Cover Supervisor
The Barlow RC High School, Manchester, M20 6BX11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
19 June 2026 at 8am
Date listed
8 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 5, Scale Point 13–19 £29,064 - £32,061 pro rata (actual £24,981.45 - £27,582.75)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Do you want to work in education and gain valuable classroom experience?
Are you considering a future career in teaching or looking to build on your existing experience working with young people?
Do you enjoy working in a structured, supportive environment where you can make a real difference?
Is it important for you to work in a school with high expectations, strong behaviour, and a calm learning environment?
If so, this could be the ideal role for you.
At The Barlow we are looking for a permanent, Cover Supervisor.
The Barlow has a great reputation as an employer who provides continuous professional development and job stability.
Important Details:
- Contract: Permanent, full time, 35 hours per week, school term time plus 1 week
- Salary: Grade 5, Scale Point 13–19 £29,064 - £32,061 pro rata (actual £24,981.45 - £27,582.75)
- Working Pattern: Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Start Date: 1st September 2026
- Pension: Greater Manchester Pension Fund with employer contributions of 15.3%
- Location: Parrs Wood Road, Didsbury, M20 6BX
Duties of the Cover Supervisor:
You will work alongside the Data & Assessment Manager to:
- Supervise classes across Key Stage 3 and 4 during the short-term absence of the teacher
- Deliver pre-planned lessons and ensure students understand and complete the work set
- Manage behaviour in line with the school behaviour policy
- Ensure students remain on task and engaged in their learning
- Deal with any immediate issues in accordance with school procedures
- Take registers and provide feedback to teaching staff on lesson outcomes
The Cover Supervisor must:
- Have experience working with young people, ideally in a school or learning environment
- Be confident managing behaviour and leading groups
- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Be organised, proactive, and able to work independently
- Have good IT skills
Advantages:
- Previous experience in other relevant roles
Are you the Cover Supervisor we have been searching for?
If so, please get in touch - call the HR team 0161 438 2108, send over your CV, or complete and return an application form hr@thebarlowrchigh.co.uk
Closing date: Friday 19th June, 8.00am
Interview: Week Beginning 22nd June 2026
What the school offers its staff
You will benefit from:
- Working with children
- Great working hours
- School holidays
- Job stability
- Local government pension scheme, including life insurance and dependents pensions
- Access to varied online training
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- A supportive team and working environment
- An interesting and varied role
- Access to continuing professional development.
Further information about the job
About our School
The Barlow is a highly successful, mixed, 11-16 Catholic comprehensive. In July 2024, Ofsted judged our school to be ‘Good’ in all categories. Public examination results are strong; above national average in most subject areas. We are a diverse and inclusive community, with high standards of pupil behaviour and a calm and purposeful learning environment. The school is located in Didsbury, a popular area of south Manchester, with excellent transport links.
Our school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the wellbeing of children and young people, and expects all staff to share their commitment. An enhanced DBS and social media screening are required for all successful applicants.
Our school is passionate about diversity and treat everyone equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the wellbeing of children and young people, and expects all staff to share their commitment. An enhanced DBS and social media screening are required for all successful applicants.
Our school is passionate about diversity and treat everyone equally, without compromise. We are committed to providing equality and fairness throughout our recruitment and employment practices and not discriminating on any grounds.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Barlow RC High School
- School type
- Local authority maintained schools, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 918 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Barlow RC High School website
- Email address
- hr@thebarlowrchigh.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0161 445 8053
The Barlow is a highly successful, mixed, 11-16 Catholic comprehensive school. In July 2024, Ofsted judged our school to be ‘Good’ in all categories. In May 2025, our school was judged ‘Outstanding’ in all categories in the Catholic Schools Inspection. Our examination results are strong; above national average in most subject areas. We are a diverse and inclusive community, with high standards of pupil behaviour and a calm and purposeful learning environment. The school is located in Didsbury, a popular area of south Manchester, with excellent transport links.
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