Cover Supervisor

The Chalk Hills Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 0NE

37 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  1 September 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  25 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,393.00 - £31,886.00 Annually (FTE) AS 15-20 £29,393-£31,886 pro rata £22,405 - £24,305

Cover Supervisor job summary

Cover Supervisor

The Chalk Hills Academy have an excellent opportunity for a candidate to join them as a Cover Supervisor. The purpose of the Cover Supervisor role is to provide teaching cover during short-term or planned teacher absences to implement lessons to students. This is a very critical role for our academy, and you will make a valuable contribution to our students and curriculum teams. Under the direction of the class teacher, you will enhance learning opportunities for pupils and ensure there is minimal disruption to their education.

This is an ideal role for any candidates wishing to pursue a career in teaching. Join us as a Cover Supervisor to kick-start your career in education and gain useful and relevant long-lasting skills in delivering classes and managing students.

If you want to grow and develop in a fast paced, dynamic and successful Academy, come and join us at The Chalk Hills Academy!

Key Duties

Support the teaching and learning of individual or groups of students, using support strategies appropriate to their learning needs.

Contribute significantly to; the planning of teaching and learning work programmes and activities to achieve the aims of lessons.

Contribute to the monitoring, recording and assessment of student progress through observation and questioning, against student targets

Contribute to the development of a purposeful working atmosphere, implement and monitor the school’s behaviour and any related policies and procedures.

Invigilate tests and examinations as directed.

Successful candidate will have:

Some experience of working in an educational setting.

A degree-educated candidate

Able to plan and organise workloads to meet conflicting work demands and deadlines.

Able to contribute constructively to and work effectively as a member of a team.

Able to use own initiative in working with parents/carers and the child’s community within an agreed framework of policies and procedures.

Able to communicate effectively at a range of levels, e.g. with children, parents, other professionals, Supply Agencies.

Able to keep accurate records and use these to inform judgements.

Job Specifics

Start date: September 2025

Salary: AS 15-20 £29,393-£31,886 FTE Actual pro rata salary £22,405 - £24,305

Job Role: Permanent, Full time, Term Time + 5 Inset days, 39 weeks, 32.5 hours per week, Mon- Fri 8:15am - 3:15pm,

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

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

Advantage Schools is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.

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 The Chalk Hills Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1614 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Chalk Hills Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-chalk-hills-academy

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