14 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    1 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    17 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 12.5 Hours Per Week Over 5 Days 2.5 Hours Per Day

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

Grade 1 point 2 £6,938.48 - £7,065.37

What skills and experience we're looking for

Outwood Academy Shafton invites applications from a reliable, conscientious individual who are a flexible team worker, who shows initiative and has the ability to work effectively under pressure.

The main purpose of the role is to ensure that the well-being and health and safety of students is maintained at lunchtime.

The working days would be Monday to Friday 11:30 to 14:00 each day to cover the lunchtime period.

Outwood Academy Shafton places students at the centre of everything it does, with a focus on creating a culture of success, a positive climate for learning, and increased student attainment, achievement and social and emotional development.

Our ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, able to work as part of a team and committed to making a difference to improving the life chances of our students.

What the school offers its staff

Outwood Academy Shafton is an academy bursting with potential for excellence.The students and staff are passionate about their school and there is a strong sense of belonging within the academy. The Academy is a large 11-16 school with just over 1,400 students on roll. It sits at the heart of its community. The academy is full, annually, with first choice preferences and we have a large number of families who are waiting for a place for their child. The academy is a new-build academy, opening almost a decade ago. As a learning community, it is a vast space covering 4 floors with excellent suites of classrooms, labs and specialist learning facilities.

We are proud that Outwood Academy Shafton is a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning. In 2023, the academy was recognised by the Inclusion Quality Mark as a National Inclusion Champion, placing in the top 6 schools nationally for our work on creating a place where all young people feel that they belong and can succeed.

The Academy became part of the Outwood Family of Schools in 2015 and as a member of the Outwood Family we believe in putting Students First, raising standards and transforming lives.

Our key aim is to create a positive, happy ethos and culture where our students behave well, have good manners, develop age appropriate self-discipline, engage positively with their learning and show integrity in their words and actions.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Outwood Academy Shafton

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1380 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Secondary Academy 11-16 yrs

Arranging a visit to Outwood Academy Shafton

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.davis@shafton.outwood.com.

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