School Cover Supervisor

Outwood Academy City Fields, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4SF

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 35 Hours per Week; Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £21,439 - £22,434

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Level 2 Qualifications in English & Maths or equivalent;
• Willingness and ability to obtain and / or enhance qualifications and training and development in the post;
• Experience of working in a school environment;
• Ability to effectively communicate with a range of audiences;
• Ability to respect and maintain confidentiality;
• Ability to use standard ICT packages including Microsoft Office;
• Ability to relate to students in a pleasant and sympathetic manner and to recognise potential safeguarding issues.

What the school offers its staff

Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues by funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level. We also offer:Your starting salary with annual increments plus inflation linked increases. The starting salary within the grade advertised will be dependent upon your experience. You will also receive:

• A comprehensive induction and training process
• Automatic enrolment into an increasingly rare and valuable defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
• Flexible family friendly policies from day one
• Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period
• Holidays: A minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service)
• A range of working patterns are available dependant upon the role

Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:

• Specialist information on a wide range of work-life issues
• Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues
• Legal guidance
• Financial guidance and debt counselling
• Child and dependent care support and advice
• Support for managers

We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy and menopause policy along with menopause champions based in our academies. Other benefits include:

• Free flu vaccinations
• Free onsite parking
• Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing
• Access to various discount sites

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 are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

SUP008 Cover Supervisor PS.pdf - 221 KB (opens in new tab)

SUP008 Cover Supervisor JD.pdf - 148 KB (opens in new tab)

About Outwood Academy City Fields

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 855 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Outwood Academy City Fields website
• Email address: a.jarrett@cityfields.outwood.com
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/outwood-academy-city-fields

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