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Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor

Knutsford Academy

Cheshire East

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Salary:
Salary Grade 5, SCP 6. Salary will vary dependant upon contracted hours.
Job type:
Part Time, Temporary
Start date:
January 2022
Apply by:
10 November 2021

Job overview

Knutsford Academy are seeking to recruit suitably qualified casual Cover Supervisors to work flexibly, starting in January 2022. The role will include:

• Supervision of whole classes in the absence of a teacher

• Deliver lessons across a range of subjects following the plans left by the class teacher

• Keeping the children on task for the work they have been set and ensure it is completed

• Maintaining a purposeful learning environment in the classroom

• Provision of in class support and assisting if they have any questions or

• Working with small groups of students or individually on a one-to-one basis.

• To support students in and outside of the classroom


You should have a keen interest in working with 11-18 year olds and already have some experience of working with this age group of children. You should be educated to at least GCSE standard or equivalent including Maths and English. If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Mr James Whittaker, Headteacher, on jwr@knutsfordacademy.org.uk or Mrs Karen Key Deputy Headteacher, on kky@knutsfordacademy.org.uk or 01565 632277.


As an equal opportunities employer The Learning Alliance is committed to creating a diverse workforce and welcomes applications from members of minority groups. The Trust is a Disability Confident and Menopause Committed employer. As part of the Academy Trust’s policy to safeguard children an enhanced DBS will be applied for. We will only contact candidates that have been short-listed for interview. If you have not been contacted within 10 working days of the closing date you can safely assume that you have not been invited to interview. Closing Date: Wednesday 10th November 2021

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About Knutsford Academy

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+44 1565 633294

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Knutsford Academy provides secondary education to over 1200 students aged from 11 to 18 in the historic town of Knutsford, less than 20 miles from the centre of Manchester and minutes from the M6 motorway. Students arrive in Year 7 from the local primary schools in Knutsford and we also attract a number of students from the south Manchester and Northwich areas. The school formed in 1953 as Knutsford High School and still operates from the original site in the centre of the town, it transferred to Academy status in 2012.

Knutsford Academy and Cheshire Studio School are part of The Learning Partnership.

The Learning Partnership is a new multi-academy trust that was formed on 1st September 2023 as a merger between The Learning Alliance and The Learning for Life Partnership. The trust consists of fourteen schools, eight of which are primary schools and six are secondary schools, all based across East Cheshire and North Staffordshire.

Our School Vision:

Academic Excellence - We provide a supportive and challenging environment to ensure our students achieve academic excellence at Knutsford Academy.

Strong Community - We draw on the strength of our community within Knutsford Academy and work with our local community around Knutsford.

World Class Opportunities - We aim to prepare our students for life beyond school by providing world class opportunities.

Our School Values - 

Ambition - We have high expectations of ourselves and work hard to achieve them.

Respect - We respect ourselves, our environment and other people.

Kindness - We look after ourselves and others and celebrate our differences, because they are what make us unique.

The Knutsford Academy Team

Knutsford Academy is led by Headteacher Karen Key, who oversees the strategy and running of the school. There are currently over 60 teachers at the school and a support team who all work collectively to deliver the very best for our students.

Professional Development

We provide a range of training programmes through our own teacher training school, including a PGCE run in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University, together with a personal development programme for those looking to progress to the next step, offering the NPQML and NPQSL, run in partnership with the Star Institute.

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