Cover Supervisor Teaching/Child Support - Part-time

St John's Catholic Comprehensive School, Gravesend

• Ref:KCC886-5461-290S
• Posted:24/07/2026
• Pay:Kent Scheme C
• Start Date:September 2026
• App Close Date:12/08/2026 at 12:00
• Interviews:to be arranged

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COVER SUPERVISOR

(Permanent position)

Working Pattern– 2 or 3 days per week in term time + Staff Development Days

2 days per week: Thursdays and Fridays (8.20am to 3.20pm)

or

3 days per week: Thursdays and Fridays (8.20am to 3.20pm), and one additional day that is mutually agreeable to the candidate and school (8.20am to 4.05pm). 

Salary - Kent Scheme Pay Grade C – £8,349 to £8,600 (2 days) or £13,009 to £13,399 (3 days) actual starting salary (dependent on experience)

(Equating to £26,956 to £27,765 full time equivalent, 52 weeks per year)

We are seeking to recruit an experienced, hardworking and proactive individual to join our welcoming Cover Team. The successful candidate will be a professional and reliable individual that is able to command the respect of students, ensures students fully engage with the learning activities they are set, and provides high quality support and guidance as is required to ensure that the cover provision afforded to our students is of the highest possible standard.

A professional and reliable individual is required to supervise whole classes during the short-term absence of teaching staff. The successful candidate will be expected to give instruction for a lesson as provided by the teacher, ensuring students fully engage in the learning activity.

Experience of working in a school-based environment, or a similar setting, is desirable. The ability to work efficiently under pressure, to impose the school’s behaviour management policy and to operate flexibly within the changing needs of the school is essential.

Information about the school

St John’s is a very successful co-ed Catholic school with over 1300 pupils including c.350 pupils in our Sixth Form. We have a very strong Catholic ethos and pride ourselves in being a warm and ‘welcoming learning environment’, something that was externally recognised in our most recent Catholic Schools Inspection (CSI) in March 2026, where we once again achieved ‘Outstanding Catholic School’ status. If you would like any further information or to arrange a tour of the school (strongly recommended), please do not hesitate to contact our HR Manager, Mrs Lynn O’Neill, via the email address below.

If you would like to be part of this exciting opportunity, please visit our school website www.stjohnscs.com and click on the Recruitment tab to locate Recruitment Information and Monitoring forms.

St John's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, an Enhanced DBS check and an online social media profile check. This role includes specific safeguarding responsibilities, as defined in the job description. Our school’s dedicated Child Protection Policy can be viewed on our school website.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

This post will be subject to safer recruitment procedures.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs L O'Neill
• Address:St John's Catholic Comprehensive, Rochester Road, Gravesend, Kent, DA12 2JW
• Telephone: 01474 534718
• Email: loneill@stj.kent.sch.uk

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• Job description