Cover Supervisor

Oaks Park High School, Ilford, Essex, IG2 7PQ

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  17 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: LBR 5
• Additional allowances:

  LBR 5

Cover Supervisor job summary

Cover Supervisor (Term time only)

LBR5

Job Description:

Oaks Park High School is seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic, Cover Supervisor to join our supportive and ambitious team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about education and keen to play a vital role in supporting students’ learning, behaviour, and wellbeing across the school.

As Cover Supervisor, you will provide cover for absent teaching staff, ensuring students remain engaged in meaningful learning and that high standards are maintained in every lesson. You will also support educational visits, registration periods, examinations, and wider school activities, helping to contribute to the smooth day-to-day running of the school.

Skills and Qualifications:

- Excellent communication skills

- Ability to manage classroom behaviour effectively

- Strong organisational skills

Values and Attitudes:

- Passion for supporting student learning and development

- Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment

- Commitment to upholding the values of Oaks Park High School

If you are enthusiastic about working with young people and contributing to their educational journey, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity as a Cover Supervisor at Oaks Park High School.

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 Oaks Park High School

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1783 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oaks Park High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oaks-park-high-school

Oaks Park High School is a very popular and oversubscribed mixed comprehensive school which is expanding the number on roll to meet community demand. The school prides itself on being an ambitious and supportive multi-cultural community that keeps our child-centred philosophy at the heart of everything that we do. Oaks Park is highly regarded for its exceptional pupil behaviour and purposeful learning environment.
The school is centrally located in the London Borough of Redbridge, with very good transport links to central and outer London, with Newbury Park station only a four minute walk away.

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