Cover Supervisor 1 Year Fixed Term

Job Title: Cover Supervisor

Closing date: 30th June 2025

Location: Hylands School

Interview date: TBA

Salary / salary range: Scale 5

Start date: September 2025

Are you looking for a challenge? A place where you have autonomy to engender real change and be part of a rapid school improvement journey? A career at Hylands School will without doubt provide you with the progression, challenge and job satisfaction we all seek when we become teachers. Enthusiasm and a sense of humour are seen as essential qualities in order to co-ordinate the smooth-running of lessons whilst ensuring a positive learning environment for students.

This vacancy may suit a graduate who is looking to gain some school experience before applying for their teacher training. The school could then support you with your teacher training application over the coming year. Applicants should have good communication and organisation skills, be well presented, punctual and reliable and will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check.

Working for TKAT: In return, as an employee of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), you will benefit from:

A wide variety of opportunities for professional development, including the potential to develop your career at more than one TKAT academy;

Opportunities to work flexibly, where possible;

Our support for your wellbeing at work;

and The rewards of working to improve the life chances of our pupils.

If you would like to arrange a visit to the school or an informal discussion with Mr Chris White, Head of School, please contact 01245 266766.

Closing date for applications: 30th June 2025 at 12:00.

Interview date to be arranged.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of applications. If you have not had any communication within 10 days of the closing date please take this as confirmation that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Safeguarding

TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full safer recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

Access to interview

Be Who You Are at TKAT - should you be selected and invited to interview please let us know if you require us to adapt the recruitment process to enable you to participate as your authentic self. We want applicants to be able to engage with us in ways that support who they are and we are committed to making adjustments within the recruitment process and within the workplace.

Our Commitment - Equal, Inclusive, Diverse

TKAT is committed to inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity by encouraging and welcoming differences, listening to individual experiences, aspirations and accomplishments and learning how to grow better together. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic.

Flexible working

TKAT recognises the value of enabling our employees to develop their career and balance this with their commitments and interests outside of work. In TKAT we promote flexible working practices and opportunities to promote a positive work life balance.