Cover Supervisor in Swindon

At Nova Hreod Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly, and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

Nova Hreod Academy has approximately 900 pupils in Years 7-11. The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities, and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford. After a visit from Ofsted in November 2022, the academy received a second ‘Good’ judgement in a row. Nova Hreod is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check. We always appoint on merit, and we are open to discussing flexible working options.

Salary: £26,655 per annum

Hours: 37.5 hours per week if full-time. Monday to Friday.

Contract: Permanent, term time only.

The role involves supporting a mixture of planned and reactive cover requirements across a full range of subject areas. The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and professional person who can effectively manage classroom behaviour, introduce and support cover work and ensure lesson outcomes are achieved in the absence of the classroom teacher across a full range of subjects. They will help all students at Nova understand the value of their education; facilitate a happy and productive classroom experience and be a positive role model to all students they work with.

Cover Supervisors at Nova Hreod can access the same outstanding training activities and support we offer to our subject specialist teachers, and there is a great opportunity to take a full role in school life alongside the cover duties.

What you offer:

• You will be a reliable and well-organised professional with strong communication skills, able to manage cover provision effectively and build positive relationships with Faculty Leaders, SLT and pastoral staff.
• You will be reflective, resilient, and open to improving systems and processes.
• Experience in a school setting is advantageous, whether gained through cover supervision, teaching, mentoring or youth work, as it supports effective navigation of classroom challenges.
• The role may also suit qualified teachers from any discipline seeking a new professional challenge while remaining classroom-based.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be educated to A Level or Degree Level.
• Have administrative experience.
• Have experience working in schools or with young people.
• Have experience of using data/information systems, spreadsheets and word processing.
• Have the ability to understand, interpret and follow systems, policies and procedures.
• Have excellent organisation and time management skills.
• Be able to develop and maintain positive working relationships with students, their families, colleagues and other professionals.
• Demonstrate tact and sensitivity where appropriate.

We can offer you a school where you will receive excellent CPD to further develop your skills, work in a fast-paced but supportive team, and have a highly supportive and hands-on SLT. You will take responsibility for creating a calm and respectful ethos, working with non-teaching pastoral and SEN staff to support our pupils, and we are proud to provide disruption-free learning for our pupils. There is a fantastic extra-curricular programme.

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response. Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.