Cover Supervisor - HT

Gracewood Academy, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1EZ

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  14 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: NJC Pay and Conditions, scale 5, points 12 - 17 (£29,643 - £32,067)

Cover Supervisor - HT job summary

Thank you for your interest in joining Gracewood Academy as Cover Supervisor. This is an exciting opportunity to join a school at a pivotal moment in its development and a fantastic chance for anyone considering a career in teaching to gain meaningful classroom experience while working alongside experienced teachers and support staff.

 

Gracewood Academy is at the beginning of a bold improvement journey. As we join Future Academies, we are setting our sights unapologetically high: to become the most improved secondary school in Hertfordshire and the first choice for families in our community. We are looking for ambitious, morally‑driven leaders who want to shape a school’s trajectory. As we shape the future of our academy, we are open to candidates of both academic and pastoral background and will shape the remit to the candidate’s expertise.

 

We are a small school with big ambitions: just over 400 students now, and with a clear strategy to grow substantially in the coming years. Our size gives leaders the rare opportunity to lead at scale: to know every child, to shape culture directly, and to drive improvement with precision and depth. 

About us:

We are Future Academies: a flourishing multi-academy trust, founded with the aim of improving the life chances and raising the aspirations of young people. We offer a rich and stimulating education comprised of a knowledge-rich curriculum, diverse cultural and extracurricular opportunities, and a strong pastoral support system. All children and young people are welcomed in our inclusive community, and all are challenged to be the best they can be. This ethos is embodied in our Trust values -Knowledge, Aspiration, and Respect - and in our motto, libertas per cultum (“freedom through education”).

Future Academies recognises its employees as the most important asset and critical to its success. To demonstrate this all staff are offered the following benefits:

• A supportive ethos and concern for the well-being of all colleagues.
• Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression.
• Employer Contributions to Local Government or Teachers Pension Scheme.
• Mintago – access to numerous cost saving employee benefits including fantastic cost savings on childcare.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to a Virtual GP

Please refer to the recruitment pack attached for the full person specification

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 Gracewood Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: Up to 1082 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mount-grace-school-en6-1ez

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