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  • 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

    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

    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

    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.

    School location

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