Cover Supervisor
St Clere's School, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0NW10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
March 2026
Closing date
12 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,072.65 - £25,301.56 Annually (Actual)
Cover Supervisor job summary
Salary: Thurrock Band C Point 13 - 19
£22,072.65 - £25,301.56 actual salary per annum
32 hours and 30 minutes per week - 38 weeks per year - term time plus inset
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 3:00pm (with a 30 minute unpaid break)
Start Date: March 2026
St Clere’s School are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and flexible Cover Supervisor to support cover within the school. A candidate who has a degree or previous relevant experience would be at an advantage. St Clere’s School has previously supported Cover Supervisors to complete their Teaching Training and progress to a teaching role within the school.
Key Duties of the role:
- Supervising classes and supporting pupils
- Delivering cover work set by the class teacher
- Providing feedback to the classroom teacher on the pupil’s progress against lesson plans, conduct of the lesson and keeping pupil related records
- Dealing with any immediate problems or emergencies according to the school’s policies and procedures
- Collecting any completed work after the lesson and returning it to the appropriate teacher
- Provide additional support to teachers in classrooms, to carry out administrative tasks when not covering a class
- Act as a role model, setting high expectations of conduct and behaviour and adhering to the school’s behaviour management policy
St Clere’s School is a high achieving, oversubscribed school with a “Good” Ofsted rating and consistently high student outcomes, demand for places is increasing year on year. We are a popular choice for families because our students succeed in many ways and are taught by staff who teach with great energy and expertise in an environment that has great facilities.
St Clere’s School is a member of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the schools’ Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people.
What the school can offer:
- Two-week October half term
- Support from highly experienced SLT members, the wider trust network and collaboration with our other schools
- Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance
- Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
- Recognition of continuous service
- Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust
- Fully Subsidised Employee Assistance Programme
- Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
- Relocation package of up to £8,000 for new employees renting or buying a property (where applicable)
- National Conditions of Service
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
If you feel the school would suit you, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now or you can request a visit of the school or for more information speak to Anna Brownhr@osborne.coop or 01375 648907.
St Clere’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.
Closing date: Thursday 12th February 2026 at Midday
Interview Date: w/c 24th February 2026
Please note: We may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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 St Clere's School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1438 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Clere's School website
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