Job Reference
EDV/2025/DFA/11708
Location
St Mary’s Drive, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0LL
Contract Type
Permanent
Contract Term
Full-Time
Salary
£28,142.00 – £30,024.00 Annually (FTE)
Grade
4. Pro‑rata for the hours advertised (£24,437 – £26,072)
Closing Date
9:00am, Tue 1st Sep, 2026
Start Date
Immediate
Positions Available
1
Interview Date(s)
24th April 2026
Candidate
We are looking to appoint a confident, adaptable and highly organised cover supervisor to join our team at The de Ferrers Academy. This role will support the continuity of learning across the academy by supervising classes during teacher absence and ensuring that pre‑prepared work is delivered effectively.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
- Maintain a purposeful learning environment.
- Support students to stay on task and manage classroom behaviour in line with academy expectations.
- Provide clear guidance to help students make progress.
- Communicate clearly and build positive relationships with students and staff.
- Demonstrate confidence in managing a classroom, maintaining a calm and professional approach.
- Support students’ learning in a structured and consistent way.
- Work 37 hours per week, 39.2 weeks per year.
Benefits
- Investment in your professional development and CPD through our Professional Growth Model.
- Removal of performance‑related pay.
- A commitment to dignity and respect in the workplace.
- Opportunities for collaborative working through leadership and staff networks.
- A Trust‑wide approach to reducing workload.
- Wellbeing initiatives supported by our Wellbeing Champion Network.
Wider Package
- Employee Assistance Programme and mental health support services.
- Access to Benenden Health’s self‑pay private healthcare service.
- Discounted gym membership with Everyone Active.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
- BHSF health cash plan.Eye care vouchers.
- Flu vaccination vouchers.
Additional Information
We do not hold a sponsorship licence and therefore are unable to employ individuals residing outside of the UK or candidates living within the UK who require continued sponsorship to work in the UK.
Please ensure to regularly check your junk/spam folder for any correspondence in relation to the progress of your application. Due to the volume of applications we receive, it is not policy to give individual feedback at this stage.
We welcome a broad range of perspectives with a commitment to equality of opportunity by recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment and a culture of belonging for everyone in Affinity Learning Partnership. Applications are encouraged from underrepresented communities regardless of age, disability, race, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marriage or civil partnership status, or neurodivergent status. Reasonable adjustments are available where possible during the recruitment process.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.
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