Cover Supervisor​/Senior Teaching Assistant St Hild's of England School

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This role is term time only with plus 5 training days.

St Hild’s Church of England School is seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor/Senior Teaching Assistant to collaborate with teachers in planning and delivering programmes of teaching and learning activities for classes. The primary focus for this role is to undertake educational activities with individuals, groups or whole classes within a framework agreed with, and under the direction and supervision of a qualified teacher.

We are looking for a colleague who has:

• Knowledge of ICT applications used to support pupils in the classroom.
• Experience of working with young people, professionals and other agencies.
• Experience of selecting and preparing resources to support learning, including appropriate filing and presentation of pupils work.
• Ability to use language and other communication skills that children can understand and relate to.
• Ability to provide specialist support to pupils with learning, behavioural, communication, social, sensory or physical difficulties.

Our school is one of eight primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East.

St Hild’s Church of England School is in an exciting phase of its development and has high ambition for its pupils. With a strong Christian ethos we work effectively across the whole community to improve and enrich the lives of children. We are incredibly proud to be an inclusive school with a higher than average number of children who have additional needs.

As a result we prioritise high quality classroom teaching and provide bespoke support where appropriate.

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across our trust.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
• Cycle to work scheme offering savings on a range of bikes and safety equipment via salary sacrifice.
• Access to free eyes tests for DSE users.
• Opportunities for flexible working. Discounts for large national retailers and local businesses in a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, insurance and much more.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
• Family friendly schemes such as maternity, paternity, shared parental and emergency dependent leave.

Interested in applying? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying Job Description and Person Specification and complete an application form by clicking apply now no later than midnight on Sunday 30th August 2026.

Expected Interview Date – 11th September 2026.

Cover Supervisor Senior Teaching Assistant Job Description

Cover Supervisor Senior Teaching Assistant Person Specification

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre‑employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.