Cover Supervisor

St John's Marlborough, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 4AX

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  End of February 2026

• Closing date

  23 January 2026 at 4pm

• Date listed

  9 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,339.89 - £23,437.85 Annually (Actual) 32.5 hours per week

Cover Supervisor job summary

Key Job Outcomes

1. Support for children’s learning

The postholder will ensure that students carry out curriculum tasks set by the teacher and assist students in understanding the nature of these tasks in order to minimise the effect of the teacher’s absence upon the student’s learning.

To enable students to overcome barriers to learning, providing a complementary service to existing teaching staff and ensuring that students access the help they need

To encourage students in their learning by acting as a positive role model and by recognising possible obstacles to achievement

To communicate with teaching staff in order to monitor the progress of students and to update them on this

To ensure the effective monitoring and record keeping of any activity, including records of targets and outcomes

To attend relevant meetings and training

2. Support for the learning environment

The postholder will keep the learning environment secure and endeavour to leave classrooms as found.

3. Care and support for children

The postholder will act on behalf of the teacher in ensuring (1) the health and safety of students in the classroom and (2) equal and fair access to learning opportunities.

This job description sets out the key outcomes required. It does not specify in detail the activities required to achieve these outcomes.

General Accountabilities

A. So far as reasonably practicable, the postholder must promote safe working practices by employees, and in premises/work areas for which the postholder is responsible, to maintain a safe working environment for employees and service users. These are defined in the Excalibur employment manual.

B. Work in compliance with the employment manual, and its commitment to equal opportunities

Ensure that output and quality of work is of a high standard and complies with current legislation / standards

If you would like to find out more about working at St John's Marlborough, please follow this link to the recruitment pages on our website www.stjohns.excalibur.org.uk/about-us/recruitment/

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust's recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

About St John's Marlborough

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1712 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St John's Marlborough website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-marlborough-marlborough

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