Maternity Cover Supervisor


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Portsmouth, PO1 5QR
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	31 Jul 2026
Closing date:	30 Aug 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Band 6 (Pay band salary Full Time Equivalent £28,239 – £32,061) £22,085 – £25,074 actual

32.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm)

Start Date: Once Appointed

Interview Date: Friday 18th September 2026 (shortlisted candidates must be available for interview on this date)

A role has become available at Manor Infant and Nursery School for a maternity Cover Supervisor to supervise classes. This would be a great opportunity for someone about to start their ECT journey, gaining experience across the school from nursery and preschool to Year 2.

We are looking to appoint a cover supervisor with lots of initiative and excellent communication skills, to join our friendly, forward-thinking and supportive team. You will need be an enthusiastic, highly motivated and hard working person and will work alongside the rest of our teaching team.

Our children are lovely, friendly, keen to learn, caring and well behaved.

The successful candidate must:

• Have experience of working with children within the across Early Years and Key Stage 1 and be committed to supporting all children’s learning.

• Be enthusiastic, self-motivated, creative and able to use their initiative.

• Be committed to working as part of a team in order to deliver a broad curriculum.

• Be organised, efficient and professional in their approach and have good interpersonal skills.

• Be caring, understanding and patient.

• Have NVQ2/3 or equivalent in working with children or within schools.

• Have good IT skills.

• Have good behaviour management skills.

• Be willing, at times, to go above and beyond to ensure our children receive the very best!

This is a maternity cover contract

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• engaging children who love coming to school and have a love of learning

• a committed and friendly staff

• a strong leadership team who are driving the school forward with a clear vision and high expectations

• access to employee benefits portal offering various discounts

• wellbeing support

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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