Cover Supervisor

Longford Park Primary School, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX15 4FU

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  29 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: GLF associate 3 £19,417 - £19,780

Cover Supervisor job summary

We have a great opportunity for an amazing, super organised and efficient person to support our children through delivering planned lessons in the role of Cover Supervisor.

Your opportunity

Our Cover Supervisors really are valued members of our team. The Cover Supervisor will support with the smooth operation of the school through delivering planned lessons. Responsibilities include delivering lessons based on pre-prepared work to a class, managing the classroom environment to promote good behaviour for learning, and liaising with teaching colleagues on their return to promote good continuity for the children.

Adaptability, resilience and the ability to think on your feet are essential in this varied and evolving role, as will an ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people.

We are looking for individuals that are passionate, enthusiastic and committed to a career within education.

What we are looking for

The ideal candidate will have the skills to:

• Work well as part of a team, as well as being self-motivated and able to work independently
• Be an outstanding classroom practitioner.
• Be passionate about the children’s learning and welfare.
• Have the ability to enthuse and engage students in purposeful learning experiences
• Have high expectations of achievement and behaviour

Please refer to the job description and person specification for more details.

About the Banbury Cluster

Longford Park, William Morris, Hardwick and Cherry Fields make up a newly established cluster of Primary schools, overseen by a Regional Director. The Banbury cluster have a collaborative approach towards working, which means the schools work closely together to provide an outstanding educational experience to the local communities. The schools’ benefit from being able to share resources, knowledge and best practice to support each other and maintain high quality teaching. Joining us will allow for opportunities for career progression across the cluster and give you the chance to enhance your professional skills.

Join the GLF Schools Community

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our central team.

• A growing Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 17,000 pupils
• Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
• 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
• We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identity
• Committed to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

GLF Schools Employment Offer

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow, Learn and Flourish

• Access to our highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working options
• Generous holiday allowance
• Work life and family friendly policies
• Employee wellbeing initiatives
• Career pathways and talent management
• Access to a staff benefits portal
• Community and collaboration working model

The Details

Start Date: Jan 2026

FTE Salary: GLF Associate 3 £25,001 - £25,469

Pro-rata (actual): £19,417 - £19,780

Hours: 32.5hrs per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only).

Contract: Permanent 

Closing date: 29th November 2025 

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 Longford Park Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 279 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Longford Park Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longford-park-primary-school-banbury

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