Cover Supervisor
The Becket School, West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, NG2 7QY12 days remaining to apply
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Cover Supervisor
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,183.00 - £26,409.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary will be paid Term Time Only
Cover Supervisor job summary
As a cover supervisor you will be responsible for ensuring that students have a high-quality learning experience when their usual teacher is away from school.
You will manage classroom behaviour to ensure pupils stay on task and facilitate the activities that have been designed by teaching staff to ensure that students complete the work in an effective learning environment.
If you are passionate about the young people in our community and want to be a part of ensuring their bright futures, then we would really like to hear from you.
This role offers you the chance to step in and lead lessons in the absence of the regular teacher, primarily for KS3 and KS4 students, with occasional work at KS5. You’ll also have the opportunity to make a broader contribution across the Academy.
This is a fixed term role starting from September 2025 until 31 August 2026, working for 32.5 hours per week, term time only.
About Us
The Becket School is a secondary school located in West Bridgford, Nottingham. We are an Ofsted-rated 'Good' school.
We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, bringing together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire. We are a fantastic place to work because we recognise the uniqueness and worth of each individual and that each of us has a valuable role to play in The Becket. students, staff, families, governors – all work together seeking the very best and giving their best.
You will:
- Supervise the students in KS3, KS4 and occasional KS5, working on pre-set learning activities in the absence of a teacher.
- Be caring and supportive and committed to achieving excellent results.
- Want to make a difference to our students and foster excellent relationships.
- Have a belief that every young person, whatever their starting point or circumstances, can achieve exceptional things.
- Promote the well-being of our student’s providing guidance and support and be able to inspire learning and progress.
- Be approachable and professional with the ability to foster excellent relationships.
- Be resilient and determined, and confident in talking to large groups of young people.
- Be tenacious and well organised with good time management.
What’s in it for you?
- An actual salary of £19,078 - £20,007 per annum (OLOL Band 3; Scale Points 6 - 9)
- Wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment.
- Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.
- Fantastic benefits:
- Generous Pension Scheme with employer contributions over 20%.
- Access to top-tier CPD opportunities tailored to your development.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) providing emotional, financial, and legal support for you and your family.
- Exclusive perks: From staff discounts to a Cycle-to-Work scheme, we’ve got you covered!
- A welcoming community: Work with enthusiastic students, supportive colleagues, and a leadership team that values your expertise.
- Term time only working.
Closing Date: Monday 30 June 2025 at 9.00am
Visits are warmly welcomed so you can see for yourself, and we encourage you to talk to us to learn more about the role. Please contact Michelle Rowleyon M.Rowley@becketonline.co.uk or call 0115 9824280to arrange a visit or to discuss the role further
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for out Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools. Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants.
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 are not accepted.
About The Becket School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1185 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Becket School website
As a Catholic school we recognise the uniqueness and worth of each individual and that each of us has a valuable role to play in The Becket. Students, staff, families , governors – all work together seeking the very best and giving their best.
Each individual child is important to us and our expectation is that all our students will develop and grow as young people as they make their journey as part of our community.
What makes The Becket special is the real sense of community that you can see and sense as you walk around the school. There are very good relationships between staff and students and we aim to work in partnership with our parents and families. The quality of teaching is strong and our staff are talented, caring and dedicated. We also have high expectations for all our students and this is one of the main factors behind our excellent reputation both in our local community and beyond into the East Midlands Region.
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