Cover Supervisor

James Bateman Middle School, Biddulph, Staffordshire, ST8 7AT

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  3 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,588.00 Annually (Actual) FTE - £25,183

Cover Supervisor job summary

We are seeking a passionate Cover Supervisor that can contribute to the development of strategies to improve learning outcomes to enable pupils to achieve their best. This post is a permanent role for 29 hours and 10 minutes per week, term time only. Monday to Friday 8:50am to 3:30pm.

James Bateman Middle School is a “good school” (Ofsted – July 2023). We are now well on our way to being outstanding. We encourage all pupils to be the best that they can be, seeing each individual as unique, with their own strengths and areas to improve. Our pupils enjoy their lessons; they are inspired to be inquisitive about their learning. Staff have high expectations of all pupils and provide challenge that enables them to realise their potential.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with KS2/KS3 pupils. You will be joining an experienced and rapidly developing team responsible for supporting pupils across all areas of the curriculum. You will have knowledge and understanding of supporting a wide range of special educational needs in a mainstream school.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the role.

Under the direction of senior staff organise and provide a range of support strategies for young people who need help to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside the school. Maintaining clear and efficient documentation is paramount within this role to ensure clarity and support in necessary meetings.

We are a Dyslexia Friendly School; you will have some responsibility for the continued development of these strategies and will be innovative in the creation of new resources.

If you are energetic, self-motivated and enthusiastic, have a positive outlook and enjoy a challenge, and feel you have what it takes to improve the outcomes for our SEND pupils’, you will enjoy working within this team. In return you can expect a comprehensive package of support and on-going professional development and well-being package.

“This authority/school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment”.

These positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from schools or by visiting https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service/about

The DfE recommend that schools consider undertaking online searches on all shortlisted candidates. Creative Learning Partnership Trust is following this recommendation and, as such, should you be shortlisted on-line searches will be conducted accordingly. The searches will be undertaken in an impartial manner only using publicly obtainable data by Insight HR Ltd (a third-party organisation). This ensures that the Trust meets their legal obligations are met and minimises risk of any bias being formed in recruitment processes.

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About James Bateman Middle School

• School type: Academy, ages 9 to 13
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 397 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 13
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: James Bateman Middle School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/james-bateman-middle-school

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