Job Description

Salary: 24,796 to 25,989 pro rata, per annum

Grade: CD

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part Time, 32.5 hours per week

Location: Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Northallerton School & Sixth Form College

About this Role

This role in the school is to provide short term cover for absent teaching staff, allocating preprepared work, keeping pupils on task and managing the behaviour of pupils during class. The role does not involve planning, preparing, delivering lessons or assessing and reporting on the development progress and attainment of pupils.

Job Details

Hours of Work: 32.5 Hours Per Week (8.30am - 3.30pm Monday-Friday), Term Time Only, including training days (39 Weeks Per Year)


Position Type: Permanent


Line Manager: Assistant Headteacher


Travel Required: No


The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.


Are you confident, organised, and passionate about supporting young people? We are seeking to appoint a reliable and enthusiastic Cover Supervisor to join our dedicated team at our school.


As a Cover Supervisor, you will play a vital role in ensuring continuity of learning during teacher absence. You will supervise whole classes, deliver pre-set work, and maintain a positive and productive classroom environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Supervise lessons across a range of subjects using work set by teaching staff. Manage classroom behaviour in line with school policies. Support students in their learning and encourage high expectations. Provide feedback to teachers on student progress and behaviour.

We are looking for someone who:

Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Can manage a classroom with confidence and professionalism. Is flexible, reliable, and able to think on their feet. Has previous experience working with young people (desirable, but not essential). Is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Mr N Watkins, Assistant Headteacher on nwatkins@northallerton-alt.uk or 01609 773340

About the Trust

Arete Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.


At Arete Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

Our Trust is committed to promoting:

Health, happiness and wellbeing A safe, disciplined and supportive environment A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach High standards and expectations Integrity, kindness and good manners Respect for individuality and difference Collaborative working to secure excellence
To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are 'Striving for Excellence'.

Why work for us?

We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.


We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.


In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all

staff.


Arete Learning Trust is committed to being the 'Employer of Choice'.


Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

Regardless of role, we seek staff who:

Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with. Are committed to our Trust values. Show initiative and are responsive to change. Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others. Are creative in their approach to problem solving. Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role. Are team players.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Application Process

Please complete the online application form to apply for this role: https://mynewterm.com/jobs/146969/EDV-2025-NSFC-54339


All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.


Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.


The Arete Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Online searches may be done as part of due diligence checks.


Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.





North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.

Cover Supervisor

Salary:

24,796 - 25,989

Posted:

19/12/2025

Closing date:

14/01/2026

Closing time:

23:59