7 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    5 September 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    29 August 2025

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

Permanent

Pay scale

Competitive

Additional allowances

Inner Fringe £1,045

What skills and experience we're looking for

Cover Supervisor -Required: Immediate (Full Time Permanent / Part Time considered)

In Debden Park High School “staff feel that leaders are approachable and willing to listen. The opportunity for staff development is extensive and staff too are encouraged to ‘Be Your Own Future.’ Staff feel supported, empowered and proud to work at the school. ”Ofsted January 2025

We are looking to appoint an exceptional and driven professional who will join a highly successful, enthusiastic and talented team and work with us to inspire our students. The role will involve covering lessons across the curriculum. Your role will be to supervise lessons when a teacher is absent. Work will be set by the teacher and your role will be to ensure that students remain on task, complete the work and to maintain good order. You will need to be able to explain instructions to students and help them carry out the work set. This may involve some explanation. You will need to have the skills to work with groups of students or with individuals and experience of working in schools or with large groups of teenagers would be advantageous.

What the school offers its staff

Lots of our current qualified teachers began their careers at the school in similar roles, and we very much envisage that the successful candidate would be beginning the first step of their journey with us by applying for this role.

Debden Park High School is a heavily oversubscribed Academy that Ofsted judged to be Outstanding in three areas in 2025. We constantly achieve outstanding outcomes for our students

We are part of a family of schools within the Kemnal Academies Trust. Every week staff take part in 2 hours of Debden Minds which is a bespoke CPD programme focusing primarily on the development of teaching & learning. We provide exceptional career progression for staff, which leads to our Middle and Senior Leadership teams being composed of many teachers who began their career with us. We lead the Essex hub of the TKAT SCITT.

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

TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full Safer Recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Debden Park High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1050 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
0208 418 1202

Secondary

Arranging a visit to Debden Park High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email donna.james@debden-tkat.org.

School location

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