Cover Supervisor - Poole High School

We are delighted to be recruiting for an enthusiastic Cover Supervisor to join our fantastic team at Poole High School. We are looking for a motivated and inspirational colleague with a passion for transforming the life chances of young people. You will be teaching all subjects across the curriculum including PE lessons. A keen interest in sport and/or coaching experience would be an advantage but not essential. Previous post holders have used this as a springboard to a teacher training course. 

We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to: 

• Supervise classes for absent teachers as required
• Assisting students with the work set by the teacher or head of department 
• Provide feedback to the teacher of the behaviour and progress of classes and individuals
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies. 

Who we are looking for 

We would love to hear from you if you: 

You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are: 

Any questions? 

How to apply 

To apply for this vacancy, please submit a Job Application Form and Diversity Questionnaire by email to: [email protected]   

Only applications made using our own official application form will be accepted. You can download the form and questionnaire here: www.twynhamlearning.com/187/staff-vacancies  

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 9am. We reserve the right to interview exceptional applications prior to the closing date and therefore interested colleagues are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Interview date to be confirmed.

Poole High School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (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. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

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