Cover Supervisor
Location: Lift Firth Park, Fircroft Avenue, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 0SD, United Kingdom.
Posted on: 01/05/2026 – Application Deadline: 29/05/2026.
Hours: 35 hours per week.
Contract type: Permanent, full-time 39 weeks per year.
Interview date: 5th June.
Salary: NJC 12-17, £23,164 – £24,319 (actual salary) or £28,598 – £30,024 (FTE) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits.
Responsibilities
The role covers classes during both planned and unplanned teacher absences, providing essential support across all subjects and ensuring students’ learning progresses uninterrupted. By maintaining a calm and focused classroom environment, the cover supervisor contributes significantly to student achievement and advancement, ensuring the smooth delivery of an excellent education to every child in every classroom, every day.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of a range of strategies to deal with whole-class behaviour and individual behavioural needs.
- L2 qualifications – GCSE Maths and English (Grade 4) or equivalent.
- A university degree or equivalent level of qualification (level 6).
- Experience of working with children and young people.
- Ability to build positive relationships with all students.
About our school
Lift Firth Park is a vibrant, mixed secondary school for students aged 11–16. Located in Shiregreen, Sheffield, we serve around 1,200 pupils and reflect a richly diverse community, with more than a third of students speaking English as an additional language. Our school is currently undergoing exciting transformational change, and we are already seeing its positive impact across the curriculum and our culture. This is an excellent time to join our team.
We offer you
- Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
- Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we’ve got you covered.
- Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships and travel deals.
EEO and other statements
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time, and flexible working opportunities will be considered. We are a Disability Confident Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
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