Cover Supervisor

Central Walker Church of England Primary School are seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to join their school, supporting pupils in Key Stages 1 and 2.

We are looking for a colleagues who can inspire and influence and has;

• The ability to effectively supervise and educate whole classes across Key Stages 1 and 2 during the short term absence of the teachers.
• An understanding of how young people learn, including a an awareness of the National Curriculum, effective teaching principles, and assessment strategies.
• The ability to deliver pre-planned lessons clearly and enthusiastically, ensuring pupils understand the tasks set.
• Effective classroom and behaviour management skills.
• An ability to work well as part of a team, committed to the wellbeing and care of all children.

This is a permanent post, and is term time only plus 5 training days, working 34.5 hours per week:

• Monday 8.30am – 3.30pm
• Tuesday & Thursday 8.30am – 4.30pm
• Wednesday 8.30am – 3.45pm
• Friday 8.30am – 3.15pm

At Central Walker C of E Primary School, our dedicated and caring staff work hard to achieve high standards by providing a nurturing environment where all children can flourish. We are committed to developing positive relationships between children, staff, parents and the wider community.

Our school is one of eight primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across our trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
• Cycle to work scheme offering savings on a range of bikes and safety equipment via salary sacrifice.
• Access to free eyes tests for DSE users.
• Opportunities for flexible working. Discounts for large national retailers and local businesses in a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, insurance and much more.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
• Family friendly schemes such as maternity, paternity, shared parental and emergency dependent leave.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification, and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Sunday 7th June 2026.

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NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.