Cover Supervisor in Newark on Trent

NJC Point 8-13 (actual £23,071 to £24,998)

Required: As soon as possible

Term time only, 37 hours per week

Thank you for your interest in The Dukeries Academy (TDA) and Academy Transformation Trust (ATT). Part of our Vision at TDA is to develop ‘Our People’. Being recognised as an exceptional place to work is important to us as we aspire to attract, retain, and develop the very best leaders and staff.

Our Mission at The Dukeries Academy is to transform lives by inspiring excellence and maximising opportunities for all. As a rapidly improving Academy, at the heart of the Ollerton community, we support every student to achieve the qualifications they need to progress confidently to the next stage of learning, training, or employment. To complement their qualifications, we also develop the skills and character traits, which will allow our students to become positive change makers in their own and other people’s lives.

At the Dukeries Academy, we live our values. We aspire to act with integrity, are ambitious in our purpose and are resilient in our pursuit of excellence. We are a Disability Confident Employer, at ATT we are passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and welcome all applications.

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and flexible Cover Supervisor with a commitment for continued professional development to work within all of our faculties. The successful candidate will provide effective cover supervision for absent teachers to ensure continuity of student education as well as providing additional support for other activities. The role includes invigilation and administration to support teachers to focus on student learning.

You will be educated to level 3 standard or equivalent, have strong literacy and numeracy skills and be a competent IT user. Good verbal and written communication skills together with an ability to deal with a wide range of student behaviour are essential.

About Academy Transformation Trust: At ATT we are driven by a simple but profound belief: every child can and should become capable, competent, and confident. Our purpose is to transform lives through education, and our strategy, ATT2030, sets out how we will achieve this for every pupil, every colleague, and every community we serve. We know that people are at the heart of everything we do. Our trust thrives because of the talent, dedication, and values of our colleagues.

If you choose to join us, you will become part of a high-trust, high-accountability organisation where principals are empowered to lead, colleagues are supported to grow, and everyone is united in the moral purpose of education.

In return, you can expect:

• An inclusive and developmental leadership culture.
• Centralised behaviour systems with highly visible SLT and Faculty Leaders.
• Implementation using evidence informed practice.
• Fantastic Professional Development opportunities through our ATT Institute including NPQs in partnership with Ambition.
• Inquiry based Performance Development replacing traditional Performance Management.
• A sensible Feedback Policy.
• A comprehensive employee benefits package including a health cash plan, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.

As a valued member of our support team, you will use your sphere of influence to play an important part in taking TDA from Good to Great, and we can promise it will be an exciting and rewarding journey. Along the way, you will gain the satisfaction of #Transforming Lives in our Academy and across our Trust’s twenty-one schools.

For further information or to arrange a visit please see our application pack or call the academy on 01623 860545.

Closing date: 09.00am, Thursday 11 December 2025

Interview date: To be confirmed

The Dukeries Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the successful applicant must undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025. We are passionate about Diversity and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are a Disability Confident Employer. We are open to Flexible Working.