The posting
Salary: starting at £26,879.07 per annum rising annually to £28,458.83 per annum (Scale 4 inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
Hours: 36 hours per week (7:45am to 3:30pm, Monday to Thursday and 7:45am to 3:15pm, Friday, term-time only plus INSET days
Contract: Permanent
Required as soon as possible
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly effective individual to become our Cover Supervisor. This is a great opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join our extremely popular and successful school that is committed to providing the best opportunities to students. The role of Cover Supervisor provides stability and continuity for students whose lessons are affected through short-term teaching staff absence.
The role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with young people and wants to play an integral role in supporting teaching and learning in school.
The successful candidate will provide high-quality cover support for lessons and tutorials across the curriculum and support with various duties throughout the school day, including break and lunchtime supervision. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to gain or develop school-based experience.
The purpose of the role is:
- to ensure the smooth running of cover lessons in the Learning Computer Centre (LCC) and classrooms
- to cover the Back on Track (BoT) facility and to supervise internally excluded students
- to assist the pastoral team with administration work
The successful applicant will:
- have the highest expectations of students
- have an enthusiastic and positive approach within and beyond the classroom
- have the necessary IT skills to undertake pastoral administrative tasks
- have energy, stamina and a sense of humour
Why work at Ruislip High School?
- Students and staff treat each other with respect. They share high aspirations which are realised through high expectations of everyone.
- The school has a comprehensive professional development programme tailored to individual needs, from ECT to middle and senior leadership; new staff are supported and guided by highly skilled and experienced colleagues, and by partners in external organisations.
- Staff have a range of opportunities to collaborate and develop their career within the Vanguard Learning Trust.
- Staff are afforded many benefits and rewards as part of the Vanguard Learning Trust’s entitlement package for staff.
- There are excellent transport links with central London, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Berkshire.
In joining Ruislip High School you can expect to work in an environment that focuses on teachers improving, rather than proving, their practice; where teaching and learning is at the heart of everything we do; and where all staff work as a community to support our students to fulfil their potential in line with our school’s motto: from grass roots to reaching for the sky.
Applications should be made through My New Term. Information about our school is available on our website: www.ruisliphigh.com.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Closing date: 10:00am, Tuesday 10th November 2026
Interview date: to be confirmed
Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website (click here).
Vanguard Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer. We strive to achieve a diverse workforce, fully representative of our community and the wider population in the UK. People of colour and minority ethnic staff are under-represented on our staff body. We are keen to attract applicants from a diverse pool of candidates and are determined to be a great employer for all.
Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.
