Cover Supervisor

Market Harborough Church of England Academy, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9QH

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  August 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,613.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 7

Cover Supervisor job summary

Part time, permanent

Grade 7, 30 hours, 39 weeks (38 term time + 1 week during holidays)

£18,613 (Actual)

Working pattern: 8.30am-3.30pm Monday-Friday

To provide supervision of classes across the curriculum in the event of the absence (planned or unplanned) of the teacher (including to cover PPA), ensuring that pupils are engaged in pre-set work, managing pupil behaviour and ensuring a safe environment.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Organised and reliable, with strong attention to detail.
• A good communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Willing to learn and take on a variety of tasks.
• Has experience of working with children.
• Has a good level of literacy and numeracy.
• Is patient, engaging, caring and creative.
• Is able to work in a team.
• Is be self-motivated.

Roles and Responsibilities

• In the absence of a teacher, to be solely responsible for a class of students, ensuring they are engaged in learning activity that has been set by a teacher.
• To effectively manage instances of poor behaviour and any other immediate issues or emergencies that arise in accordance with school policy.
• To support students to engage with the work provided, including providing support where necessary with literacy, numeracy and organisational skills.
• To liaise with teachers / other relevant staff with regard to work set for a class, and ensure you are suitable equipped and informed to be able to effectively supervise the assigned lesson.
• To feedback to the class teacher on pupil engagement in the set work and also on any issues that may have arisen during the covered lesson(s).
• To help prepare, monitor and maintain a safe and secure learning environment in line with the teacher’s lesson plans.
• To assist with the organisation of cover for absent colleagues (teachers or support staff), for both planned and unplanned absences.
• To undertake administrative duties relevant to the role.

Essential Qualifications:

• NVQ 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning, or equivalent or able to demonstrate the ability to meet the STL Level 3 National Occupational Standards relevant to this post.
• Qualified as a Level 2 (or above)Early Years Practitioner (as defined by the Department of Education on the Early Years qualification checklist).
• Level 2 qualifications in maths/numeracy and English/literacy or able to demonstrate competency in literacy and numeracy equivalent to level 2.

Safeguarding and Recruitment:

Our Schools/Trust and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. For all short-listed candidates, references will be requested in advance of the interview, and an online search will be carried out. The successful applicant will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure, proof of ID, social media checks, medical clearance, and checks regarding the right to work in the UK.

Why join us?

• Welcoming, inclusive workplace.
• Opportunities for growth and career progression in a Trust that invests in its people.
• A supportive environment for your professional development.

Benefits

• Free parking on site.
• Access to well-being services.
• An excellent pension (LGPS)
• Staff development opportunities
• Bike to work scheme.

Learn Academies Trust is a Disability Confident employer and is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.

Learn Academies Trust is committed to promoting equality, valuing diversity and creating a truly inclusive Trust. We are determined to ensure all our stakeholders flourish and thrive. We aim to foster a culture where all are valued and respected. We acknowledge and celebrate all protected characteristics. We endeavour to remove all barriers to learning and participation. Our ED&I Policy and objectives are integral to all that we do.

Our vision for ED&I is simple: we aim to create an environment where everyone has a seat at the table, where everyone has a voice and where everyone belongs. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references (these will be requested if you are shortlisted) and successful completion of vetting.

We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy if organisational priorities change.

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

Learn-AT will ensure that all recruitment is subject to safer recruitment procedures to allow for a robust, transparent and equal process of making sure all people employed in the trust are suitable to work with children.

The Trust creates a culture of safe recruitment and adopts recruitment procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might abuse children. It will make decisions about the suitability of prospective employees/volunteers based on checks and evidence obtained throughout the recruitment and selection process.

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 Market Harborough Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 396 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Market Harborough Church of England Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/market-harborough-church-of-england-academy

We are a large, thriving primary school, set in extensive grounds just a stone’s throw from the heart of this historic market town.

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