Cover Supervisor

Hampton College, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 8BF

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  20 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  6 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598.00 - £32,061.00 Annually (FTE) An actual salary from £20,960 to £23,498 per annum / term time only & 32.5 hours per week.

Cover Supervisor job summary

Are you confident, adaptable, and passionate about supporting students in their learning?

We are currently looking for a flexible and adaptable Cover Supervisor to join our team, providing cover for absent teaching staff for both planned and unplanned absences.

You may already have some experience in delivering learning activities to students and may have some experience of working in schools. The successful candidate will have good interpersonal skills, and will be able to liaise confidently with staff, students and parents, as a positive and committed member of the Cover Team.

Hampton College employs Cover Supervisors to cover for absent teaching staff, which is successful in terms of consistency and managing student behaviour. You will cover for both planned absences, e.g. staff on training courses, and unplanned staff absences, e.g. sickness; and you may also be required to invigilate during examinations. All long-term absences, e.g. Maternity Leave, will be covered by qualified teaching staff.

Where you’re not required to cover, you will undertake additional tasks at the discretion of your line manager, therefore a flexible approach and a can-do attitude are essential requirements of the role. Candidates should be adaptable to able to respond to changes in working practices, with a willingness to respond to reasonable requests that go beyond normal routines, when required.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supervising classes during short-term teacher absence, following pre-set work.
• Supporting students to access learning and stay on task.
• Liaising with teaching staff and using available information to meet individual students needs.
• Contributing to behaviour management using positive strategies.
• Recording attendance and behaviour information on Bromcom.
• Providing feedback to teachers on student engagement and progress.
• Supporting individual students and small groups with intervention activities.
• Assisting departments with resource preparation and administrative tasks.
• Invigilating exams as required.
• Participating in staff training, meetings, and school events.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in working with young people, ideally in a school setting.
• Confident in managing classroom behaviour and gaining student respect.
• Organised, adaptable, and able to work independently.
• A strong communicator with excellent interpersonal and ICT skills.
• Committed to safeguarding and confidentiality.
• Willing to undertake First Aid training and other relevant CPD.
• Positive, flexible, and enthusiastic about supporting students.

Working Hours

32.5 hours per week, term time.

8:15am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday, with a 45-minute unpaid lunch break.

There may be an opportunity to undertake a paid Midday Supervision position alongside this role. If so, start and finish times may be adjusted accordingly and would be agreed in discussion with the successful candidate.

Salary (Grade 7)

Full-time salary (52 weeks / 37 hours) From: £28,598 to £32,061 per annum

Actual salary (190 days / 32.5hours) From: £20,960 to £23,498 per annum

If you are looking for a new and exciting challenge, then we can offer you a fulfilling and rewarding role working at Hampton College.

How to Apply

If having read the advertisement, job description and person specification, you are motivated to apply for this position please submit your application via MyNewTerm.

• Please complete all sections of the application form. CV’s will not be accepted.
• Your personal statement should outline your relevant experience and why you are a suitable candidate for this role.

If you have any questions or would like to arrange a visit to the school before applying, please contact the HR Team via jobs@hamptonacademiestrust.org.uk

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

Safeguarding and Recruitment Checks

Hampton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, the school may consider carrying out an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our safeguarding due diligence. Where undertaken, this will be limited to information relevant to safeguarding or suitability to work with children and conducted in accordance with UK GDPR.

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 Hampton College

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 19
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1620 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hampton College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hampton-college

Hampton College

Eagle Way, Hampton Vale, Peterborough, PE7 8BF

Hampton College is an established, successful, all-through school, which formed its own multi-academy trust (Hampton Academies Trust - HAT) in 2014. The Trust is also the education provider for the neighbouring secondary school, Hampton Gardens School and Hampton Lakes Primary School, which opened in September 2019. In 2020, Dogsthorpe Infant School joined our trust. HAT schools have very close links and some shared staff.

Hampton College currently serves the community of Hampton, on the southern outskirts of the city of Peterborough and has good links to Cambridge and Stamford. Hampton Gardens School serves the neighbouring Cambridgeshire village of Yaxley, as well new housing being added to the Hampton East development, where Hampton Lakes Primary School is located.

Required September 2023 (or earlier)

TEACHER OF GEOGRAPHY

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Teacher with a passion for Geography, on a full-time basis.

You will be expected to contribute to the continued development of the Department’s curriculum. You should be able to communicate effectively with students and colleagues as well as having good organisational skills.

You should be a reflective practitioner, interested in developing your practice and trying out new strategies in your teaching. You will already be, at least, a competent user of ICT, and happy to learn more. Above all, we wish to appoint an imaginative and enthusiastic teacher, who will be keen to work alongside a team determined to create an excellent department and one keen to develop excellent relationships with students and staff.

You will have a passion for working with young people and you will relish the satisfaction that comes from helping them to develop and to learn. The successful candidate will, of course, be an important part of the department and can expect the support needed to develop their career further but will also be expected to:

• Possess the ability to inspire and motivate, and who have a passion for teaching and learning.
• Have consistently high expectations with the drive to help all students achieve their full potential.
• Be an exceptional team player and who enjoys supporting and working collaboratively with others.
• Have the skill to form positive relationships for learning with all staff, students and parents.
• Share our vision to deliver outstanding education for children and young adults and the commitment to make a difference to outcomes and achievements of all our students.

What we can offer you in return:

• A fantastic working environment where students are enthusiastic and want to learn. All our schools have modern buildings, with light and airy classrooms, outstanding facilities and are situated at the heart of the community.
• We value our staff and recognise the importance of providing ongoing training opportunities. As a growing Trust we are also able to offer opportunities for promotion and fresh challenges as new roles arise regularly within the Trust.
• Our active Staff Wellbeing Group creates an effective channel for staff to be heard, and underpins our commitment to cultivating a supportive working environment which allows staff to flourish and achieve their full potential.
• Our extensive induction programme supports staff every step of the way, and our buddy system gives new staff a supportive and knowledgeable mentor.
• Full access to the Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme, which is designed to help staff deal with any personal or professional problems. Staff have access to free legal advice, medical information, counselling sessions, online self-help tools, factsheets and the wellbeing portal.

For further details, please visit the Hampton Academies Trust website: http://www.hamptonacademiestrust.org.uk/jobs/

Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 13 March 2023

Please note that we reserve the right to interview and appointment prior to the closing date.

Hampton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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