Lead Cover Supervisor

Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE15 9SD

6 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  12 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,272.48 - £26,756.48 Annually (Actual)

Lead Cover Supervisor job summary

As our lead cover supervisor, you will be responsible for ensuring that students have a high-quality learning experience when their usual teacher is away from school.

You will manage the cover requirements to ensure that students learning is uninterrupted by staff absence, you will also manage classroom behaviour to ensure pupils stay on task and facilitate the activities that have been designed by teaching staff to ensure that students complete the work in an effective learning environment.

If you are passionate about the young people in our community and want to be a part of ensuring their bright futures, then we would really like to hear from you.

This role offers you the chance to step in and lead lessons in the absence of the regular teacher for KS3 and KS4 students, and is a great opportunity for those looking to enter a teaching career. You’ll also have the opportunity to make a broader contribution across the Academy.

This is a permanent, part time, role, working for 37 hours per week, term time only.

You will:

• Manage staff cover for the school, deploying teachers and TAs as necessary, providing stability and continuity for students whose lessons are affected through short term teaching staff absence
• To provide a high-quality customer focused management administrative service within the main school office
• Supervise the students in KS3 and KS4 working on pre-set learning activities in the absence of a teacher.
• Be caring and supportive and committed to achieving excellent results.
• Have a belief that every young person, whatever their starting point or circumstances, can achieve exceptional things.
• Promote the well-being of our student’s providing guidance and support and be able to inspire learning and progress.
• e resilient and determined, and confident in talking to large groups of young people.

Being part of the St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust

Located in Burton on Trent, at Blessed Robert Sutton, we emphasise the importance of curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking, equipping our students with the skills they need to thrive in an ever-changing world. We are deeply committed to our community, encouraging strong partnerships between parents, students, and staff to create a supportive network that empowers every child.

The St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi Academy Trust, part of the Diocese of Nottingham, brought together 25 Catholic schools located in Derby City, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire and Stockport together in partnership, to ensure the very best spiritual, social and academic experiences and outcomes for the young people in our schools.

Everything we do is to better the lives and futures of our children, providing access to first-class teaching, both academically and spiritually and we are united by our collective vision to excel.

Why work for the St Ralph Sherwin Multi Academy Trust?

We offer:

• Access to first class CPD opportunities. We also work in partnership with Nottingham Teaching School Alliance to deliver meaningful and relevant CPD. Our Leadership Academy identifies and develops future leaders.
• Genuine opportunities for career progression - with 25 academies in our family, and 84 academies across the Diocese, opportunities for career progression are a reality.
• Professional assistance - you will have access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. If clinically advisable, it also offers face-to-face counselling sessions.
• Pension - automatic enrolment into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme with 23.68% employer contributions, or to the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
• Terms and Conditions - we have committed to following nationally agreed terms and conditions for pay for both teachers and support staff.

For more information about our Trust and our Academies, please visit www.srscmat.co.uk

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The St Ralph Sherwin Catholic Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested, prior to interview, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, medical check, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

Please note that the closing date may be brought forward depending upon interest.

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 Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 632 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blessed-robert-sutton-catholic-voluntary-academy

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