Cover Supervisor

Beauchamps High School, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LY

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 February 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 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: £19,313.00 - £20,583.00 Annually (Actual)

Cover Supervisor job summary

COVER SUPERVISOR

Scale: LGS Scale 6, points 13-17 + London Fringe Allowance (pro rata)
Salary: Actual Starting Salary Range £19,313 to £20 ,583
Hours: 08:45 - 15:00 (28.75 hours pw) Mon - Fri term-time only.

We are looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and adaptable Cover Supervisor to support classroom cover across the school. This nonteaching role involves supervising whole classes during short-term teacher absence, with responsibilities including:

• Supervising students as they engage in set learning activities
• Acting as a positive role model and maintaining high standards of behaviour
• Promoting inclusion and ensuring all students feel supported within the classroom
• Keeping students focused on their tasks and responding to general queries
• Providing support to departments when cover is not required

Applicants must have grade C or above in English and Maths at GCSE or equivalent, and experience of working in a school environment or in a supervisory role with young people will be an advantage.

About our school

Beauchamps High School is a successful 11-18 school, with examination results consistently above the national picture. We are a truly inclusive school and believe we are a family in which everyone aspires to achieve their best and beyond. The leadership team is dedicated to promoting mutual respect, a love of learning and celebration of success for both staff and students alike.

The school prides itself on being a positive working environment where individuals are always supportive of one another. We offer our staff a varied programme of CPD alongside a range of wellbeing opportunities.

The Governing Body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children's barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, call to applicants to interview and appoint, prior to the closing date.

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 Beauchamps High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1469 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beauchamps High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beauchamps-high-school

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