Cover Supervisor
The Thomas Adams School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 5UB29 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 30 hours per week, term time only + 1 day
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 year in the first instance
Full-time equivalent salary
- actual salary - £19,618 - £21,281
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main Purpose
- To supervise whole classes during staff absence, either planned days or unplanned sickness and deliver pre-prepared activities as and when required by the Cover Coordinator
- To provide admin support for the school as directed
- To assist teachers in creating and maintaining a purposeful, orderly and supportive learning environment and promote the inclusion of all students, ensuring they have equal opportunities to learn and develop
- To cover support staff e.g. Library/teaching assistant if required
Duties and responsibilities
Support for students
- To support working relationships with students, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
- To support students learning in the most effective way
- To meet the personal needs of students whilst encouraging their independence
- To support students with special educational needs through the delivery of specific learning programmes pre-planned by the teacher and under instruction of the teacher
- To encourage students to interact and work co-operatively, ensuring all students are engaged in activities
Support for the teacher
- In the short-term unplanned absence of teachers, to cover all pre prepared activities to provide continuity for the students
- Deliver materials/work through appropriate classroom management
- Manage and record behaviour according to the school’s behaviour policy
- Provide feedback to the relevant member of teaching staff
- Complete registers in line with school policy, every lesson
- Ensure teacher seating plans are applied in all lessons
- Cover break and lunchtime duties as required
Professional development
- Help keep knowledge and understanding relevant and up-to-date by reflecting on your own practice, liaising with school leaders, and identifying relevant professional development to improve personal effectiveness
- Take opportunities to build the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience needed for the role, with support from the school
Other Responsibilities
- Comply with and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Be aware of and comply with all school policies and procedures
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure equal opportunities for all
- Contribute to the overall ethos and aims of the School and Trust
- Appreciate and support the role of other professionals
- Attend and participate in relevant meetings, training and learning activities as required
The postholder may be required to carry out any other duties that are commensurate with the post. Whilst every effort is made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post each individual task undertaken may not be identified.
This job description is subject to review, in negotiation with the post holder at any time. However, an annual review of this job description and allocation of responsibilities will take place as part of agreed performance management arrangements.
What the school offers its staff
The 3-18 Trust: What We Offer
Hours & Working Weeks
Work-life balance is important in our Trust.
Having the ability to organise your working hours in a way that suits you, whilst not compromising your hours and standard of work, alongside meeting the requirements of the post and the needs of the Trust can help to achieve this work-life balance. It may be to avoid a busy commute or to allow time to work around childcare or caring for dependents. We will be looking for core-working hours, which will be agreed with the successful applicant and other hours are to be worked around other commitments.
We also support home-working and this will be discussed at interview.
You must exhibit a high level of self-motivation and self-discipline and be able to manage your own time effectively for this to be successful.
In addition to a comprehensive induction and a commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, we also offer:
ü Unbeatable Pension Scheme
Thinking about your future? We are too and it’s never too early. We’ll automatically enrol you onto the relevant pension scheme – we will pay a whopping 28.68% into your Teachers Pension scheme or 19% if you are a member of our amazing support staff through the local government pension scheme – you’ll find it hard to beat that.
ü Holiday
Whilst holiday allowances vary across the roles, we offer no less than 27 days plus bank holidays– and to top it off, your holiday entitlement grows as your career does – as after five years’ service you’ll be awarded five extra days. Plus, we run a special leave policy making allowances for paid time off for those unplanned life events or family milestones that we just wouldn’t expect you to miss.
ü Saving Scheme
Saving for those rainy days has never been easier than with our salary savings scheme where you can have your savings taken directly from your salary into an accredited savings scheme.
ü Support for you and your family
We understand that becoming a parent, growing your family or looking after those who mean the most to you, can be life changing. That’s why we’re proud to provide policies that fit around your family, whenever you might need it.
ü Your wellbeing
It’s a top priority for us, and that’s why we look after your physical wellbeing with free eye tests, flu vaccinations, and an outstanding occupational health service. We also look after your mental wellbeing too, with our employee assistance programme, providing legal, financial, health, parenting and life advice with 24 hour access for you and your family members. We also provide access to independent counselling specialists to beat those long waiting lists and ensure you have access to the right support at the right time.
ü Online GP Service
Struggling to get an appointment with your local GP, we’ve got you covered. As an employee at The 3-18 Education Trust you will have 24 hour access to a GP appointment, these usually take place within 2 days at a time to suit you, prescriptions provided when required to be collected at your local pharmacy. This service is also open to your dependants.
ü We’ve always got you covered
If the unexpected happens – for example, you can’t work because of illness or you’re in an accident – we’ve got you covered with excellent sick pay benefits. Plus, in the event of death in service, we’ll pay up to three times your salary. All these give you financial protection and take away any worries – all at no cost to you.
ü Cycle to work scheme
Choose a brand-new bike and accessories and save on tax and National Insurance. Select a bike worth up to £3,000 and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free.
ü Home and Electronics Scheme
The latest Xbox on the birthday list? Washing machine broken down at just the wrong time of year? We have you covered with our newest salary sacrifice scheme, open all year round and open to all staff, spreading the payments for those expensive items over 12 months.
ü Awards for long service
We owe so much to our long-serving colleagues. That’s why we’re all about rewarding their continuous service and celebrating their key milestones. Just the way it should be.
ü Career Progression
From bitesize learning right through to professional qualifications. With our trust wide dedicated CPD leads, we believe every colleague should have the chance to progress – personally, professionally and as far as possible.
ü Additional Perks
Many of our sites have access to freshly made hot meals at a discounted rate, free carparking, gyms and swimming pools all open to members of staff at greatly reduced rates or free
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Thomas Adams School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1207 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Thomas Adams School website
- Email address
- belinda.howells@tas.318education.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01939 237000
11-18 school part of the 318 Education Trust
Arranging a visit to The Thomas Adams School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email belinda.howells@tas.318education.co.uk.
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