Cover Supervisor

St Joseph's Catholic School, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1QY

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November / December 2025

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

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: £27,254.00 - £28,598.00 Monthly Term time only, pro rata, hours to be agreed

Cover Supervisor job summary

St Joseph's Catholic School

"With God's love and inspiration, we aspire and achieve excellence"

Job Title: Cover Supervisor

Responsible to: Operations Director

Start Date: November / December 2025

About the Role
As a Cover Supervisor, you will play a key role in supporting students in their learning during the short-term absence of teaching staff. You will facilitate a calm and productive classroom environment, ensuring pupils are engaged and supported in completing the work set by their teacher. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with a passion for education and a desire to inspire young people.

Key Duties Include:

• Supervising classes and delivering pre-set work in the absence of a teacher

• Promoting positive behaviour and maintaining classroom discipline

• Supporting students to stay on task and achieve their best

• Assisting with extra-curricular activities, events and wider school life

• Providing supervision during breaks, lunchtimes and school events

What We’re Looking For:

• A commitment to upholding the Catholic ethos and values of our school

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong literacy and numeracy skills

• The ability to manage a classroom effectively and with confidence

• Experience working with young people (desirable)

• A calm, flexible and supportive approach

About us

St Joseph’s is a co-educational, 11-16 Catholic voluntary-aided school in the diocese of Clifton and the county of Wiltshire. Our aim is to provide a caring educational environment where each person is valued and is given the dignity due to a child of God.

Everyone in our school is here for a purpose, to learn each day and to widen their knowledge, experience and imaginative understanding.

What we can offer you

• A supportive, driven and highly committed governing body and teaching and support staff
• Students who are enthusiastic and keen to learn
• CPD programme and ongoing professional development of the highest standard
• Free onsite parking
• Discounted gym membership
• Local Authority Healthcare Cashplan - cover towards optical and dental, private consultations and therapy appointments
• Access to discount scheme that includes over 300 stores
• Cycle to Work Scheme - allows eligible staff to purchase a bike/safety equipment. You do not pay income tax or national insurance contribution on the part of your salary which is “sacrificed” to pay for the bike or childcare vouchers.

Find out more and apply

You can find out more about this role and St Joseph's Catholic School by downloading our recruitment pack.

We actively encourage and welcome visits to our school prior to application. Please contact Mrs K Snell, Operations Director, on ksn@sjcs.org.uk or 01722 335380.

Please complete our online application via MyNewTerm. CV's will not be accepted.

*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All new staff within the school will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

The school has a designated senior member of the leadership team who is responsible for referring and monitoring any suspected case of abuse. All members of staff will receive training in line with our Child Protection policies.

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 Joseph's Catholic School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 597 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Joseph's Catholic School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-joseph-s-catholic-school

St Joseph’s is a smaller than average school. The warm and welcoming atmosphere is matched by a strong focus on pupil progress and hence improving their life chances.

Our reputation within the community, following year on year improvements in results has resulted in us becoming oversubscribed and a school of choice for many parents.

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