Cover Supervisor
Honley High School
Kirklees
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Salary: Band F (NJC points 16-19) Full-time Salary: £31,525 - £33,119 Actual Salary: £9,474 - £9,953.
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as your notice period allows.
- Apply by:
- 2 October 2026
Job overview
Salary: Band F (NJC points 16-19) Full-time Salary: £31,525 - £33,119 Actual Salary: £9,474 - £9,953.
Contract: Permanent, term time plus 3 days.
Hours: 13 hours per week. Thursday and Friday 8.15am – 3.15pm.
Closing Date: Friday 2nd October 2026 at 9am.
Start Date: As soon as your notice period allows.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Are you passionate, enthusiastic and dedicated when it comes to delivering lessons to students? Do you recognise yourself as having strong communication skills, patience and understanding? Are you a strong team player who can help to secure outstanding outcomes for all students in a safe, vibrant, and happy school? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
What we’re looking for:
Someone with:
Experience as a classroom practitioner.
Relevant experience in secondary schools.
Good ICT skills.
Vision, flair and creativity as well as the energy and determination to bring about change.
A strong team player ethic, who works effectively with young people, colleagues and the wider community.
The energy, stamina and commitment to make a difference and create the best possible educational opportunities for the young people at Honley High School.
What the role involves in a nutshell:
Supervising whole classes during the short-term absence of their teacher. The focus of such cover will be to deliver the lesson their teacher had planned, respond to questions, assist students to undertake the activities and stay on task and maintain order.
Support teaching staff with general administration under the direction of the Cover Manager.
Supporting individuals and groups of students to enable access to learning. This could include those requiring detailed and specialist knowledge in particular areas.
What you’ll get in return?
You’ll be joining a school and Trust which is all about putting staff first – with numerous wellbeing initiatives and social events to enjoy each term!
In addition to this you will benefit from:
Automatic enrolment to the West Yorkshire Pension Fund.
A Supportive and forward-thinking Leadership Team.
Staff development through proactive personal and professional development.
Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of our students.
Free Parking.
Cycle to Work Scheme.
Additional holidays linked to service.
Eye Care.
Annual Flu Vaccines.
Home & Technology Scheme.
Rewards and discounts.
GP Online and Prescription Service.
Your Care Wellbeing Platform & EAP.
Lifestyle benefits & discounts.
Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success, and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with the experience and skills needed to perform this role.
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.
HOW TO APPLY
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role or have any questions ahead of making a formal application, we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact our Leadership Co-ordinator Nicola Pogmore via n.pogmore@honley.tlt.school .
If you’re ready to apply, please complete our online application fully by clicking here before the deadline.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check; the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (as amended in 2013 and 2020).
Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026.
Attached documents
About Honley High School
- Honley High School
- Station Road, Honley, Holmfirth
- West Yorkshire
- HD9 6QJ
- United Kingdom
Honley High School is a large secondary comprehensive school in Honley, West Yorkshire with approximately 1,280 students aged 11-16 on the school roll.
Honley High School first opened in 1932 and occupies a delightful rural setting in the heart of the Holme Valley. The village of Honley has a population of approximately 6,500 and has rail links to Huddersfield and Sheffield and has regular bus services.
Headteacher
Liz Lord
Vision and Values
Central to everything we are working to achieve is the school vision. We are striving to create an exceptional school where all members of the school community:
- Are proud of the school, respectful of each other, socially responsible, and believe in and promote our values
- Work within an atmosphere of mutual support, respect and collaboration
- Are committed to individual and collective success and place no ceiling on aspiration
- Celebrate effort as well as achievement, take risks and learn from mistakes, recognising the intrinsic value of learning
- Place the needs of the child at the centre of learning, nurture their creativity in overcoming the challenges of today and develop their resilience to address the uncertainties of tomorrow
The exceptional school that we will create will be founded upon the following beliefs:
- We believe in fairness, equity and inclusion: we value every child for who they are and show compassion and understanding in our dealings with one another
- We strive for excellence in everything we do: we have high aspirations for everyone and believe that children and adults thrive in a climate of praise, celebration and recognition. We always measure ourselves against the highest standards
- We believe in working together to protect the interests and well-being of all members of our community
We value working in partnership with others and in September 2019 we joined with four other schools in Kirklees and Calderdale to form the Together Learning Trust. This multi-academy trust, which replaces our previous Co-operative Trust status, has been founded on the principles of Integrity, Creativity and Excellence. Our expectation is that by working together as a family of schools we will be able to provide even greater opportunities for our learners and greater access to professional development for our staff. We are pleased that many of our previous Co-operative Trust partners agreed to transfer across to support this new venture and are continuing to work with us to develop our children into well-rounded and socially responsible young adults.
Ofsted report
“The systems to check the performance of teachers are thorough and clearly identify the skills that teachers need to strengthen. The school’s substantial programme for teachers’ professional development has assisted well in ensuring teaching is good. Support and training for subject leaders have helped them to contribute strongly to improving teaching and pupils’ outcomes.”
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