COVER SUPERVISOR

Lancashire County Council; Clitheroe; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Ribblesdale School in Clitheroe is seeking a proactive Cover Supervisor to join our supportive team. You will cover for short-term staff absences across subjects at our secondary site, delivering lessons set by the class teacher, keeping pupils engaged and on task.

The role requires strong classroom management, reliability and the ability to work well within a busy school environment. You should be confident, flexible and capable of building positive relationships with pupils and staff.

Qualifications

• Strong behaviour management skills.
• Excellent numeracy, literacy, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Confident, flexible and able to deliver work set by the usual classroom teacher.
• Able to work well within a team and contribute to a positive learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide cover for short-term staff absence across a range of subjects at the secondary site.
• Ensure lessons run smoothly and pupils remain engaged in their learning.
• Supervise classes effectively, maintaining discipline and safeguarding.

Skills

Behaviour management

Numeracy

Literacy

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Job description

Location Ribblesdale School, Queens Road, Clitheroe, BB7 1EJ (1436 on roll)

Tel: [phone]

School website: www.ribblesdale.org

Summary Are you an enthusiastic, highly motivated and extremely well organised person? If so, this is a fantastic opportunity to become a key member of the team at Ribblesdale School, working in the heart of the Ribble Valley in Lancashire.

We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Cover Supervisor to join our large, vibrant and well-established team. We seek to appoint a committed, enthusiastic and proactive individual to support learning across school.

The successful candidate will provide cover for short-term staff absence across a range of subjects at our secondary site. You will need to be confident, flexible and able to deliver work set by the usual classroom teacher, ensuring that lessons run smoothly and pupils remain engaged in their learning.

You will possess strong behaviour management skills, the ability to build positive relationships with pupils and staff, and the confidence to supervise classes effectively, ensuring pupils work productively and remain on task.

Excellent numeracy, literacy, interpersonal and organisational skills are essential to this role. If you are energetic, resilient and committed to supporting the education and wellbeing of young people, and you thrive on teamwork and making a real difference, this could be the role for you!

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

This position is part time, term time only, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent. If successful, the salary received will be paid on a pro –rata basis.

The closing date is 9am 23/09/2026

Equal Opportunities statement An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community Rehabilitation Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice. You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.