Cover Supervisor

Join Our Secondary School Team! We are seeking a confident, enthusiastic and reliable Cover Supervisor to join our team and play an important role in supporting teaching and learning across our secondary school. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with young people, has strong communication and behaviour management skills, and can confidently lead a classroom in the absence of a teacher. As a Cover Supervisor, you will be responsible for supervising classes during the short-term absence of teaching staff, ensuring that students remain engaged, focused and on task by delivering pre-prepared lesson materials. Your responsibilities will include: Supervising whole classes across a range of subjects and year groups. Delivering pre-set work and ensuring students remain engaged in their learning. Managing classroom behaviour effectively and maintaining a positive learning environment. Supporting students with their work and encouraging them to achieve their best.
Ensuring lesson objectives are followed and work is completed. Reporting any issues or concerns to the appropriate member of staff. Supporting the wider school team with additional duties where required. Our ethos is 'Aspiring and Achieving Together'. Whilst we are committed to ensuring that every student makes excellent progress, this concept stretches well beyond academic performance. We firmly believe that every aspect of school should equip learners to be successful in all areas of their lives, both now and for their future. Indeed, every single decision or action taken improves the life chances of all our learners. This is underpinned by ensuring The Westleigh school is a safe, nurturing and happy environment: put simply, The Westleigh School is a great place to learn and a great place to work. Uniting with The Shaw Education Trust brings with it new opportunities and a wealth of resources to supplement our mission to improve outcomes for all our students. Colleagues will have
access to a large range of well-established training opportunities, such as a fully funded L5 Instructional Coaching qualification or Accelerated Leadership training, for those aspiring to Middle Leadership. Outstanding teachers will also achieve Trust Professional Advocate designation, which provides exciting opportunities to support colleagues within both The Westleigh School and across other SET schools to share best practice. With this brings the opportunity to engage in the cross-trust peer review and Trust CPD programme. All candidates are required to provide a supporting statement on the formal application forms which states clearly your reasons for applying, skills and experience for this position. At

Shaw Education Trust, we believe every role has the power to transform a life.

Whether you're supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, or

leading with vision, you will be part of something truly meaningful. Our

values-opportunity, integrity, community, and equity-guide everything we

do. Our vision is "Opening doors to the world through the power of

learning." We bring this to life through our mission: working

together to inspire communities where every school is valued, every voice

matters, and every learner thrives. We

are a dynamic and growing family of primary, secondary, and special schools,

proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury. Our

people are our greatest asset, and we are deeply committed to their development

through high-quality training, apprenticeships, talent development programmes,

and research opportunities, we empower our staff to thrive as skilled,

confident professionals. We champion wellbeing, value every voice, and foster a

culture where you feel supported, motivated, and inspired to make a real

difference. You

will join a collaborative network of schools where shared expertise and a

strong professional community drive success. Every academy within our Trust has

an equal voice, and every colleague plays a vital role in shaping tailored

learning experiences that raise aspirations and build brighter futures. If

you have the passion, dedication, and drive to help shape lives and create

futures filled with promise, we would love you to join our team. Together,

let's make the remarkable happen. We

believe every child has the potential to be extraordinary. In

our secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to

curriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all

students, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum

models don't always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate and

provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We

want our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful,

and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our

innovation include moving towards a trust wide approach to enrichment and

competitions, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities

for essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducing

vocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal school

curriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities to

develops work-readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto T

Levels and apprenticeships.Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support Staff)/Teachers Pension (Teaching Staff)Support Staff only based on working full time, all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years' service including Bank Holidays) Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy health services designed to support your well-being.Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands. Free Eye TestsCycle to work schemeAccess to our Institute of Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and flourish in your role and in the Trust. We

know our people are the key to our success and so we're committed to

ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding

one. Colleagues

within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and

professionally accredited. These courses include a variety of the National

Professional Qualifications and the Early Carer Teacher Programme delivered by

Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. Experienced

leadership and subject-specific support. Guidance

from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust. Access

to the Trust's Institute of Education and SCITT. Opportunities

to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate. Participating

in peer reviews. Access

to a suite of online courses.Placement

projects within our family of schools.Actual Salary: £22,401 - £24,539