Cover Supervisor (Associate Teacher)

Leeds East Academy, Leeds, LS14 6HA

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): 37 hours per week, term time only plus 5 days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: C3 (Actual Salary £27,576 to £28,984)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you passionate about supporting young people and making a real difference in the classroom? This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in maintaining high-quality learning across our academy.

As a Cover Supervisor, you will work closely with senior teaching staff and within an agreed system of supervision to deliver engaging lessons and targeted interventions. You’ll help ensure continuity of learning by supervising whole classes during teacher absence and providing bespoke support to individual students and small groups.

What you’ll do:

• Deliver dynamic and high-quality cover lessons across Key Stages 3 and 4.
• Provide tailored one-to-one and small group interventions to help students thrive.
• Foster a positive, respectful, and supportive learning environment where every student can reach their full potential.
• Collaborate with colleagues and embrace opportunities for professional development.
• Champion our academy vision of “Everyone Exceptional” and help bring it to life every day.

This role is perfect for someone who is adaptable, enthusiastic, and committed to helping students succeed. You’ll gain valuable classroom experience and be part of a dedicated team that puts learners first.

The Cover Supervisor role offers valuable classroom experience and the opportunity to work across a range of subjects, supporting learning continuity and student engagement. However, because this position does not involve a fixed timetable or subject-specific teaching, it does not meet the requirements for completing the Early Career Teacher (ECT) induction. If you are seeking a role that supports ECT completion, we recommend applying for a teaching position within your subject area.

What the school offers its staff

Part of White Rose Academies Trust - Leeds East Academy is accelerating on a thrilling journey, which will ultimately see the school, its staff and its students, secure continued strides for the school and the community that it serves.

We are securing our vision for World Class by growing our family of exceptional education professionals; dedicated specialists and passionate leaders with the shared goal of transforming future prospects for the next generation in West Yorkshire.

The trust currently employs over 500 members of staff and is responsible for educating and developing almost 4,000 students between the ages of 3 to 16. The trust consists of three secondary schools - Leeds City Academy, Leeds East Academy and Leeds West Academy, and also welcomed its first primary school Alder Tree Primary Academy on 1st December 2020.

We believe the trust is a highly desirable place of work for an ambitious professional, who will be joining one of the most supportive and talented teams in the country.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an enhanced DBS check.
Please note this role will involve contact with children and you will be engaging in regulated activity. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. Applications are welcome, irrespective of
sex, sexuality, race, religion, marital status, age or disability.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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WRAT Recruitment Pack 2026.pdf - 2.79 MB (opens in new tab)

2751 Associate Teacher - Job Description and Person Specification (LEA).pdf - 242 KB (opens in new tab)

About Leeds East Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1016 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Leeds East Academy website
• Email address: wrat-hr@whiteroseacademies.org
• Phone number: 0113 2731964
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leeds-east-academy

Leeds East Academy is an over-subscribed 11-16 academy that has recently achieved the title of UK Parliament School of the Year. We are a vibrant, diverse and welcoming academy community who are committed to securing our highly ambitious vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ for every single member of our wonderful school. Over the last three years the school has been on a rapid journey of transformation which has resulted in significant improvements in attendance, progress, and behaviour. We received a ‘good’ judgement in our 2019 Ofsted inspection and every member of our community is determined to convert this to outstanding and beyond at our next inspection.

We are proud to be an academy who forms part of the High-Performance Learner international community and our vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ is underpinned by the principles of High-Performance Learner. The principles simply foster the belief that every child can and will perform highly and are able to excel both academically and personally within the right climate and culture. We have worked closely with our academy community to develop a culture and climate in which both staff and students can flourish.

Our academy is committed to delivering an outstanding education to each and every one of our students. We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.

White Rose Academies Trust is a local trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.

Arranging a visit to Leeds East Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email wrat-hr@whiteroseacademies.org.

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