4 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Sept 2025

  • Closing date

    14 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    9 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subject

Cover Supervisor

Working pattern

Full time, part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,024.00 - £25,024.00 Annually (Actual) Actual starting salary based on FTE of £29,093 Grade 5.15

Cover Supervisor job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated Cover Supervisor to join a supportive team who work closely with the teaching staff to deliver pre-prepared lessons across a range of subjects. Prior experience is preferred and experience of working with young people in an educational setting would be an advantage. The role would be ideal for a newly qualified secondary teacher looking to gain experience before embarking on their teaching career.

The role is based on working 37 hours per week, school term time (39 working weeks per year).

We are fully committed to on-going continuous professional development and , along with excellent in-house CPD, can offer an extremely supportive and positive atmosphere to work in.

Our students are hard-working, polite and eager to learn and we are seeking to appoint an individual who is proactive, flexible and able to communicate clearly and effectively across all platforms, maintaining high expectations of learning, achievement and behaviour contributing to whole school improvement, inspiring our students and making a positive contribution to our ethos and values.

Our curriculum is organised to allow a course of study that is broad, rich and flexible in supporting students. In addition, we offer our students a broad enrichment programme which all staff are encouraged to participate in.

Based in Runcorn, Cheshire - Sandymoor Ormiston Academy is a vibrant and happy 11-16 secondary comprehensive academy in the heart of the community. Our students are a fantastic group of young people, supported by a wonderful team of staff who are committed to ensuring continuous improvement in a positive “can do” culture. This mix creates an academy that is a pleasure to work and learn in. Being a smaller school, we know our students inside-out and always put them at the heart of our decisions. We work exceptionally hard to provide a student-centred, personalised, and innovative learning environment preparing our students with the character and leadership skills to lead happy, healthy, and successful futures. We are firmly dedicated to our values of social action, ambition, pride, and resilience which emanate through our academy on a daily basis.

Why work for Ormiston Academies Trust? Work where it matters most, achieve what matters more

Our vision is to create a school system where every child thrives, regardless of background. Our people are at the heart of our approach – they are our greatest asset.

We exist to provide the best learning opportunities every day, in every school for every child. It is the people and teams in our Trust who make this a reality and ensure we have the greatest impact. If you join us at Ormiston, whatever your role, you can be sure of a role with purpose and meaning.

Ormiston, where every member of staff enjoys…

  • The opportunity to build on the legacy of those who came before – being part of one of the longest standing Trusts, created with the sole purpose of enabling children and young people to thrive
  • Working for a Trust nationally recognised for its impact on disadvantaged children – a rewarding, stimulating career where staff are challenged to be the best they can be, for the pupils we are proud to serve
  • Being part of a team and community where you belong – receiving bespoke and holistic support from a well-resourced and ambitious network of experts and professionals that work at the heart of communities
  • A supportive environment to grow your career – an extensive professional development programme, alongside flexible working arrangements and generous benefits

As well as a rewarding career and nationally agreed terms and conditions, joining an OAT academy will give you access to a variety of benefits, support programmes and initiatives including:

  • Excellent opportunities for continuous professional development and support to progress your career
  • Pension scheme (Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme) with generous employer contribution
  • Pro rata salary allowing for 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (for non-term time only staff), rising to 29 days after 5 years’ service
  • Lifestyle benefits offering significant savings on wide range of shopping, leisure and travel outlets
  • OAT Cycle to work salary sacrifice schemes
  • Free parking

Please see the job description for full information about the role. You are welcome to contact us for an informal chat or to arrange a visit. Please contact hallk@sandymooroa.co.uk

If you want to work with a great team of staff and students, and feel that you have the right skills, please apply before the closing date of 9am on 14 June 2025, early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found.


Sandymoor Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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

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About Sandymoor Ormiston Academy

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
598 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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