Cover Supervisor

Watlington Community Primary School, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE33 0HU

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1 September or 3 November 2025

• Closing date

  9 July 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  26 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.26 per hour

Cover Supervisor job summary

Tel: 01553 810468

Email: office@watlington.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.watlington.norfolk.sch.uk/ 

• Salary – Scale E, £13.26 per hour (£25,584 FTE)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 32.5 hours per week
• Term Time plus 1 week
• Required for 1 September or 3 November 2025

The children, staff and governors of Watlington Community Primary School are seeking to recruit a Cover Supervisor to join our hardworking and friendly team. The role will involve working across various classes of all primary age ranges and supporting the needs of children, both individually and in larger groups. You will also cover lunchtime duties as part of your directed hours. Your role will be to provide short term cover for the teachers across the school. 

You will need to:

• be enthusiastic about your role in supporting children, especially those with SEN and behavioral difficulties as well as those who excel, to be included and to reach their potential
• able to support children to overcome their barriers to learning in order to make academic and social progress 
• have experience of working with children across the primary age range 
• have high expectations for standards of achievement, progress and behaviour
• be an effective team member who is flexible and able to work closely with colleagues
• be an excellent role model.

Experience of supporting children with social, emotional and mental health needs and an understanding of de-escalation strategies would be advantageous, as would an understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorder / social communication difficulties. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact the school office with any queries.

Visits to the school are welcome. 

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.  

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. Alternatively, Application packs are available via the school office.

Please forward completed application forms to the school office marked for the attention of Donna Southon Co-Acting Headteacher/ Jess Woodrow – Headteacher (September 2025) - office@watlington.norfolk.sch.uk

Unfortunately, the school will not accept applications made via CV. 

Closing date: 9 July 2025, 12noon

Interview date: 15 July 2025

Watlington Community Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references which must be received prior to interview. This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful candidate will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Watlington Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 173 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watlington Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watlington-community-primary-school

A one form entry local authority mainstream community primary school.

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