Cover Supervisor

Cliffedale Primary School, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31 8DP

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  14 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  1 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours a week (5 days per week)
• Contract type: Fixed term - 1 Year
• Full-time equivalent salary: £21,929.76 actual salary per annum
• Pay scale: Support Staff Grade 4

What skills and experience we're looking for

Key Responsibilities:

• To supervise pupils and their work when teacher is absent
• The role involves taking sole charge of a group of pupils as required
• To assist children in the classroom in the absence of Teaching Assistants
• Promote the aims and objectives of the school and maintain its philosophy of education
• Create and manage a caring, supportive, purposeful and stimulating environment which is conducive to children’s learning
• The ability to communicate effectively with parents on a regular basis
• Establish productive working relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations
• Support class teachers to design, create and produce learning activities, materials and resources to support aspects of the curriculum or particular learning outcomes, and to assist and support children in using them
• Establish a supportive, caring and secure relationship with the children, promoting respect, self-esteem and a positive, inclusive whole school ethos
• Working with challenging children (if required) e.g. with complex behavioural needs etc.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience in working with children
• Support the school’s agreed policies and procedures for behaviour and safeguarding
• Show confidence in supporting children in their learning
• Work as part of a team
• A proactive thinker who acts upon use of initiative
• Has an open mindset to learning from mistakes and aims to be the best they can be, daily
• Is resilient and treats each day as a new day and fresh start
• Understands or has appreciation of inclusion for all children
• Recognises the challenges within schools and is prepared to enhance their own knowledge

• Have high expectations of children, colleagues and self
• Be enthusiastic, well-motivated and fully willing to support school life
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and empathy with children
• Be committed to helping children overcome barriers to learning
• Demonstrate high levels of professional standards and conduct
• Show creative flare, plenty of energy and a good sense of humour
• Be flexible

What the school offers its staff

Benefits:

• Well-behaved, respectful and motivated children who are eager to learn

• A warm and welcoming school with a nurturing ethos
• A talented and caring staff team committed to bringing out the best in children and each other
• A school with high expectations and the drive to improve
• Supportive parents and governors
• Excellent training opportunities to support career progression
• Access to the local government pension scheme

Access to Salary Sacrifice Schemes including Childcare Vouchers and Cycle to Work

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

Cliffedale Primary School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We’ll consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.
Cliffedale Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants should note that this post is subject to enhanced DBS clearance, and references taken before interview.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Cliffedale Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 297 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cliffedale Primary School website
• Email address: lynne.wiblin@cliffedale.lincs.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01476568740
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cliffedale-primary-school

On behalf of the children, staff and governors I would like to welcome you to Cliffedale Primary School. We are a happy school with excellent relationships between pupils, staff, parents and governors. We are all very proud of our school and we have high expectations of ourselves and of all the children. We are an active learning community where positive approaches to learning and improvement sit at the heart of everything we do.

As a school we are passionate about developing all of the children in our care. We strive to provide a learning environment that enables children to thrive in a caring family environment. Our core Values of Resilience, Independence, Achievement and Curiosity underpin everything we do here at Cliffedale. We see ourselves very much as the Cliffedale Family.

We encourage our pupils, families, staff and governors to work together as a team. If you are interested in becoming part of the Cliffedale family, please do get in touch. Our website will tell you a lot about our school, but the best way of really seeing how good our school is, is to arrange a visit. We would be happy to show you around the school and the children will be happy to show off their learning!

Arranging a visit to Cliffedale Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lynne.wiblin@cliffedale.lincs.sch.uk.

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