Cover Supervisor

The Canterbury Academy · Canterbury, South East

Cover Supervisor at The Canterbury Academy, based in Canterbury, South East. This is a permanent role.

Salary
Competitive
Location
Canterbury, South East
Contract
Permanent
Posted
9 hours ago
Closes
16 Oct 2026
Sector
Cover Supervisor

Reference d33da2f124cccac0e21fbd2138cb43e38521e4d8

About the role

Are you passionate about supporting children, recognising individual qualities and strengths in learning?

If so then we would love to hear from you.

The Canterbury Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor / Teacher who will make a positive impact to our students’ learning.

Main Responsibilities include:

  1. To undertake whole class supervision in the absence of the class teacher, setting work previously prepared by the teacher.
  2. To develop curricular knowledge as required by the Academy.
  3. To apply the Academy’s Behaviour Management Policy and report and difficulties to the supervising teacher / DoTL.
  4. To set homework previously prepared by the teacher.

We are ideally seeking strong candidates with a high level of initiative and strong classroom management skills. You will be an enthusiastic individual who is able to use your own initiative whilst also being able to relate well and establish a rapport with young people. You will need to be flexible and able to work constructively as a team, understanding classroom roles and responsibilities. You may also be required to participate in development and training opportunities as and when they arise.

This will be a permanent full-time position + 5 Development days position.

As part of The Canterbury Academy Trust, we believe that education and learning should be enjoyable. At the end of their time with us, we want all our young people to leave as happy, positive, confident individuals, proud of what they have achieved and prepared for their next steps in life.

We will be reviewing as applicants apply and therefore the post may be filled before the closing date.

Reference: d33da2f124cccac0e21fbd2138cb43e38521e4d8 · Posted 9 hours ago · Closes 16 Oct 2026 · Listed via The Canterbury Academy

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