Cover Supervisor

The Oaks Academy, Crewe, CW2 7NQ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September/October 2026

• Closing date

  31 August 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,599.00 - £31,023.00 Annually (FTE)

Cover Supervisor job summary

The Oaks Academy are looking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to supervise whole classes of students and ensure that set work is completed in the absence of the teacher. Cover is provided for the short-term absence of teaching staff so that an effective and tailored school policy to cover is delivered.

The role will include:

• Supervision of whole classes in the absence of a teacher
• Deliver lessons across a range of subjects following the plans left by the class teacher
• Keeping the children on task for the work they have been set and ensure it is completed
• Maintaining a purposeful learning environment in the classroom
• Provision of in class support and assisting if students have any questions
• Working with small groups of students or individually on a one-to-one basis.
• To support students in and outside of the classroom

The successful candidate will be a team player. Candidates should have excellent communication skills and be organised.

What can we offer you:

• Supportive and inspiring teaching and learning community with regular coaching and mentoring opportunities
• Coherent and well-planned continual profession development with the opportunity to achieve the TEEP (Teacher Effective Enhancement Programme) internationally recognised qualification. This compliments your individual subject pedagogy and supports our whole school approach to teaching and learning
• Enrolment on the national Effective Formative Assessment Dylan Wiliam project as a whole school initiative
• Individual subscription to a range of research-based teaching and learning platforms, including:
  • The National College
  • TES Develop
  • Bluesky Learning Modules
  • TLP Perks - access to a wide range of discounts and benefits for employees of The Learning Partnership Trust.

  Hours: 32.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday 8:15 until 15:15

  Weeks: 39 weeks

  Contract: Temporary until 31.12.26, with the view to make permanent.

  Actual salary: £21,841 (Grade 6 pro rata - FTE 0.76)

  Application and Interviews: Applications for role close on 31st August 2026 (midnight). Interviews between 1st - 11th September 2026.

  Prospective applicants are welcome to contact us if they have any questions. Please contact Annabel Perrin Aldous via email on aperrinaldous@theoaksacademy.co.uk or call us on 01270 661223, Ex401. For further information about the school, please visit our website http://www.theoaksacademy.co.uk

  
  

  The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

  All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

  Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

  The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

  We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

  The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About The Oaks Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 681 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Oaks Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-oaks-academy

The Oaks Academy (TOA), Crewe is part of The Learning Alliance (TLA) which serves families from Congleton, Crewe, Knutsford and parts of North Staffordshire. It includes Congleton High School, The Oaks Academy, Black Firs Primary School, Castle Primary School, The Knutsford Academy, The Knutsford Studio, Edgerton Primary School and Sir William Stanier.

TOA joined TLA on 1st September 2020 and will continue the journey of school improvement in this partnership. We have made significant strides in our school transformation and seek to appoint staff that understand the culture and climate of the school, our community, and the wider educational environment. Staff have a unique opportunity to work alongside colleagues in other secondary schools within the Trust. The school is also part of the Chimney House Teaching Alliance.

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