Cover Supervisor

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BR

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  20 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Cover Supervisor
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,625.00 - £27,770.00 Annually (FTE) £19, 823 - £21,482 (Actual Salary)

Cover Supervisor job summary

Cover Supervisor

Bucks Pay Range 2

Actual Annual salary £19,823 - £21,482 depending on experience

Monday to Friday 8.30am – 3.45pm (33.75 hours a week)

(Term time Only)

This role is ideal for someone considering training to teach in the future or for someone who enjoys helping students to reach their potential.

The Cover Supervisor will supervise classes during the absence of a teachers. Cover Supervisors will give instructions for the lesson as provided by a teacher and the primary focus of the role will be to maintain good order and to keep students on task.

Cover Supervisors will respond to general questions and provide general feedback to teachers but will not be required to undertake ‘specific work’ (planning, preparation, delivery, assessment, recording and reporting of achievement, progress and development), for any timetable lessons that have been allocated.

Cover Supervisors will act under the professional direction of teachers.

What we're looking for

• A great team player with a can-do attitude
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication skills—both written and verbal
• Calm under pressure, adaptable, and approachable
• Committed to your own development and the success of others

What can we offer you?

We value our staff and actively support their professional development. You will have access to ongoing professional development including accredited courses.

If you are looking to extend your experience and would be interested in joining our team, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and the Marlow Education Trust has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and for ensuring that they are protected from harm, therefore it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS including the children's barred list check and qualifications check.

As part of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and the Marlow Education Trust's pre-recruitment due diligence checks, online searches may be conducted for shortlisted candidates.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of cultures and all sections of our community.

Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early. Therefore, early application is encouraged.

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 are not accepted.

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.

About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1191 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sir William Borlase's Grammar School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-william-borlase-s-grammar-school-marlow

Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is an Outstanding selective-entry, co-educational grammar school located in the centre of the attractive riverside town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Heavily oversubscribed, the school has an excellent academic record at both GCSE and A Level. Our highly - motivated students and enthusiastic teachers thrive in our distinctive, vibrant teaching and learning environment. We offer a broad and rich curriculum and have an excellent reputation for our wider opportunities including STEM, Sport, Performing Arts, Creative Writing, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Expeditions and many other extra-curricular activities.

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