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Cover Supervisor

Leighton Middle School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 1EX

This job expired on 31 August 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  11 July 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: £17,039.00 - £17,586.00 Annually (Actual) NJC L3b pt 6-8 (£25,183 - £25,992 pa)

Cover Supervisor job summary

The successful applicant will provide cover by supervising pupils within the classroom who are carrying out the work that has been set by a teacher. When there is no requirement for classes to be covered, the successful applicant will be allocated a classroom support timetable. This is a permanent position, term time only and the hours are 28.75 per week spread over 5 days. Interviews may be held before the closing date depending on the number of applications.

Leighton Middle School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Please note that if you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education. The purpose of the search is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with you at interview.

CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in school. The school is committed to safeguarding an promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

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.

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About Leighton Middle School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 9 to 13
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 600 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 13
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Leighton Middle School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leighton-middle-school

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