Cover Supervisor

Wyvern St Edmund's Academy, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1RE

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  15 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,254.00 - £28,598.00 Annually (Actual)

Cover Supervisor job summary

We are seeking exceptional individuals to join our team as a Cover Supervisor, taking on this highly rewarding and valued role within our school. Working within a small team you will play a fundamental role in supporting a mixture of cover requirements across a full range of subject areas.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and professional person who can effectively manage classroom behaviour, introduce and support cover work and ensure lesson outcomes are achieved in the absence of the classroom teacher across a full range of subjects.

This is a rewarding role, providing the opportunity to help and support students across our Academy and contribute to the WSE vision of enabling every student to be the best version of themselves.

New staff joining the school can be assured of a warm, supportive environment along with excellent professional opportunities for all staff and a strong sense of shared vision and ethos: We want all of our students to use their gifts and talents to serve other people well. We are very proud of our caring Christian ethos that runs through every aspect of school life.

We are committed to a staff culture where people feel well-supported, professionally engaged, challenged and valued. In turn, this culture enables our students to become the best versions of themselves because they are nurtured and inspired by a committed, happy staff team. We are very proud of the progress that students make here at WSE. We are committed to a process of constant school improvement so that our students are afforded every opportunity.

This position is:

permanent

35 hours per week, with a 8am start time. Part time applications will be considered.

Term time only (39 weeks per year)

Salary: MLP Grade F, FTE salary £27,254. Salary would be pro-rata dependent on the number of hours

Closing date: 9.00am Wednesday 15th July

Start date: 1st September 2026

We reserve the right to close recruitment early should exceptional applications be received before the deadline.

Safer Recruitment

Wyvern St Edmund’s are relentlessly focussed on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to the nature of the position for which you are applying and to ensure your suitability for this type of work, you will be required to apply for clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service if you are successful in your application. This will take place before your appointment is confirmed. The clearance process will disclose details of formal cautions, reprimands and final warnings, as well as convictions. Having a criminal conviction will not automatically exclude you from employment - this will depend on the nature of the position, and the circumstances and background of the offences committed.

Online searches with regards to information that is publicly available online will also be carried out for all shortlisted candidates.

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

Wyvern St Edmund's are relentlessly focused on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of it's children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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 Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1335 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wyvern St Edmund's Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wyvern-college

Wyvern St Edmund's (WSE) is situated on the eastern outskirts of Salisbury with beautiful views over the Laverstock Downs to the east and Salisbury Cathedral to the southwest. WSE is a founding member of Magna Learning Partnership.

In September 2022 we legally opened as Wyvern St Edmund's Academy, enabling us to take full advantage of the benefits associated with inclusive coeducational learning and social development. Wyvern College and St Edmund's Girls' School were formally two separate schools, just a few yards apart. Over the past 15 years the schools have worked closely together, sharing expertise and staffing resources.

Facilities and teachers are now fully and legally merged to create a large, mixed, setting of approximately 1350 students. We currently have a 'Good' OFSTED rating. Our collective vision of helping each student to develop into the best version of themselves is at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to provide impactful teaching, comprehensive pastoral care and extensive extra-curricular provision. Moreover, our vision is rooted in Christian beliefs and values whereby we expect our students to use their developing gifts, talents and character to serve others in the local community and beyond (1 Peter 4:10).

We have high expectations of student attainment and similarly we expect much from our staff. We are aiming for outstanding provision in all areas and this appointment is a key factor in ensuring that we achieve that ambition.

Our students are delightful; they embrace learning opportunities and respond well to challenge. They appreciate the very positive working relationships they have with their teachers and other staff who support them. In turn, our staff go the extra mile to help students achieve beyond expectations. Our reputation in the local community is soundly based upon the value we add to our students from the point at which they join us until their departure for sixth forms and colleges in the local area.

We have a close and positive relationship with Salisbury Sixth From College (S6C) which is a short drive away from WSE. Our partnership with the college means that there are opportunities to work collaboratively with KS5 students and teachers – we also anticipate the possibility of some WSE staff teaching across KS3-5 in the future.

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