Cover Supervisor

Required: September 2025

37 Hours per week – Term Time + 5 Days

Band D, point 7-12

(£22,677 - £24,563 Actual Salary)

Email: kingjames@kj1a.com

Headteacher: S Whitehead BA NPQH

Number on Roll: 965

KJIA is an 11-18 Academy located in the centre of Bishop Auckland; a market town surrounded by the Durham Dales, a short journey from the coast, and with excellent transport links via road and rail to other major regional towns and cities, including Durham, Darlington, Newcastle and Sunderland.

We are seeking to appoint a Cover Supervisor to supervise planned lessons for teaching colleagues in their absence, and provide in-class learning support within an identified curriculum area.  The successful candidate will focus upon giving students opportunities for success both within and beyond the classroom as well as providing stimulating and engaging learning experiences.

Working at King James I Academy will provide the opportunity to join a dedicated and highly valued team of staff who are “proud to work at the school” (Ofsted 2022), and whose mission is to become an outstanding academy that develops successful, well rounded, socially mobile and confident young people who can contribute effectively to the global community.

Our excellent teaching and support staff help students to achieve positive progress and to follow a varied and challenging curriculum.  Students in Year 11 have achieved consistently strong results over time, whilst our Sixth Form in 2024 achieved very strong outcomes and all have now moved on to University, Training or employment.

The school joined the Eden Learning Trust in December 2023, having previously benefitted from the PSBP programme; enabling a move to state-of-the-art facilities. Student recruitment is consistently strong and the Academy has been oversubscribed in Year 7 for each of the last 6 years and will be again in September 2025, with KS5 numbers also increasing. The Academy was inspected by Ofsted in February 2022 and continues to be judged as ‘Good’.

The successful candidate will be supported through a bespoke induction programme as well as being given opportunities and support for further career and professional development during their time at the Academy.

Closing Date: Friday 20 June 2025 12:00pm

Interview Date: W.B. 23 June 2025

Please visit our website or ring or email the Academy for an application pack. If you would like to arrange an informal visit please contact Karen Sams at (kingjames@kj1a.com) or telephone 01388 603388.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children.  All candidates will need to demonstrate a commitment to the welfare and safety of children and young people.  Any offer of employment will be conditional upon receipt of two supportive references and the successful completion of pre-employment checks.  An application to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be submitted when the successful candidate has accepted the position.

Please visit the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice for further information:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/474742/Code_of_Practice_for_Disclosure_and_Barring_Service_Nov_15.pdf

Eden Learning Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.  We want to develop a more diverse workforce and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community.