Cover Supervisor

Brookside Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 4FU

24 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  26 October 2026

• Closing date

  18 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £20,010.00 - £21,707.00 Annually (Actual) Full time salary: £28,598 - £31,022 per annum

Cover Supervisor job summary

Brookside Primary School is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Cover Supervisor to join our team. The successful candidate will be conscientious and organised with a passion for working with and motivating children. We are also looking for someone who is committed to providing high quality education for children in years 5 and 6 particularly, and has a sound knowledge of the KS2 curriculum with a focus around English & Maths. They will be able to build excellent relationships with our older children.

This role will involve teaching cover as and when required, group work, one to one support, Teaching Assistant duties and lunchtime supervision. We are looking for someone who can inspire and empower pupils to take an active part in their own learning. Teamwork at Brookside is essential so we will be looking for someone with excellent personable skills and a team player.

The role is 30 hours per week, term-time plus one week (39 weeks in total).

Brookside Primary School provides a friendly, supportive environment where all staff are valued. Pupil achievement is due to the high commitment of staff in partnership with parents and carers. We are committed to providing pupils and staff the opportunity to grow their talents and realise their potential. All staff at Brookside are provided with welfare cover under our staff absence insurance which includes access to physiotherapy, nursing advice and much more. To find out more about our employee benefits, please refer to the Candidate Information Pack.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details of this role.

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 Brookside Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 431 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Brookside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookside-primary-school-leicester

Brookside is a large primary school and shares a site with Manor High School, with whom we have very close links. Brookside is part of the Oak Multi Academy Trust. There are 5 schools in the trust,
namely, Manor High School, Woodland Grange, Overdale Infants, Overdale Juniors and ourselves.
We are all like-minded schools with the same goals and interests but equally each one of us serve our own community and have our own unique identity. We are ambitious for all our pupils and work together to ensure our schools are outstanding. We are known as an innovative, creative trust, committed to working together for all our pupils.

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