Cover Supervisor

Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Hours of Work: 8:20am to 3:20pm 32.5 hours per week 39 weeks per year - Term time plus training days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824 - £29,064
• Actual salary: £20,265 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Cover Supervisor role includes the supervision of students in lessons when the teacher is absent and supporting teaching staff on intervention in the classroom.

Candidates should indicate, in their letter of application, if there are any subjects of the curriculum in which they are particularly interested in supporting (e.g. English, Maths, Science, PE, ICT & Business, Languages, Performing Arts, Creative Technologies and Humanities). This would be a perfect starting point or stepping stone for someone who is considering teaching in the future. There is also an enhanced payment for colleagues who take on short or medium term instruction of a class.

What the school offers its staff

Employee Benefits:

• Teacher & support staff pension schemes

• Continuous Professional development (CPD)

• Training School Alliance

• Networking opportunities

• Specsavers eyecare voucher

• Free Flu vaccine

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Medicash - Health Cash Plan:

• 24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services

• Dental treatment

• Optical care

• Physiotherapy

• Skinvision - skin health tracker

• A range of essential healthcare expenses

• Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

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.

A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are all available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website: http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/general-information/vacancies/

Please note the application form and information for candidates booklet are available on the right hand side of the above link. Please do look at our recruitment video of our staff talking about working at Lord Grey and our document: Why work at Lord Grey?

Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey Academy or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Thursday 12 February 2026. Interviews to be held on Thursday 26 February 2026

Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted. CVs alone will not be accepted.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Booklet - Cover Supervisor - February 2026.docx.pdf - 836 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lord Grey Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1431 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lord Grey Academy website
• Email address: hr@lordgrey.org.uk
• Phone number: 01908 626110
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lord-grey-academy

Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.

Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.

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