based on 19.5hours a week and 39 weeks a year.

Cover Supervisor job summary

We are seeking a motivated part time Cover Supervisor to join our dedicated team at Three Rivers Academy. The role of Cover Supervisor is to support learning and teaching within the school, by helping maintain consistency of teaching and supervision. Assisting teaching staff with administrative elements of their role.

We are looking for an inspirational and motivated individual who is committed to ‘Bringing out the Best’ in every student and working in an environment where young people of all backgrounds are supported and encouraged to succeed.

3 days a week, 19.5hours a week. 08.15am to 3.15pm.

Key Responsibilities:

• To supervise cover work that has been set in accordance with school policy.
• To help students complete set work when covering a lesson, collecting work after the lesson and returning it to the appropriate teacher.
• To monitor student progress of set tasks and report back to the class teacher.
• To respond to any questions from students on set work, where Teaching and Learning Facilitators ability allows, and/or to refer students to discuss matters with their class teacher.
• To complete tutor group register at set registration times.

All adults employed by the Trust have a responsibility for data protection and have a duty to observe and follow the principles of the GDPR Regulations.

The Howard Partnership Trust is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of gender, marital status, disability, race, age, or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of this advertisement.

As well as verification of identity, we ask all successful candidates to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).

SAFEGUARDING AND FURTHER INFORMATION

The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The Howard Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment

Due to the nature of this role, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. In making your application, it is essential you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind-overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being taken up; any failure to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

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.

About Three Rivers Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1391 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Three Rivers Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/three-rivers-academy

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