Cover Supervisor

Great Sankey High School, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 3AA

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 30.75 hours per week; TERM TIME ONLY
• Contract type: Fixed term - 31.08.2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: Grade 6, PT 15 - 22 FTE: £30,024-£33,699 Actual: £20,820-£23,369

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an individual who is highly motivated, organised, quick to learn and a strong team player to join our school.  If you believe this is you, we would welcome your application. 

Core Purpose

To supervise and provide in class supervision for groups or whole classes when the teacher normally responsible for teaching the class is absent from the classroom at the time they have been timetabled to teach (during periods of planned or unplanned short term absence). This will be under the direction/instruction of teaching &/or senior staff but will not require the presence of a teacher.

What the school offers its staff

Please see recruitment pack

Flexible working opportunities

Please see recruitment pack

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 Great Sankey High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 2087 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Great Sankey High School website
• Email address: recruitment@omegamat.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/great-sankey-high-school-warrington

I am delighted to share this amazing opportunity at Great Sankey High School, as we seek to recruit a talented and aspirational professional to join our team.

I am proud to be the Headteacher of the school and I will lead the Great Sankey learning community to be an employer of choice who provides excellent teaching and learning with passion and purpose, based on our core values of Growth, Respect, Excellence, Aspiration and Teamwork. Our mission is for everyone in our school to be happy and inspired by
their school experience and for our staff this means working in a warm, welcoming and purposeful environment. This position is key in helping us to empower students to harness their own creativity, to raise their aspirations and to achieve their potential.

Great Sankey High School was judged as ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted in our most recent inspection in March 2023. We aim to continue a journey of improvement and transformation and I am determined to provide an exceptional quality of education and culture for all students, with the ambition that all will excel both academically and as aspirational and inspirational young people. There is no better time to join us, as a
colleague, a leader or a student.

Our philosophy is grounded equally in securing the highest professional standards and supporting and caring for all professionals. Great Sankey High School is a founder member of the Omega Multi- Academy Trust and all staff benefit from exceptional networks and opportunities. A broad and varied professional development package is available, driven by the latest educational research with a focus on the development of all professionals at each career stage. Colleagues who train with us, grow with us and progress with us.

The school is situated close to local transport links and is easily accessible from areas in the North-West. Our School has been over subscribed for a number of years and now boasts over 2100 students across Key Stages 3, 4 & 5. The school has Barrow Hall College, a
large school based sixth form. Students and staff are incredibly proud of their school and are determined to work together to secure further improvements and achievements.

Great Sankey High School benefits from increasingly impressive facilities and ongoing projects. The school has seen significant investment in a building and refurbishment programme, resulting in a range of new specialist science classrooms and new sports accommodation.

So, if you are eager to join a forward-thinking organisation committed to securing the highest educational, professional and personal standards, are keen to learn, develop and work with colleagues, students, parents and the community and are passionate about transforming student lives and the opportunities provided to our communities then we would be
delighted to hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Gary Evans
Headteacher

Arranging a visit to Great Sankey High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@omegamat.co.uk.

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