Cover Manager

Are you someone who can lead a team with confidence and ensure every classroom has the support it needs? Could you see yourself coordinating cover arrangements, guiding staff, and keeping the school day running smoothly when teachers are absent? Join Caister Academy as our Cover Manager, where you’ll oversee daily cover operations, support colleagues, and help maintain a positive, well‑organised learning environment for students.

Job Title: Cover Manager

Location: Caister Academy, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk

Salary: Scale G, points 18 - 22 £31,537 - £33,699 (Actual £27,492 - £29,377)

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: 37.5 hours, 39 weeks. 07:45 – 16:00 Mon - Fri

Application Closing Date: 12th April 2026

Interview Date: w/c 20th April 2026

About You:

Caister Academy are seeking a confident and highly organised individual who can ensure the continuity of high‑quality education by overseeing all aspects of daily cover. You’ll take the lead in coordinating staffing arrangements across the school, ensuring classrooms - and occasionally other areas - are appropriately supervised when teachers are absent. Working closely with teaching staff and support teams, you’ll help maintain engaging learning experiences, keep lessons running smoothly, and ensure students remain focused throughout the day.

Our Ideal candidate will have:

• GCSE English and Maths, minimum Grade C or equivalent

• High level of education

• Proven experience of working in an educational environment

• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written forms

• Resilience and motivation to manage day-to-day challenges

About the Cover Team:

Our Cover Team play an integral role in ensuring the student learning experience remains high-quality when their usual teacher is absent. Our students value having the familiar face of a Caister Academy colleague who knows our lesson structure and behaviour systems. If you’re motivated by keeping a school running smoothly and ensuring every class has the support it needs, you could be an excellent fit for the Cover Team at Caister Academy.

About Caister Academy:

Caister Academy is a vibrant, community-rooted school where high expectations and strong values shape every student’s journey. We believe that by removing barriers to learning, we empower young people to achieve excellent outcomes and lead fulfilling, successful lives.

If you would like to get a feel for what it is like to work at Caister Academy, we encourage you to watch our recruitment video – it offers a genuine glimpse into our culture, our values, and the enthusiasm that drives our school community.

Caister Academy was founded in 1950 to serve the local area and has grown to welcome students from surrounding villages and Great Yarmouth. Since joining the Creative Education Trust in 2015, we have flourished as an 11–16 co-educational school, with a specialism in literature and the performing arts.

We are proud of our past, passionate about our present, and ambitious for our future. We invite you to join our community and be part of a school that celebrates heritage, values character, and champions success. To find out more please visit our website.

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.

We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.

We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.

Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.

Ready to Join Us?

Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR team is here to help. Reach out to us at NorfolkHR@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk, and we'll be delighted to assist you. Want to stay connected? Join our Talent Pool here and be the first to hear about future opportunities.

Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.