Cover Supervisor

Ipswich Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP3 0SP

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be confirmed

• Closing date

  23 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 31 August 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598 - £31,022

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Position

You will have the ability to provide a supportive learning environment for all children. The ideal candidate will contribute towards our ethos through leading by example and exemplifying educational practice.

What you will offer

The successful candidate will have a commitment to promoting an effective and inclusive education for all pupils. You will need to demonstrate a commitment to collaborative working and a willingness to develop your professional skills and knowledge by attending training courses where appropriate. You will need to be able to provide effective communication and interpersonal skills, together with excellent organisational/time management skills.

What the school offers its staff

What we will offer

You will be joining a friendly and engaging workplace with benefits including:

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• A strong commitment to professional development
• We strive to be a family friendly employer
• Employee counselling service
• Cycle to work scheme

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ipswich Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1006 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ipswich Academy website
• Email address: amelia.brown@paradigmtrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ipswich-academy

"Good" co-educational Secondary school - ages 11-16

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