Cover Supervisor
The Kingsway School, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 4QX21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Spring Term
Closing date
8 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday- Friday, Term time + 5 days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- NJC Scale 5 Point 12 – 17 £28,598 - £31,022 FTE (ACTUAL SALARY £25,009 - £27,129)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Advertisement: Cover Supervisor
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent- Term Time + 5 inset days
Location: The Kingsway School, Gatley
Required from: Spring Term
Salary: NJC Scale 5 Point 12 – 17 £28,598 - £31,022 FTE (ACTUAL SALARY £25,009 - £27,129)
Closing date: Thursday 8th January 2026
Interview date: W/C 12th January 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if are interested, please submit your application as early as possible
Details of the Role
We are building a team of Cover Supervisors in our school. There is opportunity for progression for the right candidate. The team’s remit is to cover for absent teachers, managing the classroom as absences occur as a first port of call. Every day is different, and the variety of the role means you will access many children, subject areas and aspects of our school. You will join our team and become part of our wider team and participate in a strong extra-curricular programme. When not required for cover duties, you will support teachers in classrooms with supporting learning.
There is potential for it to develop into a teaching role longer term and it provides a useful step into teaching within our school or trust for any interested candidate.It’s also an integral role for those who want to work in schools. Previous post holders have used it as a stepping stone into teaching and pastoral work within schools.
Our offer to you ….
A vibrant and supportive staff body who are proud of their school
A comprehensive mix of students
A welcoming school environment with excellent resources and facilities.
A focus across the school on developing a new, dynamic curriculum.
Excellent CPD and support
A Headteacher and SLT who are committed to continual improvement, innovation and creative thinking. SLT are supported by enthusiastic and able leaders at all levels.
A school with an ethos of inclusion and a commitment to know our children well
A supportive Multi Academy Trust with a firm focus on collaborative learning, supportingschool development and sharing good practice across schools in the Trust.
Have you got:
Drive and enthusiasm for the achievement of all children?
Outstanding interpersonal skills and a commitment to supporting classroom teachers and practice?
The ability to create relationships to build students’ confidence in learning?
If so, we would love to hear from you.
For further details of this exciting opportunity, please see the cover team pack, job description, and person specification.
Please return applications to: recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
What the school offers its staff
About ELT
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area.We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
opportunities for professional development and leadership
a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
ELT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Kingsway School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1292 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Kingsway School website
- Email address
- recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk
The Kingsway School is a large successful 11-16 comprehensive school, located in between the popular Cheadle and Gatley areas of Stockport.
Students from all backgrounds thrive at The Kingsway School. Our students are not only encouraged to develop their own skills and talents to the full, but also to learn the importance of contributing to the wider community. This is a high achieving school, with a sustained focus on learning and a curriculum designed to inspire and challenge.
Our students and staff are committed to our ethos of Opportunity, Achievement and Respect.
What makes our school special?
Our commitment to staff wellbeing with our collaborative Staff Wellbeing Charter.
The fully inclusive nature of our school community including our resourced based students (SEN) and students from minority ethnic backgrounds (EAL).
Our mantra for Engagement, Challenge and Progress in all lessons.
A well-established, traditional and academic curriculum that supports students in the next stage of their education and future career pathway.
Our promotion of SMSC and British values through the curriculum, extra-curricular and whole school activities.
Our commitment to careers advice and informing students on career pathways, evidenced by our IAG Gold Award.
Our passion for the promotion of STEM based subjects within the school curriculum, and extra-curricular offer, evidenced by the MOSI STEM Excellence Award.
Our student leadership team and the impact they have on improving their school, evidenced by our representation on the British Youth Parliament.
Our work with local, national and global charities including a sister school in Kolweny, Kenya, evidenced by our International School School status.
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