Cover Supervisor
Watford Grammar School for Girls, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 0AE19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027, subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks
Closing date
29 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full time equivalent salary
- £20,511.00 - £20,511.00 Annually (Actual)
Cover Supervisor job summary
Job Title : Cover Supervisor
Contract Type : Fixed Term/Term-Time
Working Hours : 8.30am - 4pm (32.5 hours per week)
Breaks : 1 hour unpaid per day
Pay Scale & Point : H4, 6
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, reliable and confident Cover Supervisor to join our school on a fixed-term basis until July 2027.
As Cover Supervisor you will
- take classes for absent teachers, including the accurate registration of students
- take full responsibility for the behaviour of the students, following established protocols to ensure a positive learning environment
- establish and maintain effective relationships and communication with staff and students
- help to develop a learning culture with high expect6ations in a safe and secure learning environment
What we're looking for
- experience of working with children or young people
- high expectations of student behaviour, achievement and personal development
- capable of building positive, respectful relationships with students and staff
- excellent IT, numeracy and ICT skills
For full details of the job requirements and what skills, knowledge and experience we are looking for, please review the attached job description and person specification.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Watford Grammar School for Girls
- Organisation type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1427 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Watford Grammar School for Girls is a partially selective 11-18 girls’ school, founded as ‘The Free School’ in Watford in 1704 with a mission to teach girls, initially alongside their brothers, from the outset. This makes us one of the oldest girls’ school in the country.
We are proud of our heritage, but equally proud of our innovative approach to teaching and learning. Watford Grammar School for Girls has a very strong and distinctive ethos with clear vision and values.
There are close to 1500 pupils on role with more than 400 in the sixth form; academic results are consistently very high indeed and the school is ranked as outstanding by Ofsted.
There are always plenty of opportunities for teaching and support staff to train and develop their careers at Watford Girls.
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