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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    14 July 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    8 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,992.00 - £28,163.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary to reflect the nature of the role; £3,534.05 - £3,829.23 (Term Time only, 6 hrs p/w)

PE Cover Supervisors job summary

We are seeking to recruit inspiring PE Cover Supervisors to join our enthusiastic and professional team within the PE Department, over 6 hours per week. This is an excellent opportunity to directly support students and staff at King Alfred’s Academy and to enhance the learning outcomes for our student body.

We are looking for someone who has high expectations of all students and is committed to raising educational achievement in classes across both the curriculum and academic years. Flexibility is key as the daily role is a reactive one, requiring you to move to where the need is greatest.

King Alfred’s is proud to be part of the Cambrian Learning Trust, a network of schools nurturing opportunities and career development. Collaboration is an important benefit of working at King Alfred’s, with students and staff benefitting from our work with Trust schools and other schools locally and regionally.

About the school:

King Alfred’s Academy is a welcoming, ambitious, and dynamic school, brimming with energy, opportunity, and possibility. Rated “Good” by Ofsted, our mission—"Opportunity for All"—is at the heart of everything we do. We are passionate about creating a supportive and inspiring environment where both students and staff can thrive every day.

As a fully comprehensive secondary school with a thriving sixth form, we are proud of our strong culture of respect and responsibility. Our classrooms are calm and purposeful, guided by a “warm but strict” approach that ensures every student feels valued, supported, and encouraged to achieve their very best.

Beyond the classroom, our KA Klubs enrichment program offers over 130 exciting clubs and activities every fortnight, giving students the chance to explore new passions, develop skills, and build lifelong friendships.

Nestled in the heart of Wantage, King Alfred’s Academy is easily accessible from Oxford, Swindon, Newbury, Abingdon, and Didcot. Whether in the classroom or beyond, we are committed to helping every student reach their full potential in a school that feels like a community.

The Perks of Working with Us:

  • Full support for professional development and future training (CPD)
  • Recognition of prior, continuous service
  • Generous holiday allowance, increasing with service
  • Employees may join a staff LGPS or Teacher Pension Scheme.
  • Flexible working options to support work-life balance
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Program via confidential telephone service & downloadable App.
  • Cycle-to-Work Scheme
  • Opportunity to join school trips to destinations like Normandy, Barcelona, Austria, Canada, and the USA
  • Complimentary fresh fruit, tea, coffee, and subsidised lunches
  • Blue Light Card discount eligibility
  • Birthday gift option
  • Free car parking
  • Eye Care Vouchers
  • Discounted corporate Gym Membership with Better Leisure
  • Term-time only
  • And a free KeepCup promoting an environmentally friendly workplace

At King Alfred’s Academy, our mission is “Opportunity for All”— a value we are passionate about delivering daily for our students and staff. If you’re excited to contribute to a supportive school with strong, positive values and believe you’re the right fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you!

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Adam Wood (Deputy Headteacher) on 01235 225700

Cambrian Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.  We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.  All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.

Cambrian Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.

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

SAFER RECRUITMENT STATEMENT

King Alfred’s Academy and The Vale Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory “Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check.

Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.

The Vale Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.

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About King Alfred's

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1763 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
King Alfred's website

King Alfred’s is a learning community with a passionate, talented and dedicated staff, new and refurbished learning spaces for 21st century learning, the offer of an outstanding sixth form ranked amongst the best in the country, and a wealth of extra-curricular trips, visits and activities for students to enjoy as part of their wider learning outside the classroom.

Furthermore, King Alfred’s has an enviable reputation for providing outstanding quality and breadth of pastoral care to all students through an experienced and dedicated team of pastoral staff and student managers.

This enables students to develop as individuals with confidence and well-being throughout their school career. This strength of King Alfred’s was, quite rightly, recognised by inspectors in the recent Ofsted inspection when inspectors noted that: ‘Pupils’ welfare and safety has the highest priority. Personal, social and health education plays a key part in ensuring that pupils are happy, safe and very well cared for.’

Most importantly, for pupils making the transition from Year 6 to secondary education, West Site offers a bright, welcoming campus where they can make the change safely and happily into secondary education. The advantage of the bespoke KS3 site is that it offers a unique environment for them to make new friends, get to know a dedicated team of tutors and teachers, and adjust to the new phase of their educational lives. It is an environment in which our core values of Responsibility, Respect, Tolerance, Courage and Determination will be seen, experienced and lived consistently every day.

What is very evident throughout the school, is the impressive spirit and desire amongst the governors and staff to ensure that King Alfred’s Academy continues to grow and flourish to become the outstanding school of choice for the local community and beyond and that we truly can offer "Opportunity for All".

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