Cover Supervisor (Casual Hours)
Westcliff High School for Girls, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0BS20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Immediate
Closing date
7 January 2026 at 7am
Date listed
17 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Casual
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13.69 per hour plus holiday pay (Zero Hours Contract)
Additional allowances
£13.69 per hour plus holiday pay (Zero Hours Contract)
Cover Supervisor (Casual Hours) job summary
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed Cover Supervisor to cover lessons of absent colleagues, and to support learning in line with the school curriculum, codes of practice and school policies and procedures.
The post is by casual arrangement on a zero hours contract therefore, the post holder will need to be available on a flexible basis to meet the needs of the school operations.
We would like from you:
- The ability to be pro-active, inspiring and above all, an effective communicator
- The enthusiasm, energy and determination to make a significant impact on the support of students
We can offer you:
- Excellent professional development opportunities as part of a growing family of nine schools - www.seeat.org
- Lovely students and expert colleagues in a school that fosters positive relations, good wellbeing, promotes equality and inclusion and celebrates diversity.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Covering Lessons
- Curriculum technician work
- Administritive tasks
MAIN DUTIES:
- To cover lessons for absent colleagues, ensuring work is completed and feedback is given to the teacher. Lessons can be “taught” or supervised depending on content and confidence
- To undertake registration (am and pm) carrying out any tutor time tasks as required
- To attend assemblies as required
- To establish positive relationships with the pupils being covered
- To promote positive pupil behaviour in line with school
- To monitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, drawing any problems which cannot be resolved easily to the attention of the teacher
- To assist with escorting pupils on educational visits
- To undertake curriculum technician work as required, updating displays, replenishing AfL boxes and supporting classroom teachers with the creation of resources
- To undertake administration work as required in the school office, reprographics or exams office
- To act as an invigilator for examinations as required
- To understand and apply school policies in relation to health, safety and welfare
- To attend relevant training and take responsibility for own development
- To respect confidentiality at all times
- To keep up to date with safeguarding requirements and policies.
- To understand and apply school policies in relation to health, safety and welfare
The duties aboveare neither exclusive nor exhaustive and the postholder may be required bythe Headteacher to carry out theappropriate duties within the context of the job, skills and grade.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES:
- To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission and ethos and to encourage staff and students to follow this example
- To respect confidentiality at all times
- To continue personal development as agreed
- To actively engage in the staff review and development process
- You may be asked to work up to 1 Saturday in an Academic Year
- You may be asked to work in any school within the Multi Academy Trust
- You are asked to support and attend the school’s 11+ testing arrangements and our ethos of promoting outdoor activities
- To undertake any other duty as specified by the school not mentioned in the above
For more information, including the job description/person specification for the role please click here view our electronic information pack.
Westcliff High School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All postholders working in our schools will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact HR@seeat.org
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Westcliff High School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1342 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westcliff High School for Girls website
Girls Secondary Grammar School
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