16 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    23 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    5 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Cover Supervisor

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£26,409.00 - £28,624.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 4, Point 9-12

Cover Supervisor job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor for a September start.

This is a unique and extremely exciting opportunity to be a part of a truly outstanding provision where pupils with specific needs genuinely excel. As a specialist provision we are looking for staff who are committed to meeting the complex and holistic needs of young people with C&I needs so that they can reach their full academic and personal potential at Castle EAST.

To supervise pupils delivering pre-planned lessons when teaching staff are absent and to work alongside teachers and with senior leaders as part of a professional team to support pupils with learning in the classroom or in small group work when not being used to cover lessons.

For prospective applicants, it is important to understand that support staff will be supporting pupils across the three Key Stages and within a range of subjects across the curriculum. This is something that we will very openly discuss with applicant during the interview process.

Please see attached documents for the Recruitment Pack, Job Description and Person Specification.

If you have any questions with regards to the vacancy or would like to have a look round the school, please contact Ashley Elder, Headteacher's PA either via email on aelder@castleeastschool.co.uk or phone 01986 808 651.

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 are not accepted.

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About Castle EAST School

School type
Free School, ages 9 to 16
School size
78 pupils enrolled
Age range
9 to 16
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