Cover Supervisor
Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 1PY5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
13 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
8 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,254.00 - £30,024.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary £19,007 - £20,938
Cover Supervisor job summary
The Job Description is described below however please refer to the Recruitment Pack for comprehensive detail of the role.
The successful applicant will be able to show commitment to the school’s vision and Catholic ethos and will have:
Good classroom management skills and experience of supporting KS3 and KS4 students effectively in the classroom.
Effectively apply behaviour management policies.
Apply understanding and knowledge of the National Curriculum and other learning strategies/programmes
A calm and approachable manner and can work under pressure.
Show commitment to the school’s vision and Catholic ethos.
Job Purpose
To support and contribute to the continued ethos of a Catholic High School.
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide support to pupils, teachers and the school.
To supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of teachers, including implementing work programmes, managing pupil behaviour and assisting pupils in relevant activities as directed.
To lead and support the work of an individual team, including pupils, classroom assistants and classroom support staff.
To liaise with teachers about cover work.
Your duties and responsibilities will include:
Support for Pupils I Parents
To enable orderly entrance and exit of classrooms.
To instruct and answer pupil questions on the work left by their designated teacher, ensuring that the work is undertaken.
To support pupils by responding to their individual needs and promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils in the classroom, e.g.: children with special needs.
To ensure that pupils have the necessary resources for their learning and that they are managed effectively.
To manage pupil behaviour and deal promptly with conflict and incidents in line with school policy, and where appropriate report pupils responsible for poor behaviour to the relevant person.
Build successful relationships with pupils.
Support for Teachers I Colleagues
To carry out pre-determined educational activities and work programmes whilst promoting independent learning.
To be responsible for the organisation, classroom maintenance, setting out, clearing away and care of resources to create a purposeful and attractive learning environment.
To undertake any administrative tasks as appropriate, e.g., register/attendance records, children's development records.
To support teachers in selecting and preparing teaching resources that meet pupils' needs and interests.
To work with teaching staff to implement work programmes for individuals and groups of children.
To collate a bank of supervision work in liaison with the relevant members of the teaching staff.
To collect and collate any completed work after the lesson and return it to the appropriate Head of Department.
To monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities through observation and recording of achievement and provide feedback/reports as required.
Support for School
To follow the school’s policy documents and schemes of work and keep updated with school and National Curriculum documentation.
To undertake exam invigilation as required.
To supervise pupils on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required and where required, take responsibility for a group.
To administer, assess and mark tests.
To assist with the supervision of pupils in out of lesson time.
When not required for cover
To help with the planning, mounting and displaying of pupils' work in the classroom under the guidance of a teacher.
To provide minimal clerical support for teachers e.g., photocopying, filing, collecting money, checking deliveries, administering coursework, production of worksheets for agreed activities.
Support for the Curriculum
To use ICT effectively to support learning activities and develop pupils' competence and independence in its use.
General
To adhere to professional and staff codes of conduct at all times.
To be aware of and comply with policies relating to child protection, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to a nominated person.
To work as part of a team and support the role of others at all times contributing to the overall work and ethos of the school.
To undertake personal development through training and other learning activities including performance management, as required.
To support with the implementation of the school’s education programme.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 770 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Our Lady’s & St John is a large and friendly school, under the Trusteeship of the Salford Diocese and part of the Romero Catholic Academy Trust. Our school aims to be a “Caring Catholic Community” centred on Christ, where our faith and values guide everything we do.
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