Cover Supervisor

Farmor's School, Fairford, Gloucestershire, GL7 4JQ

29 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4 Point 8 (£13.90 per hour)
• Additional allowances:

  Grade 4 Point 8 (£13.90 per hour)

Cover Supervisor job summary

The role will be:

Providing supervision of pre-prepared tasks in classes where the normal teacher is absent

Ensuring appropriate pupil behaviour conducive to the completion of set tasks

Ensuring a purposeful and constructive working environment

Dealing with immediate unforeseen problems or emergencies according to school policies and procedures

Reporting back to the class teacher, subject leader or inclusion unit on issues arising from the lesson

Supervision of pre-set work as responsible adult in sole-charge of a class or group of students aged between 11 and 16, in order that these students may continue with their learning

Responding to questions from students relating to process and procedure

Collecting completed work and returning it to the appropriate class teacher or subject leader

Covering tutors and dealing with the day to day administration tasks associated with that role

Differentiating work set when necessary to ensure work is accessible for all students in the group

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 Farmor's School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1042 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Farmor's School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/farmor-s-school

Secondary School with Sixth Form in the heart of the Cotswolds.

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