Cover Supervisor

Gosford Hill School, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 2NT

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  as soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  24 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,381.24 - £23,889.03 Annually (Actual) Grade 7 £22,381.24 - £23889.03 (FTE £29,064 - £31,022)

Cover Supervisor job summary

We are seeking a confident and adaptable Cover Supervisor to support teaching and learning across the school. The successful candidate will manage classrooms, deliver pre-prepared lessons, and ensure a positive learning environment. This role requires excellent communication, resilience, and the ability to engage students of varying ages and abilities. This would be an excellent opportunity for someone considering a career as a secondary teacher.

If you are interested in the post, please complete an application form outlining your reasons for applying and your suitability for the post. The closing date for receipt of applications is Midnight on Sunday 12th October 2025, however, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. The interviews date to be confirmed

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with the Nicola Cooke, about the role, prior to application, please email jobapplications@gosfordhillschool.org or telephone 01865 374971.

Gosford Hill School is situated in Kidlington, on the northwestern edge of Oxford near to the Oxford Parkway Station.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and Gosford Hill School School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

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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 Gosford Hill School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 848 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gosford Hill School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gosford-hill-school

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