Cover Supervisor

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Support and progression opportunities

Astrea Trust CPD support

Senior leadership backing

Career development across region

Opportunity for qualifications

Professional progression model

Job summary

Astrea Academy Netherwood in Barnsley is seeking a Cover Supervisor to support teaching staff and ensure learning continuity during short-term absences. You will help implement prepared work, supervise groups, and maintain a calm, orderly learning environment.

The successful candidate will share our values, believe that every pupil can succeed, and contribute to a culture of high expectations. The role offers strong progression opportunities, CPD and support from the Astrea Trust Central team.

Qualifications

• Aligned to our values and mission.
• Belief that all children can achieve regardless of background.

Responsibilities

• Supervise classes during short-term absence of teachers.
• Help implement planned work and manage resources to support learning.
• Maintain a calm, orderly environment and support student engagement.

Skills

Aligned to our values

Belief in potential of all children

Job description

Cover Supervisor - Astrea Academy Netherwood

Do you want to be part of a team which strives to generate rapid improvement?

Are you meticulous in your approach to your own work and in securing high-quality contributions from others in the team?

Are you passionate about making sure systems and processes run smoothly and efficiently?

Astrea Academy Netherwood is an 11-16 academy which opened in September 2012, set in an extensive £35 million campus. As part of Astrea Academy Trust, Astrea Academy Netherwood is in an exciting period of development.

We are looking for a Cover Supervisor with high aspirations and expectations for themselves and our students, and with a passion for bringing about positive change throughout the academy. The ideal candidate will be hardworking, focussed on improvement and have an unconditional positive regard for all young people.

The role involves implementing agreed work programmes with individuals/ groups, in or out of the classroom. This could include those requiring detailed and specialist knowledge in particular areas and will involve assisting the teacher in the whole planning cycle and the management/ presentation of resources.

Staff may also supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of teachers. The primary focus will be to maintain good order and to keep students on task. Cover Supervisors will need to respond to questions and generally assist students to undertake set activities.

We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our students have the option to be able to go to university or aspirational alternative. We are not going to reduce expectations because of a child’s background or home life, or because they are new to English or have a special education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.

We value our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose.

What we offer:

• Support and progression opportunities
• Excellent support from the Astrea Trust Central team
• Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who have your back
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
• Opportunity to complete further qualifications
• An unrivalled professional progression model

What we are looking for:

The successful candidate will be:

• Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here
• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.

The closing date for all applications is midnight on 25th September 2026.

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.