Cover Supervisor

Teaching Vacancies; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

LGPS/TPS pension options

Training & professional development

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Mayfield School, part of EIAT, is seeking a Cover Supervisor to join our growing team in Birmingham. The role offers 32.5 hours per week on a permanent contract, with start in January 2027 or sooner.

You will support pupils with SEND across key stages, at two sites, and benefit from extensive professional development and safeguarding commitments. We welcome reliable, consistent, positive, and solution-focused applicants who can work with staff as part of a strong team to provide engaging

Qualifications

• Experience of working directly with children or young people, including SEND.
• Willingness to learn and contribute to positive outcomes for pupils.
• Reliable, consistent and solution‑focused with good teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide class-based support for pupils across primary, secondary or sixth form as needed.
• Support pupils with SEND ensuring engagement and progress.
• Collaborate with colleagues to plan and deliver learning activities.
• Maintain clear boundaries and consistent routines for pupils.
• Attend training and safeguarding procedures as part of the role.

Skills

SEND experience

Reliability

Consistency

Positive attitude

Teamwork

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Post: Cover Supervisor

Hours of work: 32.5 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent

Start date of role: January 2027or sooner if possible

Interview date: Monday 9th November 2026

Enhanced DBS Check Required: Yes, Child and Adult

EIAT is a thriving Multi Academy Trust in North Birmingham incorporating Wilson Stuart School, Mayfield School, Queensbury School, The Hive College, Lime Tree Nursery and Blue Sky Nursery. We strive to share best practice and work in cohesive, collaborative and innovative ways. Our ethos is 'Better Never Ends'.

Mayfield School is looking for a cover supervisor to join our growing team. Our school is a special school for 315 pupils aged between 3 and 19 with a wide range of special educational needs and disabilities including PMLD, cognition and learning needs and autism. We are proud to be a Unicef Rights Respecting School, on a journey to achieve the gold award.

The school is split across two sites - Wheeler Street in Lozells (co-located with Holte School and Lozells Junior and Infant School and Nursery) and Heathfield Road in Handsworth. Successful applicants can be asked to work at either site depending on the needs of the school. Class placement will be determined daily based on cover needs and successful applicants can expect to be in any of our primary, secondary or sixth form class groups and at either site. We welcome applicants with SEND experience in any type of educational setting.

At Mayfield School, the cover supervisor role aims to provide consistency for pupils as a permanent member of the staff team. At Mayfield, class-based support staff are valued and their professional development is supported and invested in. We recognise that working with young people with SEND can be challenging and a full programme of training and support is offered. We expect class-based staff to adopt creative, innovative and individualised approaches to engaging young people in learning and enabling them to make progress. This is a joyful and rewarding job and one where you can really make a difference to the lives of young people and their families.

We are looking for reliable, consistent, positive and solution focused people who will seek every opportunity to provide rich and relevant learning experiences for our pupils. Personal resilience and commitment to children’s universal rights are essential qualities for this role.

Applications are invited from people who have experience of working directly with children or young people with SEND in any setting and who are willing to work with others as part of a strong team. Special school experience is advantageous but not an essential requirement provided you have a willingness to learn and a dedication to securing positive outcomes for all pupils.

This post could be based in any key stage class working with pupils who have persistent differences with social interaction, social communication and understanding emotions. Our pupils need clear boundaries and consistent support with engagement, learning, emotional and sensory regulation and benefit from working with adults who pro-actively pursue positive partnerships between home and school.

If you are determined, hardworking and think that working at our Trust might be for you, then we would love to hear from you.

Informal conversations and visits are warmly welcomed. If you would like to arrange an informal visit please email [e-mail]

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• A collaborative and inclusive culture that values every employee.
• A committed, hardworking team who strive to provide the best education for all students.
• Comprehensive induction and probation support and regular opportunities for professional development and growth.
• 10 staff training days across the academic year; one or two of these days may be aggregated which means completing training outside of normal working hours in twilight sessions.
• An Employee Assistance Programme via the BHSF App – including free totally confidential support, access to a GP 24/7 and counselling.
• Access to discounts and offers at many well-known retailers and other organisations via the BHSF App.
• Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) for Teachers.
• Generous annual leave entitlement for support staff based on length of service, starting at 29 days pro-rata, rising to 32 at 5 years’ plus service and 34 following 10 years’ plus service. Teachers annual leave is in line with Teachers Pay & Conditions.
• Family friendly policies.
• Onsite parking at all sites.
• We are the only Trust to provide SEN Allowances to ALL roles who work with students, including Teachers, TA’s, Care Assistants, Pastoral Care, Guides and Drivers.

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.