19 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    10 November 2026 at 10am

  • Date listed

    22 October 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time, full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£26,879.00 - £28,458.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Scale 4 inclusive of Outer London Weighting

Cover Supervisor job summary

Salary: starting at £26,879.07 per annum rising annually to £28,458.83 per annum (Scale 4 inclusive of Outer London Weighting)

Hours: 36 hours per week (7:45am to 3:30pm, Monday to Thursday and 7:45am to 3:15pm, Friday, term-time only plus INSET days

Contract: Permanent

Required as soon as possible

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly effective individual to become our Cover Supervisor. This is a great opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our extremely popular and successful school that is committed to providing the best opportunities to students. The role of Cover Supervisor provides stability and continuity for students whose lessons are affected through short-term teaching staff absence.

The role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with young people and wants to play an integral role in supporting teaching and learning in school.

The successful candidate will provide high-quality cover support for lessons and tutorials across the curriculum and support with various duties throughout the school day, including break and lunchtime supervision. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to gain or develop school-based experience.

The purpose of the role is:

  • to ensure the smooth running of cover lessons in the Learning Computer Centre (LCC) and classrooms
  • to cover the Back on Track (BoT) facility and to supervise internally excluded students
  • to assist the pastoral team with administration work

The successful applicant will:

  • have the highest expectations of students

  • have an enthusiastic and positive approach within and beyond the classroom

  • have the necessary IT skills to undertake pastoral administrative tasks

  • have energy, stamina and a sense of humour

Why work at Ruislip High School?

  • Students and staff treat each other with respect. They share high aspirations which are realised through high expectations of everyone.

  • The school has a comprehensive professional development programme tailored to individual needs, from ECT to middle and senior leadership; new staff are supported and guided by highly skilled and experienced colleagues, and by partners in external organisations.

  • Staff have a range of opportunities to collaborate and develop their career within the Vanguard Learning Trust.

  • Staff are afforded many benefits and rewards as part of the Vanguard Learning Trust’s entitlement package for staff.

  • There are excellent transport links with central London, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire.

In joining Ruislip High School you can expect to work in an environment that focuses on teachers improving, rather than proving, their practice; where teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do; and where all staff work as a community to support our students to fulfil their potential in line with our school’s motto: from grass roots to reaching for the sky.

Applications should be made through My New Term. Information about our school is available on our website: www.ruisliphigh.com.

Please note that we do not accept CVs.

Closing date: 10:00am, Tuesday 10th November 2026

Interview date: to be confirmed

Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website (click here).

Vanguard Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer. We strive to achieve a diverse workforce, fully representative of our community and the wider population in the UK. People of colour and minority ethnic staff are under-represented on our staff body. We are keen to attract applicants from a diverse pool of candidates and are determined to be a great employer for all.

Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Ruislip High School is committed to the implementation of equal opportunities principles and the monitoring and active promotion of equality in all aspects of staffing and employment. We seek to reach the widest possible labour market when seeking to recruit new staff. All staff appointments and promotions are made on the basis of merit and ability and in compliance with the law. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our community.

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.

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About Ruislip High School

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1311 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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At Ruislip High School we have a strong ethos based on our core values; we believe that high aspirations are realised through high expectations. We have established a culture where there is no ceiling to the ambitions we have for the young people in our care.

We are a school both in, and for, the local community and we are proud of our excellent reputation. We believe passionately that education opens doors and that learning is a life-long journey where together we can achieve great things as a community.

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