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Cover Supervisor
Norton Hill Academy, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 4AD9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
March 2026
Closing date
30 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday 31 hours per week + 5 Inset days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,258 - £22,331
Pay scale
- Grade 5 - £28,142 - £31,022
What skills and experience we're looking for
Norton Hill School is an oversubscribed, successful school serving Midsomer Norton and the surrounding area and is an integral part of the Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership. We are seeking an exceptional, highly motivated and hard-working Cover Supervisor to join our team. The successful candidate should be able to manage and support classes during teacher absence where work has been set by a qualified teacher and can be carried out independently by pupils.
We would like to hear from you if you believe you can make a positive contribution to our school.
Duties to include:
- Supervise pupils during the absence of teachers, ensuring they work on task
- Manage the classroom to maintain a good learning environment
- Support pupils with their learning
- Support subject areas with various duties
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- Pension Scheme
- Competitive Salary
- Enhanced Annual Leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Continual Learning and Development
- Free Eye Tests
- Cycle Scheme
- Free Flu Jabs
- Free Parking
- Discounted shopping
- Access to Excellent low-cost food
Norton Hill serves Midsomer Norton, Radstock and the surrounding rural area where there is an abundance of attractive and affordable housing. The school is on the edge of the Mendips but close to Bath, Bristol, Frome and Wells.
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Norton Hill Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1765 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Norton Hill Academy website
- Email address
- enquiries@nortonhillschool.mnsp.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01761 412557
Norton Hill is a co-educational, non-selective 11-18 school. Our students come from Midsomer Norton and the surrounding villages of North East Somerset. Norton Hill School prides itself on providing a secure, stable and well-ordered environment based on traditional values and genuine care and concern for individuals.
We have just over 1700 students at the school of whom 400 are in the Midsomer Norton Sixth Form. In September 2016 we increased our Year 7 entry to eleven tutor groups, in response to a growing demand for places at Norton Hill.
Students at Norton Hill belong to one of five houses: Blackdown, Cotswold, Exmoor, Mendip and Quantock. The House system ensures that every student is known individually, whilst enjoying the opportunities that a large school can offer.
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