Cover Supervisor

Deyes High School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L31 6DE

36 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2026

• Closing date

  27 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,403.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary £22,912 - £24,421 ( Full Time/Term Time plus INSET days)

Cover Supervisor job summary

Job overview

Deyes High School is a well-established secondary school located in the Sefton, committed to providing a supportive and inclusive learning environment for all students. We are currently seeking a Cover Supervisor to join our team. This role involves supervising classes during teacher absences, ensuring that students remain engaged and on task.

Skills and Qualifications:
- Good communication skills with both students and staff
- Ability to manage classroom behaviour effectively
- Basic organisational skills to follow lesson plans provided by teachers
- Willingness to learn and adapt quickly
- Reliable and punctual

Values and Attitudes:
- A positive attitude towards working with young people
- Commitment to maintaining a safe and respectful learning environment
- Patience, empathy, and understanding of diverse student needs
- Professionalism in all interactions within the school community
- Enthusiasm for supporting education even without prior teaching experience

If you are interested in contributing to our school community by helping maintain continuity of learning during teacher absences, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding position.

Right to Work

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, as the Trust does not hold a Skilled Worker sponsor licence.

Safeguarding Statement

Lydiate Learning Trust is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

Posts at the Trust are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and any adult cautions or spent convictions that are not protected or defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) order 2020.

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

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 Deyes High School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1355 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Deyes High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/deyes-high-school

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