Hours of work: Full-time; 36.5 hours per week plus banked hours, to be worked during term-time. Typically: M-Th 8-5, F: 8-4.30 (with some flexibility)
Location: Northfield (KS3 Centre 11-14 years) / Dovedale
Contract: Permanent
‘Think Differently’ to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams. This is the Vision Statement of James Brindley Academy.
* Do you want to have a positive impact on some of the most vulnerable children’s lives in Birmingham?
* Do you want to work in an organisation that recognises the benefits of a good work/life balance for their workforce?
* Do you want to work in an organisation that invests heavily in CPD and allocates additional training days to develop their staff? If you have answered ‘yes’ to all these questions, join our team!
Benefits of working for James Brindley Academy include;
* Free parking, near to Birmingham City Centre, which can be used evenings and weekends.
* Many of our young people have gaps in their education. You will need to have a creative approach to teaching to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access learning and make expected progress.
* Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a 24-hour helpline for advice regarding legal, financial, medical, consumer, work and family matters, in addition to counselling.
* Wellbeing champions allocated to each James Brindley Centre, who are committed to supporting all employees to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
* A benefits portal which has various offers including a cycle to work scheme, a low-cost health plan, childcare voucher scheme and dining discounts.
We are looking for a Cover Supervisor, with experience in working with SEN young people. The role involves supervising whole classes in the absence of the class teacher, ensuring that the young people engage in the learning activity and that they behave well. We strive to implement creative teaching strategies to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access learning. You should be passionate about developing and supporting the needs of the whole child and committed to enabling all young people to thrive. We are looking for candidates with at least a Level 3 in a relevant field along with minimum GCSE 4 – 9 in English and Maths, or equivalent.
James Brindley is a stand-alone Academy based in a wide variety of locations across the City of Birmingham. During a school year, we educate over 3,000 young people for periods ranging from a few days in hospital to several years in one of our teaching centres. Many of our young people have complex medical needs and many have been out of education for a significant period prior to joining us.
We offer a full-time curriculum to young people from EYFS to KS5 and our aim is always to enable them to ‘close the gap’ and to exceed expected progress during the time they are with us. Visits for potential applicants, to Northfield or Dovedale, can be arranged on request. If you would like to visit, prior to applying, please email vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk
Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email. If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail. If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 2 to 3 weeks of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spamboxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there.
Online Search: An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview. Closing date: 9am, Thursday 25 September 2025. Interviews to be held: 9th October 2025 at Dovedale. Start date: TBC
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