Cover Supervisor

The Dukeries Academy, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG22 9TD

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2025 / As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,356.00 - £24,223.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Salary Scale: 8 - 13

Cover Supervisor job summary

COVER SUPERVISOR

• NJC Point 8-13 (actual £22,356 to £24,223)
• Required: 01 September 2025/As soon as possible
• Term time only, 37 hours per week

‘Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice.’

Jim Collins

Thank you for your interest in The Dukeries Academy (TDA) and Academy Transformation Trust (ATT). Part of our Vision at TDA is to develop ‘Our People’. Being recognised as an exceptional place to work is important to us as we aspire to attract, retain, and develop the very best leaders and staff.

Our Mission at The Dukeries Academy is to transform lives by inspiring excellence and maximising opportunities for all. As a rapidly improving Academy, at the heart of the Ollerton community, we support every student to achieve the qualifications they need to progress confidently to the next stage of learning, training, or employment. This is not all we do. To complement their qualifications, we also develop the skills and character traits, which will allow our students to become positive change makers in their own and other people’s lives.

At the Dukeries Academy, we live our values. We aspire to act with integrity, are ambitious in our purpose and are resilient in our pursuit of excellence. We are a Disability Confident Employer, at ATT we are passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and welcome all applications.

Our team of talented staff are friendly and professional, fully committed to the educational, pastoral, and well-being needs of our students. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and flexible Cover Supervisor with a commitment for continued professional development to work within all of our faculties. The successful candidate will provide effective cover supervision for absent teachers to ensure continuity of student education as well as providing additional support for other activities. The role includes invigilation and administration to support teachers to focus on student learning.

You will have excellent literacy and numeracy skills and be a competent IT user. Good verbal and written communication skills together with an ability to deal with a wide range of student behaviour are essential.

In return, you can expect:

• An inclusive and developmental leadership culture.
• Centralised behaviour systems with highly visible SLT and Faculty Leaders.
• Implementation using evidence informed practice.
• Fantastic Professional Development opportunities through our ATT Institute including NPQs in partnership with Ambition.
• Inquiry based Performance Development replacing traditional Performance Management.
• A sensible Feedback Policy
• A comprehensive employee benefits package including a health cash plan, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.

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As a valued member of our support team, you will use your sphere of influence to play an important part in taking TDA from Good to Great, and we can promise it will be an exciting and rewarding journey. Along the way, you will gain the satisfaction of #Transforming Lives in our Academy and across our Trust’s twenty-one schools.

For further information or to arrange a visit please see our application pack or call the academy on 01623 860545.

Closing date: 09.00am, Friday 25 July 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed

The Dukeries Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant must undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2024.

We are passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are a Disability Confident Employer. We are open to Flexible Working.

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

The Dukeries Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Successful applicants will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2024. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

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 The Dukeries Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 762 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Dukeries Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-dukeries-academy

Thank you for your interest in The Dukeries Academy. Our vision is to inspire excellence and maximise opportunities for all. As a high performing academy, at the heart of the Ollerton community, we support every student to achieve the qualifications they need to progress confidently to the next stage of learning, training or employment. This is not all we do. To complement their qualifications, we also develop the skills and attributes which will allow our students to become positive change makers in their own and other people’s lives.

Our team of talented staff are friendly and professional, fully committed to the education, pastoral needs and well-being of your child. At the Dukeries Academy we live our values. We aspire to act with integrity, are ambitious in our purpose and are resilient in our pursuit of excellence.

Our fully inclusive approach provides a strong foundation for every child’s learning, whilst giving them the opportunity to explore and find out who they are and helps them set ambitious goals for their future.

We are passionate about innovative teaching with a focus on continual improvement. We have exceedingly high expectations of our community in terms of attendance, punctuality, uniform, behaviour and outcomes. Our consistent high standards ensure that Dukeries students are both happy and successful during their time with us.

I look forward to meeting and working with you to ensure that your child receives the world class education they deserve.

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