Cover Supervisor

James Brindley Academy; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Edinburgh is seeking a passionate Cover Supervisor to support vulnerable young people. The role involves supervising classes, implementing creative teaching strategies, and ensuring students engage in learning. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and a commitment to developing the whole child.

Qualifications

• Experience working with SEN young people required.
• At least a Level 3 qualification in a relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Supervise whole classes in the absence of the class teacher.
• Ensure young people engage in learning activities.

Skills

Creative Teaching

Support for SEN

Education

Level 3 in a relevant field

GCSE 4-9 in English

GCSE 4-9 in Maths

Job description

Hours of work: Full-time; 36.5 hours per week plus banked hours, to be worked during term-time.
Typically: M-Th 8-5, F: 8-4.30 (with some flexibility)
Location: Northfield (KS3 Centre 11-14 years)
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Grades 3-4
Grade 3: £26,409 to £32,654pa; Grade 4: £33,366pa to £40,476pa + TA SEN1 £1,670pa

‘Think Differently’ to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams.
This is the Vision Statement of James Brindley Academy.

• Do you want to have a positive impact on some of the most vulnerable children’s lives
  in Birmingham?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that recognises the benefits of a good work/life
  balance for their workforce?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that invests heavily in CPD and allocates
  additional training days to develop their staff?
  If you have answered ‘yes’ to all these questions, join our team!
  

Many of our young people have gaps in their education. You will need to have a creative approach to
teaching to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access
learning and make expected progress.

We are looking for a Cover Supervisor, with experience in working with SEN young people. The role
involves supervising whole classes in the absence of the class teacher, ensuring that the young people
engage in the learning activity and that they behave well. We strive to implement creative teaching
strategies to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access
learning. You should be passionate about developing and supporting the needs of the whole child and
committed to enabling all young people to thrive. We are looking for candidates with at least a Level 3
in a relevant field along with minimum GSCE 4 – 9 in English and Maths, or equivalent.

James Brindley is a stand-alone Academy based in a wide variety of locations across the City of
Birmingham. During a school year, we educate over 3,000 young people for periods ranging from a
few days in hospital to several years in one of our teaching centres. Many of our young people have
complex medical needs and many have been out of education for a significant period prior to joining
us.

We offer a full-time curriculum to young people from EYFS to KS5 and our aim is always to enable them
to ‘close the gap’ and to exceed expected progress during the time they are with us.
Visits for potential applicants, to Northfield, can be arranged on request. If you would like to visit, prior
to applying, please email [e-mail]

Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email.
If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.
If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 2 to 3
weeks of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spamboxes as well as your inbox in case
any correspondence has been delivered there.

Online Search
An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the
shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise
from this search at the interview.
Closing date: 4pm Monday 2nd June 2025
Interviews to be held: TBC
Start date: September