Lead Cover Supervisor

Kingsmead School, Enfield, EN1 1YQ

18 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  29 September 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  11 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,604.00 Annually (Actual)

Lead Cover Supervisor job summary

Kingsmead is a large, oversubscribed school that, despite serving a postcode in the top 20% most deprived parts of England:

• Has an ambitious curriculum, with almost an almost exclusively GCSE KS4 and A Level KS5, aiming for 90% EBacc while also having a performing a visual arts specialism.
• A track record of above average progress scores in spite of the challenge posed by such an ambitious curriculum.
• Exceptional behaviour, with a consistent approach that combines explicit boundaries with the space to build relationships and support those children who need it.
• A thoughtfully constructed wider school experience for the children, with an ambitious combination of clubs, trips, careers guidance and wider enrichment.

Lead Cover Supervisor main duties:

To provide effective and efficient arrangements for Cover across the school.

• Manage the administration for cover and liaise with external agencies, Executive PA and teaching staff.

• Manage the Cover Supervisors within school to ensure they provide a high-quality service and be responsible for providing cover when required.

• Lead the team of Cover Supervisors who supervise lessons during the short-term absence of teachers and who are at times are asked to undertake administrative tasks in departments.

• Ensure that all classes have an appropriate teacher and support in the management of teaching cover for sickness, courses, meetings, school trips, visits etc.

• Use the MIS system (Arbor) and maintain an up-to-date forward diary.

• An understanding of Arbor is an advantage however, training is provided on how to use this system to ensure the effective understanding.

Please see below duties, however this list may not be exhaustive as per this role:

• Monitor the cover absence line and emails each morning from 7.15am;

  Liaise with the SLT/Headteacher/Executive PA regarding long term absence and planned trips/course/medical appointments etc.

  Create the daily rota for cover within the school;

  Meet & Greet Cover Supervisors/Daily Supply Teachers and provide daily timetable, handbook and information on work;

  Support Cover Supervisors with queries and liaise with external agencies;

  Keep abreast of changes to Arbor and school curriculum to ensure efficient service is provided;

  Participate in training and other learning activities, as required;

  Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, equal opportunities, health and safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person;

  Participate in regular line lead meetings; and be a Performance Management Team Leader for Cover Supervisors.

  Supervise students while they are engaged in learning activities and deal with immediate problems and emergencies;

  Manage students’ behaviour within the behavioural policy of the school;

  Complete registers within timeframes specified;

  Set high expectations of conduct whilst acting as a role model;

  Respond to students’ queries on procedures, while keeping students on task;

  Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the classroom within the school’s policies and procedures of equal opportunities;

  Provide objective and accurate feedback to the teacher on the conduct of the lesson and the behaviour of the students;

  Collect and pass on any completed work;

  Deliver tutor session and/or supervise during assemblies, after taking an accurate register

  Accompany groups of students on school trips, ensuring their health and safety (to be at discretion of lead teacher);

  Be aware of and support difference and ensure all students have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop;

  Used to cover duties including break, lunch, before and after school.

Please click the link below for more information about our school:

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*Candidates are strongly advised to apply before the deadline date. If a suitable candidate is appointed, the school reserve the right to close this vacancy early.*

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.

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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 Kingsmead School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1502 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kingsmead School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingsmead-school-enfield

Kingsmead is a large, mixed, oversubscribed school – easily accessible from both central London and surrounds – with loyal staff, an established standing in the community and a very strong track record. We are consistently above average in Progress 8 and A Level value added, with high Ebacc entry and a wide range of options at KS4 and KS5. Those outcomes are built on a calm, purposeful and collaborative atmosphere.

Despite the school’s size and standing, the Headteacher was appointed relatively young after experience of leading for a high-performing academy chain and in one of the most successful London boroughs. He has restarted the school culture and approach over the last few years and is determined to push it forward from being in the top 20% nationally to being somewhere where things are achieved others do not think possible.

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