Cover Supervisor (1 year Temporary Contract)
Sir Harry Smith Community College · Peterborough · Cambridgeshire
Job description
This role requires the successful applicant to supervise students in the classroom during the short-term absence of the assigned teacher, ensuring that students remain on task with the work that they have been set and to manage their behaviour whilst they undertake this work ensuring a productive and supportive environment. The role requires candidates to be flexible, patient and confident. You will report into the Cover Manager for the school.
The role will be Monday to Friday, 8.20am to 3.10pm with a 40 minute lunch break during the day.
Term time only, 1 year temporary contract.
Sir Harry Smith Community College is an 11-18 Academy with over 1,000 students on roll, proud of its traditional values and innovative approaches to Teaching and Learning and its standards of discipline and respect. The College serves the market town of Whittlesey, seven miles outside of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The College is part of the Aspire Learning Trust working together with Park Lane and New Road Primary Schools, in Whittlesey, to help every child achieve their full potential, to prepare them for their next educational steps, to teach them kindness and respect for all and to equip them to play a full satisfying role in society.
For more information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Mrs E Dolby, Cover Manager on 01733 703991 or via email edolby@sirharrysmith.com
Application deadline is 9.00am Monday 9th November 2026. (We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of suitable candidates for the post).
Applicants are thanked for their interest in Sir Harry Smith Community College. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted after the closing date.
Applications are handled on Teaching Vacancies (GOV.UK).
About this school
Sir Harry Smith Community College
Academy converter · Secondary · Ages 11–18
- Pupils
- 1,104
- Avg teacher salary
- £41,810
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 21.1:1
- Academy trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING TRUST (WHITTLESEY)
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
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Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB
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- Salary
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- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Part time
- Posted
- 24 September 2026
- Closing date
- 9 November 2026
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