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Cover Supervisor

Poynton High School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK12 1PU

This job expired on 14 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  14 July 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  8 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,001.00 - £22,782.00 Annually (Actual) 32.5 hours / 39 weeks ( term time plus 1 week)

Cover Supervisor job summary

Thank you for your interest in working at our school. Poynton High is a great school, full of inspirational young people and exceptionally talented staff. As Headteacher I am proud to have such a supportive, expert and engaged staff team and I hope that you will wish to move forward on your application and look to join us in due course.

We seek to appoint a well-qualified and enthusiastic cover supervisor. This position offers someone with good communication and interpersonal skills a fantastic opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking school. We would consider applicants seeking full time or part time contracts.

Our school serves the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves on being a community where every young person is challenged to reach their full potential and experience success, regardless of their background or ability. We believe that all stakeholders—students, staff, families, and the wider community of which we are a part—share the responsibility of contributing to the growth and achievement of our students. Recognising that every young person is unique, we are committed to building strong relationships and fostering an inclusive environment that values individuality, celebrates all achievements, and empowers our students to thrive academically, socially, and personally.

We have approximately 1500 students in Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A levels in our large and successful Sixth Form. We are proud of the academic excellence achieved by our students and of their involvement in wider school life. We hope that as a prospective member of staff you will share our mission to “inspire and empower all within our learning community to fulfil their individual potential and ambitions so that all are able to be active and successful citizens in our global society”.

I would encourage you to visit our website (https://www.poyntonhigh.org.uk/) to get a better understanding of life here at Poynton High and if you have any questions that you would like to ask please do not hesitate to contact me directly on head@poyntonhigh.org.uk. I very much hope that you want to join our team and I look forward to receiving an application from you in due course. Good luck!

Please see attached job pack for more information.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

The TRUE Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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About Poynton High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1500 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Poynton High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/poynton-high-school-stockport

Our school has served the families of Poynton, Disley, Adlington and surrounding areas in Cheshire since 1972 and we lie at the heart of this community’s learning needs. We pride ourselves in our vision as a school which serves our community and look to establish a 0 – 90 Learning Village in partnership with our primary, secondary colleagues. We have approximately 1500 students within Years 7 to 13 and offer a wide range of A-Levels in our Sixth Form.

The school motto is INSPIRE ACHIEVE CELEBRATE and we apply that to every element of school life. Our role as staff is to ensure that we inspire every student to achieve the best they possibly can in everything they do, whether that be academic, sporting, cultural or spiritual and at the heart of our culture is a celebration of that achievement.

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