Cover Supervisor

Cotham School’s BAME Strategy Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Cotham School seeks an experienced Cover Supervisor and Form/Link Tutor to join their diverse and vibrant community. This role includes class supervision, administrative support, and daily tutoring to foster student engagement and success. Ideal for individuals with a keen interest in education, offering excellent development opportunities and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Access to CPD library

Flexible working hours option

Free onsite drinks and meals during training days

Access to staff sports and health sessions

On-site free car parking

Annual flu jab and free eye tests

Qualifications

• Experience of working with teenagers in an educational setting.
• Enthusiastic and motivated individual.
• Ability to support educational processes and diverse learning needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision for classes when required.
• Support school administrative processes like exam preparation.
• Act as a daily Tutor or Link Tutor in the tutorial programme.

Skills

Experience working with young people

Motivational skills

Administrative support skills

Education

Experience in education

Job description

Salary: G9 - starting salary from £30,559 (actual salary £23,474) (pay award pending of 3.2%)

Hours: 32.5 hours (school day from 8:00 – 3.00) Term time only

Permanent contract from 01.09.2025

Cotham School, a successful, vibrant and diverse 11-18 comprehensive school, wishes to appoint an experienced Cover Supervisor and Form/Link Tutor.

This is an excellent starter role for someone who is interested in a career in teaching and has experience of working with young people and teenagers. Or for a returning teacher who doesn’t want the full responsibilities of a teacher role. We currently require an enthusiastic and motivated cover supervisor to provide supervision for classes. When cover is not required in school, you will support the school with administrative processes, such as preparing resources, exam preparation or supporting small groups with additional learning needs.

You will also be a daily Tutor or Link Tutor and help support the school’s tutorial programme.

We offer:

● the opportunity to join a hugely successful and oversubscribed school

● a wonderfully diverse student body

● a highly cohesive, experienced and high-performing Senior Leadership Team

● a committed and enthusiastic staff group

● excellent opportunities for personal and professional development

Cotham School is a great place to work. Our staff are a cohesive, friendly and high performing team of professionals who are keen to welcome new colleagues into our school community to contribute to and share in our achievements. Join us and you’ll receive a wide range of employee benefits including:

access to employee assistance programme – this includes counselling, physio sessions, menopause support, bereavement support and much more

ongoing learning and development opportunities and access to the school CPD library

at least 5 inset (training) days per annum with the provision of free onsite drinks and meals including the opportunity to work flexibly from home on some of these days

opportunity for staff to use flexible working hours on occasions

competitive salaries which are reviewed annually

family friendly policies and wellbeing support initiatives

access to online gyms and health sessions

access to staff sports, for example basketball, badminton and yoga sessions

option to participate in the cycle to work scheme

on site free car parking (when available)

free eye tests (Display Screen Equipment Users) and free annual flu jab

As a diverse school community, we particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented groups with regards to ethnicity, gender, age and disability.

Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will need to be DBS checked.

Please visit our website for further details and application pack.

Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of appointment are conditional on the following:

• Enhanced DBS check
• Satisfactory completion of a Staff Disqualification Declaration form
• Confirmation that you are not subject to either a Prohibition Order or Interim Prohibition Order
• The receipt of at least 2 satisfactory references
• Verification of identity
• Verification of medical fitness
• Verification of qualifications
• Verification of QTS where required
• Verification that they are legally able to work in UK

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account .

Cotham School’s child protection policy and practices and policy on employment of ex-offenders in the application pack can be found on the School website.