Cover Supervisor
The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG8 3EZ21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
23 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,386.00 - £20,330.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary will be paid Term Time Only
Cover Supervisor job summary
Are you ready to inspire the next generation? As a Cover Supervisor at The Trinity Catholic School, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our students continue to thrive — even when their usual teacher is absent. Every day is different, and every lesson is an opportunity to make a genuine impact.
You’ll create a purposeful, positive learning environment, guide students through pre-prepared work, and help them stay focused and engaged so their learning never misses a beat.
If you’re passionate about supporting young people, committed to helping them achieve their potential, and excited to be part of a warm, faith‑centred community, we’d love to hear from you.
This is your chance to take on a dynamic role leading lessons across KS3 and KS4, with occasional opportunities to work with KS5, and to contribute to the wider life of our welcoming Academy.
This is a permanent role starting 13 April 2026, working 32.5 hours per week, term time only.
About Us
The Trinity Catholic School is a high‑achieving, inclusive secondary school and sixth form in Nottingham, proudly rated Good by Ofsted.
Steeped in history dating back to 1844, when the Sisters of Mercy first opened the original school in Nottingham, Trinity has grown into a vibrant, modern community educating over 1,100 young people today.
We are part of the Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, working collaboratively with 36 Catholic schools across Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to deliver exceptional education grounded in faith, respect, and aspiration.
Students at Trinity are known for their excellent behaviour, strong sense of community, and commitment to learning, with inspectors praising their politeness, courtesy, and pride in their school.
You will:
- Supervise KS3, KS4, and occasional KS5 students, ensuring they stay on task with pre-set learning activities.
- Be caring, supportive, and driven to help students achieve their full potential.
- Build positive relationships and foster a classroom environment where every learner feels able to succeed.
- Believe that every young person — regardless of background — can achieve exceptional things.
- Promote student wellbeing, offering guidance, positivity, and encouragement.
- Engage confidently with large groups of students and model professional standards.
- Be organised, proactive, and determined in a fast-paced school environment.
- What’s in it for you?
- An actual salary of £19,386 - £20,330 per annum (OLOL Band 3; Scale Points 6 - 9)
- Wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
- Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
- Fantastic benefits:
- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions over 20%.
- Access to top-tier CPD opportunities tailored to your development.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing emotional, financial, and legal support for you and your family.
- Exclusive perks: From staff discounts to a Cycle-to-Work scheme, we’ve got you covered!
- A welcoming community: Work with enthusiastic students, supportive colleagues, and a leadership team that values your expertise.
- Term time only working.
Closing Date: Monday 23 February 2026 at 9.00am
Interview Date: 26 - 27 February 2026
Visits are warmly welcomed so you can see for yourself, and we encourage you to talk to us to learn more about the role. Please contact Mrs Hay at l.hay@trinity.nottingham.sch.uk to arrange a visit or to discuss the role further.
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for our Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools. Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1190 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Trinity Catholic School A Voluntary Academy website
The Trinity Catholic School serves the children and families of the City of Nottingham and its surrounding areas. Situated in Aspley on a split site in the East of the city, we work with the parishes of St Teresas of Lisieux in Aspley, St Augustine’s in St Anns, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Bulwell and St Mary’s in Hyson Green. Renowned for consistently high academic outcomes, the school prides itself on excellent pastoral care and standards of behaviour whilst working to meet the school mission statement:
“This Catholic School will seek to educate the whole person, academically, morally, socially and spiritually through the example of Jesus Christ and the witness of committed capable teachers”.
Trinity has 1129 pupils including 230 in the Sixth Form. The school holds a number of awards including; Leading Edge Partnership School, Heathy Schools, International School Award, Arts Mark Gold, Sims Partner School, Sports Mark and Career Mark highlighting the breadth of quality within the school and areas of expertise. The school was inspected in October 2008 by OFSTED and judged to be Outstanding. On our last Diocesan Canonical Inspection we were judged as Outstanding (November 2014).
The school promotes involvement in a broad range of extra-curricular activities and celebrates the successes of our children and young people via the school website as well as in school. We promote opportunities both within and outside of the classroom to ensure that all children experience an excellent, rich and varied education to ensure that they are prepared for life after school in further education, employment or training.
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