15 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    25 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    10 March 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: Hours: 35 hours per week Term Time 8.30am to 4.00pm Monday-Friday We can also offer part-time working

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

£19,835

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for ambitious people who want to change students lives. Someone who is committed to getting the very best out of every child. If this describes you we will give the training and support to deliver outstanding SEN provision. The role is highly flexible and term time only and is suitable for somebody wanting to pursue a career in teaching or somebody who simply wants to see children thrive and is seeking a job to fit with other responsibilities. In either case Hartsdown is committed to developing our staff. The successful candidate will have numeracy and literacy skills and be able to relate well to children and adults, understanding their needs and being able to respond accordingly.

For further details, please see our recruitment pack.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits
• An exciting environment where you can really make a difference
• Being part of a small local trust that is totally committed to its staff and children
• Significant opportunities for CPD and development within the school and trust
• Leadership training and pathways exist within the trust

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Hartsdown Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
837 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Hartsdown Academy is here to be a great school that builds a stronger and happier community so that people have amazing lives. We look to provide our children with "education for an amazing life".

It is the love and commitment that our staff show our children that enables their success and we promise that staff will be supported, encouraged and respected. We want Hartsdown to be an enjoyable and rewarding place to work.

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