Teaching Assistant/Cover Supervisor

Desford Community Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 9JH

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  13 April 2026

• Closing date

  23 February 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  9 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual salary £19,783 - £20,355

Teaching Assistant/Cover Supervisor job summary

Teaching Assistant (TA) / Cover Supervisor (CS)

Grade 6 point 9-10 (TA) / Grade 7 point 11-14 (Cover Supervisor)

32.5 hours a week, 39 weeks per year

Teaching Assistant role – 20 hours per week

Cover Supervisor role – 12.5 hours per week

Fixed term to the end of 2025/26 academic year

Teaching Assistant: Grade 6, £25,994 to £26,409 FTE

Cover Supervisor: Grade 7, £26,830 to £28,146 FTE

Actual Salary £19,783 - £20,355pa

Please apply through the eTeach website. To apply, please complete the application form outlining your suitability for the role and demonstrating how you satisfy the qualifications and experience detailed within the person specification.

Please send your completed application via the eTeach website by 10am on Monday 23rd February 2026.

Further details will be sent to shortlisted candidates ahead of the interview. Interviews and tasks are likely to be held week beginning Monday 2nd March 2026.

LiFE Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment will be subject to a DBS check and an online search.

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

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 Desford Community Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 382 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Desford Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/desford-community-primary-school-leicester

Desford Primary School is a vibrant and flourishing school at the heart of the village community. We have around 400 pupils in fourteen classes and are in the midst of significant growth due to large-scale house building in the village. We were awarded "Good" school grading in the Ofsted Inspection of July 2017. The report describes very high standards in all aspects of the school's activities. All school staff are dedicated and capable practitioners and the quality of teaching is at a consistently high level. Outcomes for pupils are consistently good throughout the school. Our children are nurtured, kept safe and are well cared for (Ofsted 2017).

Our school building is modern, attractive and well-maintained and includes an exceptional purpose-built 60-place Foundation Stage unit for Reception children, opened in September 2015 and a two classroom Upper Junior unit opened in May 2018 . All classrooms are spacious and well-equipped and the school prides itself on the quality of the classroom displays.

Our school is one of ten schools in the LiFE Multi Academy Trust. This collaborative school network currently comprises of 4 primary and 6 secondary schools and enables us to keep abreast of current developments in education and continually to develop and improve all aspects of our practice. We work within a group of local schools to the same end.

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