Cover Supervisor

Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 3BN

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,598.00 - £31,022.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale 5, Points 12 to 17 . Actual salary is £23,202.43 per annum on point 12 (pay award pending).

Cover Supervisor job summary

COVER SUPERVISOR

Salary: NJC Scale 5, Points 12 to 17 (£28,598 to £31,022 per annum FTE). Actual salary is £23,202.43 per annum on point 12 (pay award pending).

Contract: Fixed Term Contract to 31 August 2027. 35 hours per week Monday to Friday. Term Time plus 5 training days (39 weeks per year). Part time applicants will also be considered.

Start date: As soon as possible

Place of work: Hinchingbrooke School, Huntingdon

Place of work:

We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic individual to join our established, dynamic and friendly Cover Team. The role of the Cover Team is to support teaching staff by covering short-term absences across our large and successful school.

We are looking for adaptable, proactive individuals who can contribute to maintaining standards, by providing support to teaching departments and the whole school.

The successful applicants will be required to cover a range of subject lessons across a school day or provide administrative support as directed by their line manager.

This post would a fantastic opportunity for those looking to gain classroom experience in preparation for a future teaching career. Equally, this position may suit Teaching Assistants looking to move from classroom support to whole class supervision, individuals who come from a coaching background or have lead student support programs.

Why come to Hinchingbrooke?

Hinchingbrooke is an outstandingly beautiful school, set in acres of grounds and adjoining a country park. Our ambition is to provide all students with a broad, challenging, and progressive curriculum experience. Extra-curricular activities are a much-valued feature of the school, and we seek to appoint staff who are willing to help maintain this tradition.

This is a fantastic school to work in: on interview, we ask candidates for their impressions of the School and without fail they comment on how wonderful our students are, the positive team ethos amongst staff and how friendly and welcoming the School is.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Hinchingbrooke School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

For further details please visit our website Hinchingbrooke School - Home.

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 Hinchingbrooke School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 2173 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hinchingbrooke School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hinchingbrooke-school-huntingdon

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