Cover Supervisor

Wigmore Primary, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9TB

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September

• Closing date

  23 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,848.00 Annually (Actual) SCP 9 - 14

Cover Supervisor job summary

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, competent and caring individual to join our team.

You will support teaching staff by providing classroom cover, implementing set work, monitoring pupils and reporting on progress during short term teacher absence. Other responsibilities will include administration tasks and accompanying school trips. Experience of working in a school environment is desirable.

The post is for 31 hours per week Monday to Friday, 39 weeks per year, term time plus 5 training days. The hours of attendance will be 8.30am to 3.30pm daily plus 1 weekly after school meeting- these timings include a lunch time unpaid break of one hour every day.

Applicants for this public facing post will need to demonstrate the ability to converse and provide effective help or advice, fluently in spoken English and demonstrate a basic level of numeracy. Willingness to undertake First Aid training and to apply this in the school.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture in our recruitment.

Please find the job description and person specification in this pack. You will find additional information about our school on our website - https://wigmoreprimary.com/ Applications close on Tuesday 23rd June at midday.

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 Wigmore Primary

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 609 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wigmore Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wigmore-primary

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