Cover Supervisor
Cottenham Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8UA8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
15 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Cover Supervisor
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £29,093.00 - £31,067.00 Annually (FTE) paid pro-rata circa £24,952 to £26,645 (term time only plus training days)
Cover Supervisor job summary
Location: Cottenham Village College, Cambridgeshire
Contract: Maternity Cover | Full-time
Start Date: September 2025
Are you passionate about education and eager to make a lasting impact on students’ lives?
Cottenham Village College is seeking a dedicated Cover Supervisor to join our thriving team. This is a fantastic opportunity to support students aged 11–16, ensuring every minute of classroom time is purposeful and productive.
Why Join Us?- Impeccable student behaviour and a culture that allows you to focus on what matters—supporting learning.
- No unnecessary bureaucracy—just high-impact systems that work.
- A knowledge-rich curriculum rooted in powerful knowledge and cognitive science.
- A warm, disciplined, and joyful school culture where every child is expected to succeed.
- Supervise lessons in the absence of teaching staff
- Maintain a calm, focused learning environment
- Support students to stay on task and achieve their best
- Work closely with teaching and pastoral teams
What We’re Looking For
- A positive, confident individual with strong communication skills
- Experience working with young people (in schools or other settings) is desirable
- Organised, flexible, and enthusiastic about learning
- Ideal for those considering a career in teaching or education
- A supportive, values-driven team
- Disruption-free learning and centralised behaviour systems
- Collaborative planning and no onerous marking
- Excellent CPD and career progression, including NPQs
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme & free on-site parking
- A beautiful location near Cambridge
At Cottenham Village College, we are committed to delivering an inclusive, aspirational, and academically rigorous education for every student. We believe in the power of knowledge and foster a scholarly culture that is warm, disciplined, and joyful. Our values-driven approach ensures impeccable behaviour, allowing teachers to teach and students to thrive.
Interested in Applying?If you're passionate about education, ready for a new challenge, or eager to make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you. Explore the Job Description and Candidate Pack to learn more about the role and how to apply.
We warmly welcome school visits—if you’d like to discuss the role or arrange a tour, please contact headspa@astreacottenham.org
Flexible Interview DatesWe understand the importance of flexibility. Interviews can be arranged to suit your schedule. Please note: We may interview before the closing date and reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications—so don’t delay!
Our Commitment to Safeguarding and InclusionCottenham Village College (part of Astrea Academy Trust) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, disabled people, and LGBTQI+ individuals. We are committed to removing barriers and providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Ready to Make a Difference?If you're ready to take the next step in your career and join a forward-thinking, supportive team—apply today and help us shape bright futures.
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Cottenham Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 877 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cottenham Village College website
Welcome to Cottenham Village College, part of the Astrea Academy Trust, a highly-successful 11-16 mixed academy situated close to the beautiful city of Cambridge; here you will find hard-working, well-behaved students and friendly, dedicated staff who are committed to a fully inclusive, comprehensive education.
The college was established in 1963, one of several village colleges in the region that were the inspiration of educational pioneer Henry Morris, who believed that the school should be at the heart of its community and that education should be a lifelong process. This vision of a school that serves and involves its whole community, that fosters high aspirations and inspires a love of learning is as central to our ethos today as it was when it opened.
Through a highly-ambitious curriculum at CVC, we aim to foster students’ curiosity, unlock their potential and raise their aspirations, as well as ensure that students achieve high levels of attainment that will open doors for their future. A stimulating and broad curriculum also places students in a strong position to question and debate the world around them, making them intellectually resilient and prepares them for citizenship in a democratic society. We believe this is a right of all students and one which is liberating and empowering.
We are equally proud of the wider curricular provision at CVC, both in formal lessons and outside the classroom. Our extensive range of extra-curricular activities, including sports, music, the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme and residential trips, help to give all students a fully-rounded education and creates opportunity for their personal, as well as their academic, growth.
Cottenham Village College is a friendly, positive and exciting place to work and to learn and we take great pride in the high standards our students consistently achieve. We have very high expectations of all members of the College community and provide an inclusive, friendly and supportive environment in which everyone can thrive and achieve. Students leave as happy, well-qualified and well-motivated individuals who go on to excel in local sixth forms, colleges, universities and the wider world.
I hope you find the information on the school’s website useful. If there is anything you cannot find, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you wish to visit the school to see it for yourself, please contact the school and we would be delighted to show you around.
Zoe Andrews, Principal
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