Cover Supervisor and Pastoral Officer

King's Leadership Phoenix Academy, Liverpool, Merseyside, L13 1FB

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Special Education Needs (SEN), Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,384.00 - £25,366.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 5, pts 12-17 £27,711 - £30,060 FTE. Actual for Term Time Only is £23,384 - £25,366

Cover Supervisor and Pastoral Officer job summary

King’s Leadership Phoenix Academy – Liverpool

Part of the Great Schools Trust

King’s Leadership Phoenix Academy is seeking to appoint to perform a hybrid role, an empathetic, adaptable, and resilient Cover Supervisor and Pastoral Officer to join our growing and passionate team.

Situated in Wavertree, Liverpool, King’s Phoenix is a dynamic alternative provision school serving a vibrant cohort of students aged 11-16, many of whom have Social, Emotional, and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. Our mission is rooted in compassion, inclusivity, and unwavering belief in the potential of every student to achieve and thrive.

As a Cover Supervisor and Pastoral Officer at King’s Phoenix, you will play a vital role in creating a safe and engaging learning environment that nurtures both academic progress and personal development.

We’re looking for a candidate who:

• Has experience working with young people in educational or pastoral settings and is passionate about supporting their development.
• Demonstrates strong behaviour management and communication skills, with the confidence to lead a classroom and build trust with students.
• Can remain calm, professional, and adaptable in challenging situations, showing empathy and resilience.
• Is committed to safeguarding the well-being of all students, with a clear understanding of child protection principles.
• Is highly organised, ICT-proficient, and able to manage multiple priorities across classroom and pastoral responsibilities.
• Brings a proactive, team-oriented mindset, contributing positively to the wider school community and ethos.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Deliver pre-set lessons to full classes in the absence of teaching staff, maintaining a safe, engaging, and orderly learning environment.
• Provide tailored pastoral support to students, including mentoring, behaviour intervention, and emotional well-being strategies.
• Monitor and assess student progress and behaviour, updating records and contributing to support plans as required.
• Work closely with teaching staff, the Pastoral Manager, and external agencies to meet individual student needs.
• Track attendance, punctuality, and safeguarding concerns, escalating issues and supporting interventions when necessary.
• Promote positive student behaviour and conduct throughout the school, both in and out of the classroom, including break and corridor duties.

Why Join King’s Phoenix?

• A nurturing, student-centred environment that puts wellbeing first
• Purpose-built facilities including a Support Hub, therapy rooms, and well-equipped classrooms
• Access to a full-time SENCo, in-house counselling, and pastoral expertise

Outstanding CPD offer across the Great Schools Trust, including:

• Weekly protected CPD time and early finish every Friday
• Coaching through People-Centred Leadership (PCL)
• Leadership development via the King’s Adventure programme
• Mental health and wellbeing support through the BUPA Employee Assistance Programme

Staff Wellbeing Charter including:

• Flexible family-friendly policies
• No after-school meetings
• Termly staff socials and appreciation initiatives
• Career progression pathways across our high-performing network of schools
• Cycle to Work scheme and Local Government Pension Scheme

Safeguarding Commitment

King’s Leadership Phoenix Academy and Great Schools Trust are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references, and pre-employment vetting procedures.

Interested in Joining Us?

We warmly welcome visits to the Academy. For more information or to arrange a visit, please contact Mr Danny Cross (Principal) via Mark Blackmore (m.blackmore@kingsphoenix.com)

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About King's Leadership Phoenix Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 3 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King's Leadership Phoenix Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aspire-centre-kings-leadership-academy-liverpool

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