Cover Supervisor

Required as soon as possible

St Mary's Catholic School Benton Park Road Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Tyne and Wear NE7 7PE

The Governors wish to appoint a passionate, energetic, and motivating Cover Supervisor to join our existing staff team to support students throughout the school. We welcome applications from those who have experience or those who would be new to the role. Our Cover Supervisor position presents a fantastic opportunity for candidates who are potentially looking to gain experience to progress into teaching, or for those who aspire to work within the areas of Social and Emotional Mental Health or SEND.

There could also be opportunities for the successful candidate to be linked to subject areas of their interest. The development of our staff and students is of paramount importance to us and as such there will be further opportunities for the successful candidate. This would be an ideal position for someone looking to develop valuable skills towards a possible teaching career or other profession linked to education in the future.

As part of this role, you would facilitate the smooth and effective delivery of the curriculum across all school subject areas. The successful applicant will be hard working, flexible, and have excellent communication skills. It is essential that any applicant enjoys working with and supporting young people, as this is an essential part of the role. Your focus will be on supporting progress by providing classroom supervision for students whose regular teacher is absent.

You will be expected to deliver pre-planned learning activities posted on the Teams platform and establish productive working relationships with students in a stimulating and orderly learning environment. Full training and unstinting support will be available, to allow the successful candidate to flourish in the post. English to GCSE or equivalent is required.

St Mary’s is a very popular and happy school, rated Outstanding by the Diocese and Ofsted. We became an academy in 2013 and enjoy outstanding facilities in a new building, which opened in 2011. We joined the Bishop Bewick Catholic Education Trust in June 2020. We are also very popular with parents and are one of the most over-subscribed schools in the North-East.

The roll has grown from around 1100 five years ago to over 1440 by September 2026, with 5 main school year groups of around 235 and a Sixth Form of approximately 270 students. We expect the Sixth Form to continue to grow in the next couple of years, as strongly academic year groups continue to move into Sixth Form.

This is a wonderful opportunity to join a highly successful and forward-thinking school.

As an Outstanding school, St Mary’s plays a leading role within the Trust and more widely, leading significant school improvement, training and leadership development across other schools, as well as sharing good practice in academic achievement and teaching and learning across many other schools in the north-east. We also play a leading role in teacher training across the region. Many opportunities for professional development and further training would be available.

The school is fully committed to safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.