Cover Supervisor
Shuttleworth College, Burnley, Lancashire, BB12 8STThis job expired on 23 September 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, term time only.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 7 points 19-25 £32,062 - £36,363 (Term Time Only = £27,111 - £30,748)
What skills and experience we're looking for
- To make a positive contribution to pupils’ learning by providing cover supervision for the short-term absence of teacher
- To provide additional general supervisory cover as required, including before/after school and lunchtime.
- To provide additional support to class teachers as/when required.
- To assist with general administrative duties as required.
What the school offers its staff
- Centralised behaviour systems
- Excellent guidance from experienced, committed subject leaders
- Modern facilities
- Access to private healthcare and wellbeing services
Further information about the job
At Shuttleworth College our students are at the centre of everything we do. We are looking to appoint a flexible and dynamic Cover Supervisor to support teaching and learning across the school. This is a highly varied role through which the successful candidate will become an integral part of the school at an exciting time in its development. The ideal candidate will have experience of working with children alongside excellent interpersonal skills, high expectations of student’s achievement and behaviour and the ability to follow clear instructions for pre-prepared tasks whilst using their own initiative.
Shuttleworth College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and the appointment will be conditional upon DBS enhanced clearance.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that you must declare all spent and unspent cautions and convictions (except those that are protected). These declarations are compulsory to ensure that we are complying with our statutory safeguarding obligations.
To view our full safeguarding policy please visit www.shuttleworthcollege.org.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Shuttleworth College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1079 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Shuttleworth College website
- Email address
- applications@shuttleworth.lancs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01282682300
Arranging a visit to Shuttleworth College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email applications@shuttleworth.lancs.sch.uk.
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