Cover Supervisor
University of Cambridge Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0QZ5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
9 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,584.00 - £27,269.00 Annually (FTE) SCP 7-11
Cover Supervisor job summary
Do you love working with children and thrive off seeing them become independent brilliant learners? You don’t have to be necessarily academic to work here.
What we do want are people who are resilient, passionate about education, want to make a difference and who have the humour to find ways through every day. We want people who are uncompromising in raising standards and will deliver great outcomes
The post is permanent, term time only plus one week (39 weeks per year)
32.5 hours per week
SCP 7 - 11 (£25,584 - £27,269 Full Time Equivalent) depending on experience
EYFS, KS1 and KS2
We are recruiting:
An experienced Cover Supervisor who understands children. You will have experience of working with whole class groups of children. We are looking for people who are kind, courageous, willing to learn and are able to build supportive relationships with adults and children in our community. We also are looking for someone who has high personal standards and will challenge children to be the best they can be.
Everyone is welcome and everyone is included.
The University of Cambridge Primary School is an outstanding school and as well as this responsibility, we will work closely with partners, including the Faculty of Education and the wider University, to develop initial teacher training and research. The school is the first primary University Training School – expectations are very high.
The Cover Supervisor will be an important member of the team, teaching whole class groups of children, using plans from teachers to deliver sessions. We work differently at UCPS to develop and encourage a community of educators who collaborate to support each child during their unique learning journey. Being a part of the first university training school in the country is very exciting.
Our school can offer you:
An opportunity for you to make a real difference in the lives of our young people
A supportive leadership team to help you thrive
A welcoming and enthusiastic environment with a talented and dedicated staff team Lots of singing and community spirit!
The successful candidate will need to:
Be kind and have courage.
Be able to adapt the role to a changing educational landscape and to support staff through this.
Be hard working.
Have high personal expectations and dedication to achieve the best with the children you teach and support.
Interest and positive attitude to support class teachers in delivering planned activities as well as in managing groups of children.
You have good Literacy and Numeracy skills, able to support children in reading, writing and maths.
Talk about education and our values, giving examples how they live these in their own lives and contexts
Ability to work collaboratively with all members of the community.
Complete the Sounds-Write course
As a staff member of the University of Cambridge Primary School, you may receive the following benefits:
Child Care Vouchers
Wellbeing Services
In house wellbeing sessions
Through Health Shield
Full employee assistance programme
Virtual GP Surgery
Free eye test and optical voucher
Perks – exclusive discounts
Health Care Plan
All staff are employed by the UTS Cambridge Trust not the University of Cambridge.
For further information and to make an application please visit www.universityprimaryschool.org.uk Please note that CVs are not accepted.
All completed applications should be submitted through My New Term.
Please note if you have not been contacted by Tuesday 10th June 2025, unfortunately you have not been successful on this occasion.
Closing date: Monday 9th June 2025 09.00
Shortlisting: Tuesday 10th June 2025 09.00
Interviews: Monday 16th June 2025
Start date: September 2025
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 University of Cambridge Primary School
- School type
- Free School, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 668 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- University of Cambridge Primary School website
School location
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