Cover Supervisor

The Reach Free School, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 8AB

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  28 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £20,154.00 - £29,129.00 Annually (Actual)

Cover Supervisor job summary

Cover Supervisor

Dates:

Apply by midday on Monday 28th September 2026

Location:

Rickmansworth

Hours:

8.15am to 3.15pm, Monday to Friday (Term Time Only)

Contract term:

Permanent

Salary:

Academy Trust Scale based on skills and experience (starting salary £20,154 pro rata)

Start Date:

January 2027

The Reach Free School is looking to appoint a confident, supportive and adaptable individual to take on the role of Cover Supervisor. The role involves covering lessons for colleagues who are absent from school.

The role would suit:

• A candidate with experience of working in a supportive role in a school environment

• A graduate seeking experience in a school environment prior to embarking on a programme to gain qualified teacher status (QTS).

In return, we will offer you:

• A happy and supportive working environment with high expectations and standards

• Opportunities to develop a broad range of skills in a vibrant and evolving environment

• A network of outstanding practitioners to collaborate with and learn from, both in school and across the Watford Partnership for Teacher Training

• A comprehensive professional development programme

• Opportunities to progress to a career in teaching via the Schools Direct programme, where viable

The Reach Free School is a successful secondary school which celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2023. The oversubscribed school is a popular choice for local families. The school has excellent modern facilities built in 2018, right in the heart of its community. If the challenges of working in a non-selective secondary school appeal to you, then we would like to hear from you.

Further information is available from our website: www.thereachfreeschool.co.uk.

We encourage potential candidates to arrange a school tour. Contact The Reach Free School to arrange this, or with any questions you may have, on 01923 711517 or via email to Mrs Keri McKay, HR Officer, kmckay@reachfree.co.uk.

Closing date for applications: Apply by midday on 28th September 2026

Interviews to take place: Week commencing Monday 5th October 2026

Safer Recruitment

The Reach Free School is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment. To ensure we fulfil this responsibility, all candidates will undergo a thorough selection process designed to deter and identify unsuitable applicants. Details of this process are outlined below. Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact the school.

Disclosure

This role involves significant access to children, and any appointment will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for previous criminal convictions. Candidates must disclose any convictions, cautions, or bind-overs, including ‘spent convictions’ as defined under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020), prior to appointment. Failure to disclose relevant information may result in termination of employment. However, a criminal background will not automatically exclude individuals from employment; each case will be considered based on the nature and timing of the offence(s).

Online searches

In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, the school will conduct online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of the suitability assessment process. The school will also carry out relevant prohibition-from-teaching checks, where applicable, to ensure candidates are suitable to work in an educational setting.

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

The Reach Free School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expects all staff to share this commitment. In accordance with our Safer Recruitment Policy we are unable to process applications without a fully completed application form. The successful applicant must obtain DBS clearance at enhanced level. The school will also carry out a prohibition from teaching check, as well as in-depth online checks. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of your employment.

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 The Reach Free School

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 734 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Reach Free School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-reach-free-school

The Reach Free School is an 11 to 18 school in Rickmansworth, which serves pupils of all backgrounds and abilities. Opened in September 2013, the school was founded by a group of teachers and local parents in response to a significant demand for more secondary school places in the area.

All involved with the school have high aspirations for our pupils and high expectations of them. As such we expect all pupils to: commit their best efforts to all that they do; support each other to achieve their potential; work with their teachers to exceed their goals; demonstrate exemplary behaviour in all that they do; take pride in their school and its community within its walls and beyond; enjoy learning.

The Reach Free School plays an active role in the community, working with local businesses, supporting local events and providing a hub for local services. Pupils are very much involved in the school’s wider responsibilities, developing skills in leadership and decision making, communication and collaboration and independent, self led learning.

A sense of purpose and responsibility pervades lessons and activities at The Reach Free School and it is important that our pupils recognise their own responsibilities as members of the community. It is this that underpins The Reach Free School’s ethos; Achievement, Community, Enjoyment – ACE.

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