About This Role
Are you someone who can lead a team with confidence and ensure every classroom has the support it needs? Could you see yourself coordinating cover arrangements, guiding staff, and keeping the school day running smoothly when teachers are absent? Join Caister Academy as our Cover Manager, where you’ll oversee daily cover operations, support colleagues, and help maintain a positive, well‑organised learning environment for students.
Job Title: Cover Manager
Location: Caister Academy, Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk
Salary: Scale G, points 18 - 22 £31,537 - £33,699 (Actual £27,492 - £29,377)
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: 37.5 hours, 39 weeks. 07:45 – 16:00 Mon - Fri
About You:
Caister Academy are seeking a confident and highly organised individual who can ensure the continuity of high‑quality education by overseeing all aspects of daily cover. You’ll take the lead in coordinating staffing arrangements across the school, ensuring classrooms - and occasionally other areas - are appropriately supervised when teachers are absent. Working closely with teaching staff and support teams, you’ll help maintain engaging learning experiences, keep lessons running smoothly, and ensure students remain focused throughout the day.
Our Ideal candidate will have:
GCSE English and Maths, minimum Grade C or equivalent
High level of education
Proven experience of working in an educational environment
Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written forms
Resilience and motivation to manage day-to-day challenges
About the Cover Team:
Our Cover Team play an integral role in ensuring the student learning experience remains high-quality when their usual teacher is absent. Our students value having the familiar face of a Caister Academy colleague who knows our lesson structure and behaviour systems. If you’re motivated by keeping a school running smoothly and ensuring every class has the support it needs, you could be an excellent fit for the Cover Team at Caister Academy.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
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