24 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    2 September 2025

  • Closing date

    30 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    3 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time (Can be done as a job share): COVER SUPERVISOR TERM TIME ONLY 37 HOURS PER WEEK – 39 WEEKS PER YEAR Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

25,584 - 27,269 pa pro rata

Pay scale

NJC pts 7 - 11

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Cover Supervisor. The post-holder will be expected

to cover in classes when required due to staff absence. Full training will be provided. This post

would be ideal for someone with previous experience of working with young people, or an

individual who is considering teaching as a career in the futureThe person appointed will have:

  • A passion for ensuring the best outcomes for all students, including those who are partof disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.
  • Strong organisation and communication skills.
  • An understanding of the workings of a secondary school
  • Relentlessly high standards and expectations of all students.
  • A commitment to continuous improvement of their own practice,irrelevant of jobrole, career stage or position.

What the school offers its staff

Staff at Murray Park School benefit from:

• A positive approach to flexible working for all staff.

• A Senior Leadership Team who prioritise staff well-being and consider this whenlaunching any new systems or pedagogical approaches.

• A robust and centralised behaviour system, including an internal Alternative Provision,to ensure learning in our classrooms is disruption free.

• A whole-school CPD package which includes the sharing of recent research and bestpractice.

• An approach to pedagogy which ensures teachers teach the highest-quality lessonspossible, whilst still allowing teachers the freedom to maintain professionalautonomy.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and appointmentto this post is subject to a criminal record and background check.

Commitment to safeguarding

Murray Park School shares a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to maximise opportunity, minimise risk and continuously promote a culture that embraces the ethos of safeguarding amongst our workforce.

This post is Exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020 and is subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure check.

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About Murray Park Community School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1158 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Phone number
01332540006

Murray Park is a dynamic and forward-looking 11-16 mixed comprehensive school on the western fringes of the city of Derby. It is a Foundation Status school, but has a close working relationship with the local authority.

We cater for approximately 1111 students, situated on a spacious site surrounded by greenery. We serve students from the Derby City area, within reach of the Derbyshire countryside and our cohort sizes are growing each year.

Our students reflect the full academic ability range and there is a huge breadth to the socio-economic status of our families.

Arranging a visit to Murray Park Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@murraypark.derby.sch.uk.

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