Cover Supervisor

Chellaston Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE73 5UB

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,990.00 - £27,083.00 Annually (Actual) Pay Scale 5: £24,990 - £27,083 pro rata (£28,931 - £31,355 FTE)

Cover Supervisor job summary

About the Role
A Cover Supervisor ensures continuity of learning by overseeing classes, guiding pupils through the learning activities provided, and helping them stay focused and productive. They maintain a calm and purposeful classroom environment, support pupils by clarifying instructions, and promote positive behaviour in line with school policies. The role involves working across different subjects and year groups, adapting to varied learning needs, and encouraging pupils to work independently. Cover Supervisors also complete essential administrative tasks such as taking registers, collecting completed work, and providing feedback on lesson progress and behaviour. When not supervising a class, they may support wider school operations, including small‑group support, break‑time duties, or helping with events.

Who We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who is confident, adaptable and committed to supporting high‑quality learning across the school. The ideal Cover Supervisor is organised, proactive, and able to create a positive classroom atmosphere that helps pupils stay engaged and focused on their learning activities. They should be calm under pressure, able to manage behaviour in line with school policies, and demonstrate strong communication skills when interacting with pupils, staff, and other stakeholders. They must be capable of working across a wide range of subjects and year groups, responding flexibly to the needs of each class.

About Chellaston Academy
At Chellaston Academy, students are at the heart of everything we do. Our vision is to create mature, confident and successful global citizens who can thrive in an ever changing world, guided by our shared values of Integrity, Care and Excellence.

While strong academic outcomes matter, we believe success is defined by far more than examination results. We are committed to developing the whole person, nurturing qualities such as self-confidence, self-belief and self-esteem, and recognising and celebrating individual talents.

Our students benefit from a broad and balanced curriculum, and we work closely with parents and carers to ensure that, when expectations are high and shared, every child can achieve great things. This includes promoting an excellent attitude centred on respect, high standards of appearance, good manners, full attendance and punctuality.

Chellaston Academy is a school where:

• Diversity is celebrated and inclusion shapes everything we do.
• Children feel safe, happy and supported.
• High expectations drive achievement for all.
• Relationships between staff and students are strong, respectful and built on trust.
• Staff wellbeing is valued, and colleagues genuinely enjoy being part of our community

Purpose of the post

• Supervise a prepared lesson in the absence of a class teacher ensuring that in doing so the students learning and progress is continued and maintained;
• Provide clerical and administrative support to departments;

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• In the absence of a teacher, provide leadership and supervision of and be solely responsible for a class of students during lesson time;
• Promote positive behaviour for learning of students to maintain a calm working environment, including implementation of the school’s policy; rewarding students where appropriate.
• Report back, as appropriate, on the behaviour of students during lesson time and on any arising issues, or rewards to the Curriculum Leader.
• Provide classroom management to classes in the absence of a teacher (for up to a maximum of 10 consecutive days for the same teacher, including the first 3 days of absence).
• Establish positive relationships and communicate with other relevant professionals, in liaison with the class teacher, to support student learning and progress.
• Communicate the work set by the class teacher to the students and ensure that students are aware of the teacher’s expectations during the course of the lesson with regard to learning and progress - including the homework set and any other extension/enrichment tasks.
• Motivate students to complete tasks set by the class teacher and encourage students to interact and work co-operatively with others to ensure that students are engaged on the set task.
• Respond to any questions from students about process and procedures.
• Deal with any immediate problems or emergencies in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures.
• Collect completed work after the lesson and return it to the class teacher as appropriate.
• Contribute to the administration and delivery of examination assessments
• Invigilate examinations and be available for duties at break and lunch.
• Accompany teaching staff and students on educational visits.
• Collate a bank of supervision work for subjects at KS3 and KS4 in liaison with the relevant Curriculum Leader. Cover and supervision work should be set by the Department.
• Be aware of, uphold and contribute towards the development of the school’s policies and procedures.
• Participate in appropriate school based meetings and training activities.
• Support a department with administration duties, e.g. displays etc, when not required for cover during the working day.
• Contribute to departmental improvements when it is appropriate
• Support “day to day” supply staff in locating work and help to orient

The post holder is expected to:

• Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to data protection legislation and associated Trust policies at all times.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding and child protection, maintaining an awareness of relevant procedures and responsibilities.
• Comply with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy and ensure safe working practices in the performance of all duties.
• Uphold and promote the principles of the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy in all aspects of the role.
• Adhere to all other relevant Trust and school policies and procedures.
• Undertake any training and professional development necessary to effectively carry out the duties of the post.
• Perform any other reasonable duties commensurate with the level and responsibilities of the role, as required by the Trust.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Chellaston Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1815 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chellaston Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chellaston-academy

At Chellaston Academy, we believe that academic outcomes are important, and our expectation is that we will achieve national progress standards. However, we do not measure the success of our students by their examination results alone. We believe developing the whole person to be vitally important as well. Students access a balanced curriculum, and we continually strive to develop characteristics such as self-confidence, self-belief and self-esteem and make sure individual talent is recognised and nurtured.

We believe that when the school, parents/carers and students share high expectations every child will achieve great things. This includes having an excellent attitude centred on respect, high standards of appearance, good manners, full attendance and punctuality.

We believe that Chellaston Academy is a vibrant and successful school where all students thrive through our shared principles of Question, Explore, Give and Succeed.

Question – All students are given the opportunity to question who they are and why they want to be; to question their understanding and their actions. They learn how to question in a considered way, and then to listen to the response.

Explore – At Chellaston we give students opportunities and experiences, both in and beyond the classroom, educating the whole child and afforded them, looking for new ways to accomplish their goals, examining others’ values and beliefs, and exploring the world around them.

Give – At Chellaston our staff and students are expected to give their very best in all that they do; they give their time and experience to help others, always giving equal respect to all.

Succeed – We are a successful school. Success is celebrated and promoted with all members in our community. We want all of our students to succeed – individually and as part of a team – to be courageous and to succeed with good spirit and humility, developing resilience and character to succeed, even if at first, they fail.

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