Cover Supervisors

Westfield Academy; Ilminster; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Westfield Academy is seeking a proactive Cover Supervisor to join our team. You will deliver prepared lesson activities, supervise students, and maintain a productive learning environment.

The successful candidate will demonstrate strong communication and organisational skills, adapt to changing cover needs, and support extracurricular sports as part of the wider role. Fixed-term until August 2027, 37 hours per week during term time plus INSET days.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational and time-management abilities.
• Ability to manage behaviour calmly in classroom settings.
• Flexibility to respond to evolving cover needs at short notice.
• Willingness to support extracurricular sports and events.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of Cover Supervisors delivering high-quality lessons for absent teachers.
• Implement lesson plans prepared by teachers and monitor progress.
• Register students promptly in line with attendance procedures.
• Respond to questions about set work and assist students with activities.
• Promote and implement school ethos, safeguarding policies and procedures.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Behaviour management

Adaptability

Initiative

Sports extracurricular support

Job description

We wish to appoint, as soon as possible, an enthusiastic individual to join our existing team of Cover Supervisors who provide high quality cover lessons for absent teaching staff. You will implement lesson plans prepared by teachers, and ensure an effective environment for learning. Cover Supervisors will need to register students promptly in line with our attendance and safeguarding procedures, respond to questions about the work that has been set, and generally assist students to undertake set activities and engage in learning, whilst promoting and implementing the schools ethos and policies.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills, and be able to use their initiative to respond to classroom situations. Candidates should be able to demonstrate positive and effective behaviour management techniques, flexibility and an ability to work under pressure. This role requires the postholder to adapt to different demands at short notice due to the nature of cover requirements.

This role would suit candidates who are looking to get into teaching or a teaching assistant who may wish to take a step into a teaching role. A candidate with a willingness to support extracurricular sports clubs and fixtures as part of the wider cover supervisor role would fit the role well.

Fixed Term until August 2027 in the first instance

37 hours per week, term time only plus INSET days

Grade 12 (£25,297 - £28,360, actual salary)