Cover Supervisor (MFS)

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A special educational institution in Birmingham is seeking cover supervisors to support students with special educational needs. This role involves working across various classes, promoting engagement and learning in a collaborative environment. Candidates should have relevant experience and demonstrate a commitment to support children's rights. The position offers professional development opportunities and is part of a dedicated team.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction and probation support

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to a generous pension scheme

Generous annual leave entitlement

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or young people with special educational needs.
• Ability to support engagement and learning effectively.
• Commitment to children's universal rights.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to class teachers in various key stages.
• Engage pupils with diverse learning needs.
• Work consistently with assigned class groups across different sites.

Skills

Experience with SEND

Positive attitude

Team collaboration

Job description

Overview

Hours of Work: 32.5 hours per week, term time only. (Mon- Wed 08:10 - 15:10, Thursday 08:10 -15:40, Friday 08:10 - 14:40)

Contract type: Permanent

Salary: Grade 4 - £33,366 - £40,476 Pro rata ( £25,976.26 - £31,511.57 actual) Pay award pending

Allowances: SEN Allowance - £1668.70 Pro rata

Start date of role: January 2026 or sooner if possible

Enhanced DBS Check Required: Yes, adult and child

Closing Date: Friday, 24 October 2025

Interview Date: Thursday, 6 November 2025

About Mayfield School

Mayfield School is looking for cover supervisors 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 is new to our structure and will 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.

We are proud to be part of Education Impact Academy Trust where "better never ends".

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

We offer

• A collaborative and inclusive culture
• 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.
• Employee Assistance Programme via BHSF – free totally confidential support
• Access to discounts and offers via BHSF
• Access to a generous pension scheme known as the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) for support staff
• 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

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), qualifications, medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search (and a prohibition check for teachers) will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all shortlisted candidates.

To read a copy of our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy please click on the link below:

Policies (educationimpact.org.uk)

To read our policy on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders please click on the link below:

Policies (educationimpact.org.uk)

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, which means 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.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide:

DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Closing date: Friday, 24 October 2025

Interviews: Thursday, 6 November 2025

Early applications are encouraged, and applicants may be invited to interview prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is appointed before the closing date.

Please note that only Trust application forms will be accepted. We will not read accompanying Curricular Vitae (CVs) or accept them instead of an application form.

If you have not heard from us two weeks after the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful.