Cover Supervisor

Kirton Academy, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire, DN21 4NN

40 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September

• Closing date

  2 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,644.00 Annually (FTE) LGAT 8

Cover Supervisor job summary

Cover Supervisor

Annual Salary: LGAT 8 - £28,64 pro rata

Actual Salary: LGAT 8 £22,170.46

33.5 hours per week

Term time only + 5 inset days (195 days)

Are you looking to gain valuable experience in a secondary school setting before pursuing a career in teaching? Do you have the confidence and enthusiasm to support students’ learning and help maintain a productive classroom environment?

We are looking to appoint an excellent Cover Supervisor to join our supportive team. Working under the guidance of subject leaders, you will supervise classes during the short-term absence of teaching staff, ensuring that students remain on task and engaged in their learning.

The Cover Supervisor role offers the successful candidates the perfect opportunity to become involved in the learning of young people.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting our students, supervising them within the classroom environment whilst they complete pre-prepared work for teachers who are absent.

Lincolnshire Gateway Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In line with our safer recruitment practices and statutory guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education, all applicants must be willing to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Additional pre-employment checks will also be carried out including online/social media check, satisfactory references and any other appropriate checks necessary in order to assess the suitability to work with children.

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 Kirton Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 406 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Kirton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kirton-academy

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