Cover Supervisor

Cromwell Community College, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 October 2025

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,196.00 - £27,255.00 Annually (FTE) ALT Grade E - £19,703.82 to £20,500.37 Annually (Actual)

Cover Supervisor job summary

Job Title: Cover Supervisor

Location: Cromwell Community College

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time plus 5 training days)

Salary (FTE): £26,196.00 to £27,255.00

Actual Salary: £19,703.82 to £20,500.37

Closing Date: Sunday 31st August 2025

Are you passionate about supporting students and maintaining a positive learning environment? Cromwell Community College is seeking a reliable, enthusiastic, and confident Cover Supervisor to join our dedicated team.

About the role:

The postholder will provide classroom supervision when teachers are absent, making this a key role in supporting the day to day running of the school. This post would suit an individual with experience of working with young people, although full training and support will be provided.

About us:

As a successful and dynamic through school, Cromwell Community College is an exciting place to learn and a great place to work. If you choose to come and join us, you will become part of a well established, talented and committed team of staff. Our staff are talented, enthusiastic and strive to deliver innovative learning experiences to our young people. They also enrich, guide and support our students to ensure they are fully prepared and equipped to enter the competitive world of work or further studies. We pride ourselves on providing our students with the knowledge, skills and resilience to achieve the highest possible standards academically, socially and personally.

Why Join Us?

We can offer you an excellent opportunity for career progression both within the academy, and the Trust, as well as a supportive professional environment with a highly visible and ambitious leadership team

• Vivup Benefit System
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to Local Government Pensions Scheme

If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Sam Surtees, Business and Operations Manager - SSurtees@cromwell.cambs.sch.uk

The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.

The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment (except for Early Career Teachers who are subject to a Statutory Induction Period). This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.

We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.

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 Cromwell Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1524 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cromwell Community College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cromwell-community-college-chatteris

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