Kirklees Council

Cover Supervisor (Senior Educational Teaching Assistant) - Birkenshaw CE(C) Primary School

Company
Location
Birkenshaw, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
6/19/2025
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Description
Organisation

Schools

Directorate

Primary Schools

Service Area

Birkenshaw CE (C) Primary School

Hours

26.25 hours per week

Number of Jobs

1

Location(s)

Station Lane, Bradford BD11 2JE

Position type

Permanent

Grade

Grade 7

Salary

£16,819 - £17,702

Advert Wording

Required from 1st September 2025 (or as soon as possible)

26.25 hours per week (4 days)

The children, staff, Governors wish to recruit an enthusiastic, highly motivated and capable Senior Educational Teaching Assistant to fulfil the role of Cover Supervisor and to play a key role in the development of our school.

Birkenshaw CE (C) Primary School is a thriving, happy and popular school with an excellent reputation in the local community.

‘Leaders have created an exciting place to learn.’ We are a good school and ‘the pupils at Birkenshaw are very positive about their school. The well-being of pupils is at the heart of all the school does.’

(OFSTED April 2022)

We are looking to increase capacity within the teaching and learning team in school. As part of this development we wish to appoint a cover supervisor to be responsible for covering and delivering prepared lessons, from Nursery to Year 6, in the absence of the class teacher.

The ideal candidate will be proactive, positive and flexible, a great team player with excellent communication skills and will be responsible for the development of effective mentoring relationships with both children and their parents.

We welcome applications both from experienced cover supervisors or from those with other relevant experience of working with children or young people who can demonstrate their ability to engage children and fulfil the job specification. The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Visits to the school are encouraged. Please contact the office to make an appointment.

Visit Dates: 18th and 20th June at 9am, 23rd June at 2pm, 24th June at 1pm

Closing date: Friday 27th June at 3:30pm

Shortlisting: Monday 30th June

Interviews: Thursday 9th July

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.

Closing date

27 June 2025, 3:30 PM

Important Information

Job Profile/description

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