Cover Supervisor

Barnsley Academy, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 3DL

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  30 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Permanent, full-time, 37.5 hours per week, 39 working weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: FTE £25,700 - £27,500 (actual of £22,176 - £23,729)

What skills and experience we're looking for

The successful candidate will be:

• Confident in their ability to manage a whole class of students within the age range 11 to 16.
• Able to communicate appropriately and effectively with young people.
• Able to manage behaviour in the classroom to ensure students remain engaged in set work.
• Flexible to work throughout the school within different departments and with different age ranges daily.
• Someone who shares our moral purpose of ensuring that all of our young people receive the best education possible in a supportive environment from people who care about them.
• Someone who is passionate about teaching and learning and who will inspire our students to achieve their potential.
• Act as a role model to students so professionalism and confidentiality will be key attributes.

What the school offers its staff

• Highly competitive pay.
• Excellent facilities and resources in a respectful working environment.
• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
• Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
• Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
• A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of schools in the country with opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions, a paid personal leave day each year, and a generous staff discount scheme.
• Three extra INSET days for planning per year.
• Access to a free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and Health Cash Plan.
• Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
• We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.

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

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Briefing Pack for Applicants - Cover Supervisor November 25.pdf - 375 KB (opens in new tab)

About Barnsley Academy

• School type: Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 915 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Barnsley Academy website
• Email address: hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/barnsley-academy

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