Cover Supervisor

Deneholm Primary School, Grays, Essex, RM16 2SS

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  27 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £4,145.00 - £4,651.00 Annually (Actual)

Cover Supervisor job summary

Deneholm Primary School is a happy and positive school looking to appoint an effective, enthusiastic and talented Cover Supervisor to support the delivery of high-quality learning experiences. This is a great opportunity for an established Cover Supervisor or an experienced Teaching Assistant who would like to build on their knowledge and skills. This role is one day per week (day to be agreed), 8:30am to 3:30pm (5 hours and 55 minutes per week), term time only (37 weeks per year).

There is also the opportunity, if desired, for the successful candidate to work an additional day per week (Friday) at Stifford Clays Primary School.

Applicants should have experience of:

• -Delivering lessons according to work set by class teachers in subjects across the curriculum.

• -Supervising activities that have been set.

• -Maintaining a stimulating, purposeful learning environment.

• -Working with children with SEND.

• -Providing feedback to the classroom teacher on the pupils’ progress against lesson plans and conduct.

• -Keeping pupil-related records.

• -Dealing with any immediate problems according to school policies and procedures.

• -Collecting completed work at the end of the lesson and returning it to the appropriate teacher.

• -Providing additional support to teachers or carrying out administrative tasks when not covering a class.

• -Acting as a role model, setting high expectations of conduct and behaviour.

• -Reporting pupil and school issues in line with the school’s policies, e.g., health and safety, child protection, behaviour management.

Why Deneholm Primary School?

At Deneholm Primary School, we aim to give all our pupils the best possible start. We are committed to developing the whole child and aim for excellence so that all pupils are ready for their next stage in education and can confidently take their place in modern Britain. We are very fortunate to be able to offer Nurture Provision for those children who need this valuable support.

We are an Ofsted ‘Good’ school (2023) where “pupils are keen to do well and respond to teachers with enthusiasm across a range of subjects” and “leaders provide training and support to help teachers develop to the highest standard”. Our personal development, behaviour and welfare is ‘outstanding’.

Why SWECET?

At South West Essex Community Education Trust, we are passionate about providing the best start in life for our pupils. We are united in the belief that every young person needs and deserves an education that will maximise their future life chances.

We place our pupils’ needs at the heart of everything we do and support our colleagues in delivering high-quality education. Our vision is to establish a national reputation for the quality of education we provide.

Our academies are united by the things that make us both similar and unique - the DNA that ties us all together. The SWECET DNA is made up of the following components: Developing our people, Nurturing our differences, and Aspiring for excellence.

We believe that our colleagues are our most precious resource to provide high-quality learning experiences for all our pupils. Our colleagues work hard to support teams in their own schools and across the Trust and in return, the SWECET Wellbeing Charter sets out our actions to support our colleagues.

If you have energy and passion in abundance and would relish the opportunity to be part of our team, we look forward to hearing from you. Visits from prospective candidates are warmly welcomed and encouraged. To arrange a visit, please email recruitment@swecet.org.

If interested in this vacancy please submit your application for the position as soon as possible, as we may close the advertisement early.

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.

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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 Deneholm Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 374 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Deneholm Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/deneholm-primary-school-grays

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