Cover Supervisor

Hampton Gardens Secondary School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 8HR

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  13 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £20,960.00 - £23,498.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 7 (£28,598 - £32,061 FTE)

Cover Supervisor job summary

Are you confident, adaptable, and passionate about supporting students in their learning?

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Cover Supervisor to join the team at Hampton Gardens School.

This is a varied and rewarding role where you’ll play a key part in maintaining continuity of learning during teacher absence. You’ll supervise classes across the curriculum, support individual students and small groups, and contribute to the smooth running of the school day.

As Cover Supervisor, you’ll deliver pre-set work, manage classroom behaviour, and provide feedback to teaching staff. You’ll also support departments with resource preparation and assist with exam invigilation. This role requires excellent communication skills, confidence in managing groups of students, and a proactive, flexible approach.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supervising classes during short-term teacher absence, following pre-set work.
• Supporting students to access learning and stay on task.
• Liaising with teaching staff and using available information to meet individual student needs.
• Contributing to behaviour management using positive strategies.
• Recording attendance and behaviour information on Bromcom.
• Providing feedback to teachers on student engagement and progress.
• Supporting individual students and small groups with intervention activities.
• Assisting departments with resource preparation and administrative tasks.
• Invigilating exams as required.
• Participating in staff training, meetings, and school events.

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in working with young people, ideally in a school setting.
• Confident in managing classroom behaviour and gaining student respect.
• Organised, adaptable, and able to work independently.
• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal and ICT skills.
• Committed to safeguarding and confidentiality.
• Willing to undertake First Aid training and other relevant CPD.
• Positive, flexible, and enthusiastic about supporting students.

Working Hours

• 32.5 hours per week, term time only + attendance at statutory training
• 8.15am to 3.30pm, Monday to Friday, with a 45-minute unpaid lunch break.

There may be an opportunity to undertake a paid Midday Supervision position alongside this role. If so, start and finish times may be adjusted accordingly and would be agreed in discussion with the successful candidate.

Salary:

(Grade 7)

• Full-time salary (52 weeks / 37 hours) From: £28,598 to £32,061.
• Actual salary (190 days / 32.5hours) From: £20,960 to £23,498.

How to Apply

If having read the advertisement, job description and person specification, you are motivated to apply for this position please submit your application via MyNewTerm.

• Please complete all sections of the application form. CV’s will not be accepted.
• Your personal statement should outline your relevant experience and why you are a suitable candidate for this role.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit to the school before applying, please contact the HR Team via jobs@hamptonacademiestrust.org.uk

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

Safeguarding and Recruitment Checks

Hampton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, the school may consider carrying out an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our safeguarding due diligence. Where undertaken, this will be limited to information relevant to safeguarding or suitability to work with children and conducted in accordance with UK GDPR.

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

Hampton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, the school will consider carrying out an online search as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Full details are contained with our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy and Recruitment and Selection Policy, which are available via our website, or on request.

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 Hampton Gardens Secondary School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1264 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hampton Gardens Secondary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hampton-gardens-secondary-school

Hampton Gardens is an 11-19 free school which opened in September 2017 to an initial intake of 180 Year 7 students. When full, the school will accommodate 1200 students in years 7-11 and 300 students in Sixth Form.

Hampton Gardens is part of the Hampton Academies Trust who also run the highly successful and popular Hampton College all-through school, Hampton Lakes Primary School and Dogsthorpe Infant School. HAT schools have very close links and some shared staff.

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