Cover Supervisor
Armthorpe Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN3 2DA21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2025
Closing date
13 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Cover Supervisor
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC Grade 6 Points 13 – 17 (Actual £24,913.42 - £26,591.53)
Cover Supervisor job summary
Cover Supervisor
📍 Location: Armthorpe Academy
💰 Salary: NJC Grade 6 SCP 13 – 17 (£24,913.42 - £26,591.53)
⏳ Contract: Full Time, Permanent, Term time plus 2 days.
📅 Start Date: September 2025
Are you passionate about education and eager to make a difference in the lives of young people? Armthorpe Academy, part of Consilium Academies, is seeking a committed, enthusiastic, and student-focused Cover Supervisor to join our team and contribute to our mission of excellence, equality, and integrity.
Welcome to Armthorpe Academy
Located in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Armthorpe Academy is a vibrant and inclusive 11–16 school with a strong sense of community. We are proud of our culture of high expectations, ambition, and care. Our vision is simple: to ensure every student receives an excellent education and develops into a well-rounded individual, ready for the challenges of 21st-century life.
At Armthorpe, we are proud to:
- Foster academic excellence alongside social, emotional, and cultural development.
- Embrace and celebrate diversity and inclusion in all that we do.
- Provide high-quality professional development and support for all staff.
- Value respect, responsibility, resilience, pride, and ambition as the foundation of our school culture.
As a Cover Supervisor, you will be an essential part of our team, helping to maintain continuity of education for our students in the absence of their regular class teachers.
About the Role
As a Cover Supervisor, your key responsibilities will include:
- Delivering pre-prepared lessons to students across a range of subjects.
- Maintaining a positive and purposeful learning environment in the classroom.
- Supporting the behaviour, welfare, and engagement of students.
- Providing feedback to teaching staff on student progress and behaviour.
- Contributing to the wider life of the school, including supervision during school events and activities.
This role is ideal for someone considering a career in teaching or working with young people, with excellent communication skills, a calm and authoritative presence, and a genuine interest in supporting students to achieve their best.
About You
We are looking for someone who:
- Has strong interpersonal and organisational skills.
- Has experience working with children or young people (desirable).
- Is confident managing behaviour in a classroom setting.
- Possesses good ICT skills and is familiar with systems such as SIMS (desirable).
- Has a minimum of GCSE level qualifications in English and Maths (or equivalent).
Why Join Us?
Consilium Academies is a values-driven Multi-Academy Trust committed to enriching lives and inspiring ambitions. As part of our Trust, you will benefit from:
- Access to the Consilium Centre for Professional Learning, offering tailored CPD and career development pathways.
- Generous staff benefits, including:
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- 34 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time)
- Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 counselling and CBT
- Enhanced sick pay schemes
- Vivup employee discount scheme
- Access to public sector car and electronics salary sacrifice schemes
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative working environment where you can thrive.
Join Our Mission
At Consilium and Armthorpe Academy, we believe in the power of education to transform lives. If you are motivated to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.
Applications and Information
For further information about the role please see attached recruitment pack including, job description and person specification.
If you have any questions about the role or would like to arrange a visit to Armthorpe Academy, please contact amanda.thompson@consilium-at.com
Closing date for applications is Friday 13th June 2025 at 9.00am
Interviews will take place on a date to be arranged.
Please ensure that within your application you provide the names, addresses, and contact details for two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer.
We look forward to welcoming a new team member who shares our commitment to excellence in education!
Consilium Academies is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are made subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
The Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.
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 are not accepted.
About Armthorpe Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 646 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Armthorpe Academy website
Armthorpe Academy is a ‘truly inclusive school’ (Ofsted 2019). We have high expectations of students, both in terms of their progress and their behaviour. In particular, we expect them to invest in their own learning, and we encourage them to enjoy and make a positive contribution to the wider life of the school. They, in turn, can expect from us the highest possible quality of teaching, care and support.
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