Cover Supervisor
Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft, NR33 8AX8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
25 March 2026 at 8am
Date listed
17 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year - Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,703 - £29,058 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience) Actual Salary: £22,492 - £24,475 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Sunrise Academy, Lowestoft
- 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year - Permanent
- Salary: £26,703 - £29,058 per annum (Dependent on qualifications and experience)
- Actual Salary: £22,492 - £24,475 per annum
We are seeking a confident and reliable Cover Supervisor to join our dedicated SEND team, working at one of our specialist schools, Sunrise Academy in Lowestoft.
Sunrise Academy supports students with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. Thisschool is part of the Eastern Education Group Trust within its SEND Cluster, offering strong collaboration, professional development, and shared values. Trauma Informed practice is embedded across the curriculum, and all colleagues receive training and support to use these approaches confidently in their work.
As a Cover Supervisor you will play a key role in maintaining continuity of learning during teacher absences, creating calm and purposeful classrooms, and supporting high-quality provision across both sites as required.
We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, a calm and consistent approach, and the ability to build positive relationships with young people. Experience working in a school or SEND setting is essential, and good literacy and numeracy are key. You will also support classroom activities and contribute to wider school life, including break and transition duties.
Join a supportive, forward-thinking team where every day you can make a genuine difference. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.
What the school offers its staff
- Membership into Local Government Pension Scheme
- Family friendly policies and flexible working
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee wellbeing initiatives
- Free parking
- Company events
- Access to various memberships and discount schemes
- Learning and development opportunities, including staff development days
- Funded subject course development for your role
- Range of staff communities, including EDI and neurodiverse communities
- Career progression opportunities
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
SENDAT Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment checks will be required for all of our staff at SENDAT.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Sunrise Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 44 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sunrise Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk
Sunrise joined SENDAT Trust on 1st April 2022. It was previously called The Everitt Academy. It caters for up to 52 young people with a full EHCP for SEMH in Key Stages 3 and 4.
We are working with the LA to consider taking some Key Stage 2 students in the future.
As at Trust we are committed to trauma informed practice across all our schools and in all policies we work to. We have trained over 30 Level 5 practitioners and have an ongoing commitment to this. To support this work we have developed out TIS umbrella, which aims to show approaches and programmes that we use across the Trust under our overall TIS approach. Two of the schools in the Trust are TIS approved schools and we are working on all school being approved. https://sendat.academy/trauma-informed
Arranging a visit to Sunrise Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@easterneducationgroup.ac.uk.
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