Cover Supervisor and Form/Link Tutor
Salary: G9 - starting salary from £30,559 (actual salary £23,474)
Hours: 32.5 hours (school day from 8:00 – 3.00) Term time only
Permanent contract from 01.09.2025
Cotham School, a successful, vibrant and diverse 11-18 comprehensive school, wishes to appoint an experienced Cover Supervisor and Form/Link Tutor.
This is an excellent starter role for someone who is interested in a career in teaching and has experience of working with young people and teenagers. Or for a returning teacher who doesn’t want the full responsibilities of a teacher role. We currently require an enthusiastic and motivated cover supervisor to provide supervision for classes. When cover is not required in school, you will support the school with administrative processes, such as preparing resources, exam preparation or supporting small groups with additional learning needs.
You will also be a daily Tutor or Link Tutor and help support the school’s tutorial programme.
We offer:
● the opportunity to join a hugely successful and oversubscribed school
● a wonderfully diverse student body
● a highly cohesive, experienced and high-performing Senior Leadership Team
● a committed and enthusiastic staff group
● excellent opportunities for personal and professional development
Cotham School is a great place to work. Our staff are a cohesive, friendly and high performing team of professionals who are keen to welcome new colleagues into our school community to contribute to and share in our achievements. Join us and you’ll receive a wide range of employee benefits including:
access to employee assistance programme – this includes counselling, physio sessions, menopause support, bereavement support and much more
ongoing learning and development opportunities and access to the school CPD library
at least 5 inset (training) days per annum with the provision of free onsite drinks and meals including the opportunity to work flexibly from home on some of these days
opportunity for staff to use flexible working hours on occasions
comprehensive induction process
competitive salaries which are reviewed annually
family friendly policies and wellbeing support initiatives
access to online gyms and health sessions
access to staff sports, for example basketball, badminton and yoga sessions
option to participate in the cycle to work scheme
on site free car parking (when available)
free eye tests (Display Screen Equipment Users) and free annual flu jab
As a diverse school community, we particularly welcome applicants from underrepresented groups with regards to ethnicity, gender, age and disability.
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will need to be DBS checked.
Please visit our website for further details and application pack.
Closing date: Tuesday 03.06.25 at 9.00 am
Interview date: Tuesday 10.06.25
Cotham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of appointment are conditional on the following:
- Enhanced DBS check
- Satisfactory completion of a Staff Disqualification Declaration form
- Confirmation that you are not subject to either a Prohibition Order or Interim Prohibition Order
- The receipt of at least 2 satisfactory references
- Verification of identity
- Verification of medical fitness
- Verification of qualifications
- Verification of QTS where required
- Verification that they are legally able to work in UK
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account .
Cotham School’s child protection policy and practices and policy on employment of ex-offenders in the application pack can be found on the School website.