Lead Cover Supervisor
Oakmoor School, Bordon, Hampshire, GU35 0JB8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
12 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Lead Cover Supervisor Salary range £33,142 - £37,279 FTE per annum (Actual £29,993 - £33,737) + Benefits 38 weeks – 40 hours per week (5 days per week) Required for: ASAP Closing date: 20 March 2026 Interview date: 24 March 2026
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Salary range £33,142 - £37,279 FTE per annum (Actual £29,993 - £33,737) + Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
Welcome and thank you for your interest in working with us at Oakmoor School. We are a growing school and need to expand our team.
If the following interests you then do keep reading…
- An additional week holiday at October half term. You will never work more than 7 weeks in a row.
- Centralised detentions
- Significantly under directed time
- Supportive SLT who are present around school every lesson every day
Oakmoor is new, state of the art secondary school situated in a 22 acre tree lined site on the edge of the South Downs National Park.
We are a friendly, vibrant school with high standards and expectations. We pride ourselves on knowing every young person as an individual and challenging each of them to have the highest possible aspirations.
We are a highly collegiate staff with high expectations of ourselves and each other. You will be joining a team of like-minded, high calibre colleagues, who strive to provide the best education possible for our students. It is an exciting time to be joining our vibrant school where all staff are valued and their contribution to the organisation is recognised.
Teachers are very well supported by an excellent professional support team who share our goal of every child achieving their very best, whilst enjoying a rich and varied curriculum and plenty of opportunities to excel outside the classroom.
Students at Oakmoor display excellent behaviour in lessons and around the school. Teachers plan highly engaging lessons tailored to the needs of our students and enabling high levels of progress. Students benefit from a wealth of extra-curricular activities, including trips and visits, to enrich their experience at our school.
Our Plan-Deliver-Assess focus means that we have stripped away unnecessary bureaucracy and meetings allowing teachers to spend time on the 3 most important parts of their role. Teachers have time to plan great lessons, enjoy delivering their lessons and assess progress efficiently to inform the next stage of their planning to meet student need.
Our assessment policy focuses on feedback that is impactful, maximising students’ effort and enhances learning. The traditional picture of marking has been replaced by a much more dynamic and interactive process, whereby students are involved in marking and responding to feedback, teachers give whole class feedback, and where assessment is undertaken in order to support student learning and facilitate progression. Every teacher has saved a significant amount of time by no longer making detailed notes in every child’s book which was having a limited impact on student progress. Teachers now use this time to plan more precisely to address misconceptions and tailor learning to their classes.
Removing other time-consuming activities which prevent staff from doing their job effectively has also led to considerable student enjoyment and progress which has consequently improved GCSE outcomes for our students. It also means great people stay at Oakmoor and we have created an exceptional staff here.
At Oakmoor we encourage staff to develop and many of our teaching and professional support team have been successful with internal promotion in recent years. This provides excellent continuity for the school and allows colleagues the opportunity to progress whilst remaining in the school they enjoy being part of.
We have cutting edge technology throughout the site and the latest specialist equipment for key areas such as science, technology and performing arts. Our main buildings surround a central courtyard which includes covered areas for outside dining accessible from the dining hall and seating areas accessible from the learning resource centre for reading at break and lunch times.
There is an abundance of green spaces which include several sports pitches, an athletics track, a nurture garden and a forest school area for outside learning and activities. The whole site is bordered by mature trees providing a relaxing and inspirational backdrop to the learning environment.
We are a very successful school where high levels of respect and conduct prevail. Our success shows that when you couple high quality pastoral care with high standards and expectations, young people are able to flourish and to achieve their very best.
Visitors comment on our purposeful learning environment and our delightful students.
Let Oakmoor look after you and your career. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Cover Supervisor or someone with school experience looking to move into this field.
What the school offers its staff
The Cover department is an established, experienced team. We have three cover supervisors who work across the school to deliver pre-planned lessons and provide consistency for our students. Our cover team know our students well and enjoy excellent working relationships with students and colleagues. We are a supportive and friendly team who work collaboratively on all aspects of our work. As Lead Cover Supervisor you would be line managed by the Assistant Headteacher and you would line manage the cover team.
Over the last few years, the school has grown and is now oversubscribed with first choices. Our vacancy for a Lead Cover Supervisor provides a superb opportunity for an organised and talented individual to join our team. We support every member of the team to continually develop and become highly skilled, reflective practitioners, and we look to open doors for everyone to ensure their continued professional development.
Our aim as a department is to provide a supportive, calm learning environment in which all students can thrive. It is important to us to get to know the students and to provide consistency in lessons, maintaining Oakmoor’s high expectations and reinforcing our values. Cover lessons are pre-planned and fully resourced by subject departments so that the cover team can effectively support learners in the classroom.
In addition our cover team are an intrinsic part of our behaviour and safeguarding approach, supporting our lesson rota and providing study support for students outside of lessons.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment is subject to satisfactory completion of all relevant pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Oakmoor School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 882 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Oakmoor School website
- Email address
- n.mccool@oakmoor.hants.sch.uk
Oakmoor School is a brand new, state of the art secondary school situated in a 22 acre tree lined site on the edge of the South Downs National Park.
We are a friendly, vibrant school with high standards and expectations. We pride ourselves on knowing every young person as an individual and challenging each of them to have the highest possible aspirations. The Oakmoor ethos is encapsulated by our motto: Ambition, Courage, Excellence.
Students at Oakmoor display excellent behaviour in lessons and around the school. Teachers plan highly engaging lessons tailored to the needs of our students allowing high levels of progress to be enjoyed. Students benefit from a wealth of extra-curricular activities, including trips and visits to enrich their experience at our school.
We benefit from cutting edge technology throughout the site and the latest specialist equipment for key areas such as science, technology and performing arts. Our main buildings surround a central court yard which includes covered areas for outside dining and seating areas outside of the learning resource centre for reading at break and lunch times.
There is an abundance of green spaces which include several sports pitches, an athletics track, a nurture garden and a forest school area for outside learning and activities. The whole site is bordered by mature trees providing a relaxing and inspirational backdrop to our inspirational learning environment.
We are a very successful school where high levels of respect and conduct prevail. Our success shows that when you couple high quality pastoral care with high standards and expectations, young people are able to flourish and to achieve their very best.
Arranging a visit to Oakmoor School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email n.mccool@oakmoor.hants.sch.uk.
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