COVER SUPERVISOR

Lancashire County Council; Salterforth; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire County Council's West Craven High School is seeking a dedicated cover supervisor to support students with pre-planned work and maintain classroom discipline on site in Barnoldswick. You will help collect work, provide feedback to teachers, and accompany pupils on trips and activities.

The role requires strong behaviour management, reliability and the ability to support teachers when not directly covering a class, plus assisting with displays and resources creation. DBS checks apply.

Qualifications

• Supervise completion of pre-planned work accessible to students.
• Maintain discipline and health and safety in lessons.
• Collect completed work and provide feedback to teachers.
• Accompany students on trips and educational activities.
• Undertake a duty as part of the duty system.

Responsibilities

• Supervise completion of pre-planned work with minimal staff input (not teaching).
• Supervise classroom activities, maintain discipline and health and safety.
• Collect completed work and provide written feedback to the classroom teacher.
• Accompany students on trips, visits and other educational activities.
• Undertake a ‘duty’ as part of the school’s duty system (break/lunch).
• Support teachers when not deployed directly covering a class.
• Contribute to an activity bank of resources.
• Create and maintain classroom displays.
• Invigilate examinations.
• Assist with general school administration when demand for cover is low.

Skills

Student supervision

Behaviour management

Classroom support

Trip supervision

Examination invigilation

Job description

Location West Craven High School, Kelbrook Road, Barnoldswick, BB18 5TB (532 on roll)

Tel: [phone]

School website: www.westcraven.co.uk

Role Specific

• To supervise the completion of pre-planned work that students can access independently with minimal staff input (not teaching, not new topics).
• To supervise classroom activities, maintain discipline and implement behaviour management controls in accordance with school policy and health and safety.
• To collect completed work at the end of each lesson and produce written feedback to the classroom teacher on performance, behaviour and attainment of the students.
• To accompany students on trips, visits and other educational activities.
• To undertake a ‘duty’ as part of the school’s duty system (including break and lunch).
• Support the work of classroom teachers when not deployed directly covering a class.
• Support and contribute to the development of an “activity bank” of resources.
• Support and contribute to the creation and maintenance of classroom displays.
• Invigilate internal and/or external examinations.
• To support general school administration when demand for cover is low.

Student Responsibilities

• Value and support students to achieve their full potential.
• Having high expectations of behaviour and academic achievement for all students.
• Effectively manage the behaviour of students using positive behaviour strategies to ensure learners’ engagement in lessons.

Trust Responsibilities

• Share the Trust’s Vision, Mission, Values and Behaviours and communicate them effectively.
• Participate in Staff Review and Professional Development activities, and be actively involved in the Trust’s culture of high expectation.
• Value diversity and promote equality.
• Engage in marketing activities and liaison with employers and the wider community in line with Trust strategies.
• Contribute to cross-Trust events.
• Adhere to Trust policies and procedures including Health and Safety.
• Be responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
• Any other duties that the Principal considers appropriate.

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.

Essential Qualifications Please see the attached PDF

Desirable Qualifications Please see the attached PDF

Essential Experience Please see the attached PDF

Desirable Experience Please see the attached PDF

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.

Applications and further details are available from/returnable to

Address: [e-mail]

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.