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Cover Supervisor

Wyvern St Edmund's Academy · Salisbury · Wiltshire

Job description

We are seeking exceptional individuals to join our team as a Cover Supervisor, taking on this highly rewarding and valued role within our school. Working within a small team you will play a fundamental role in supporting a mixture of cover requirements across a full range of subject areas.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic and professional person who can effectively manage classroom behaviour, introduce and support cover work and ensure lesson outcomes are achieved in the absence of the classroom teacher across a full range of subjects.

This is a rewarding role, providing the opportunity to help and support students across our Academy and contribute to the WSE vision of enabling every student to be the best version of themselves.

New staff joining the school can be assured of a warm, supportive environment along with excellent professional opportunities for all staff and a strong sense of shared vision and ethos: We want all of our students to use their gifts and talents to serve other people well. We are very proud of our caring Christian ethos that runs through every aspect of school life.

We are committed to a staff culture where people feel well-supported, professionally engaged, challenged and valued. In turn, this culture enables our students to become the best versions of themselves because they are nurtured and inspired by a committed, happy staff team. We are very proud of the progress that students make here at WSE. We are committed to a process of constant school improvement so that our students are afforded every opportunity.

This position is:

permanent

35 hours per week, with a 8am start time.

Term time only (39 weeks per year)

Salary: MLP Grade F, FTE salary £28,154. pro rata salary £20,466

Closing date: 9.00am Monday 2nd November

Start date: as soon as possible.

We reserve the right to close recruitment early should exceptional applications be received before the deadline.

Safer Recruitment

Wyvern St Edmund’s are relentlessly focussed on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to the nature of the position for which you are applying and to ensure your suitability for this type of work, you will be required to apply for clearance from the Disclosure and Barring Service if you are successful in your application. This will take place before your appointment is confirmed. The clearance process will disclose details of formal cautions, reprimands and final warnings, as well as convictions. Having a criminal conviction will not automatically exclude you from employment - this will depend on the nature of the position, and the circumstances and background of the offences committed.

Online searches with regards to information that is publicly available online will also be carried out for all shortlisted candidates.

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About this school

Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

Academy converter · Secondary · Ages 11–16

Not rated
Pupils
1,335
Avg teacher salary
£54,370
Pupil:teacher ratio
18.8:1
Academy trust
MAGNA LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25

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Ofsted rating key

OutstandingGoodRequires ImprovementInadequateNot rated

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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Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 1RE

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Salary
£28,154.00 - £29,541.00 Annually (FTE) pro rata salary £20,466
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part time
Posted
6 October 2026
Closing date
2 November 2026

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