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Cover Supervisor – Required to start asap
This post is offered at MNSP Grade 4 Scale Point Range 7-10
31.25 hours per week
Term time only (38 weeks per year)
Offered on a permanent basis - A job share will be considered for the right candidate.
Working Monday – Friday between 8.15-15.10 with up to an hour unpaid break
Selwood Academy is seeking to appoint a highly skilled, innovative and dynamic Cover Supervisor to support the school in its drive to enhance its support for young people in the recovery of their learning.
Why Selwood Academy?
Our latest OFSTED report (June 2022) celebrates our pupils as friendly, polite, and eager learners who thrive in a supportive and ambitious environment. We take immense pride in our warm, caring community where Christian values of Hope, Wisdom, Community, and Joy underpin everything we do.
We provide proactive pastoral support that focuses on the wellbeing and personal development of every pupil, ensuring they feel safe, valued, and ready to learn. Our commitment to this holistic approach is reflected in the positive attitudes and resilience of our pupils.
Staff wellbeing is at the heart of our ethos, supported by a dedicated wellbeing team, a reasonable feedback policy, and relentless leadership commitment to professional development and recognition.
A School at an Exciting Crossroads
Selwood Academy is exploring a consultation to potentially extend our provision to become a full 11-16 secondary school. This is a unique moment to join us as we embark on this transformational journey. We want forward-thinking educators who are excited by change and ready to contribute to shaping a dynamic learning environment that prepares pupils for success now and in the future.
We require someone who has:
•A desire to support pupils in the classroom
•Supports the school’s vision and values
•Demonstrates excellent interpersonal, organisation and communication skills.
We are able to offer you an energetic and enthusiastic team, an exciting curriculum model and opportunities to develop your role through effective professional support. We are rich and diverse in our extra curriculum activities and constantly seek excellence in all aspects of our school life. This is a warm, friendly and supportive school, which values staff CPD and professional development. Other opportunities to develop further are often available for the right candidate such as forest school, and tutor responsibilities etc.
Closing date: Sunday 19th April 2026 at 9am
Interview Date: Thursday 30th April 2026 (in the first instance please allow all day for interview)
Safeguarding Statement
Selwood Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In line with Safer Recruitment all our posts require an enhanced criminal background check via the disclosure procedure and are subject to pre-employment checks. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.