Cover Supervisor and Unqualified Teacher of English

Job Description

September 2025

Term Time Only 8.20am to 3.20pm

Essex Pay Scale 4 pt. 6 £25,183 (before pro rata) plus £1013 fringe allowance

In Debden Park High School "leaders have successfully established a school where high aspirations and excellence are the norm, and where pupils and staff enjoy coming to work…. The buzz, enthusiasm and energy from staff at all levels is palpable". Ofsted January 2017

We are providing an unique opportunity for an ambitious individual who wants to take their first step into teaching. We envisage this being a one year placement before you progress onto our SCITT programme to achieve QTS status during the following year. Candidates wishing to join the scheme will need to be educated to degree level.

Part of the role will involve the teaching of KS3 English, allowing you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the English curriculum, develop your subject knowledge and begin to hone your skill in the classroom. You will be supported by an English Team which is fully staffed, enthusiastic and committed to the development of English teachers.

The other part of the role will involve covering lessons across the curriculum. Your role will be to supervise lessons when a teacher is absent. Work will be set by the teacher and your role will be to ensure that students remain on task, complete the work and to maintain good order. You will need to be able to explain instructions to students and help them carry out the work set. This may involve some explanation. You will need to have the skills to work with groups of students or with individuals and experience of working in schools or with large groups of teenagers would be advantageous.

Lots of our current qualified teachers began their careers at the school in similar roles, and we very much envisage that the successful candidate would be beginning the first step of their journey with us by applying for this role.

If you are interested in a similar role but specialise in a subject other than English, please do contact the school to discuss possibilities.

Debden Park High School is a heavily oversubscribed Academy that Ofsted judged to be Outstanding in January 2017. We constantly achieve outstanding outcomes for our students.

For further information,please email donna.james@debden-tkat.org or call 02084181202 or to download an application form visit our website www.debdenparkhighschool.org.

Closing date: Monday 24th March 2025

Information about the School

Debden Park High School is a heavily oversubscribed Academy that constantly achieves outstanding outcomes for its students.

Last year’s GCSE results put us in the top 10 most successful non-selective successful schools in Essex, and our growing Sixth Form – first opened in 2015 – achieved a 100% pass rate in our first set of A-Level results.

As a National Teaching School, we lead a family of schools as part of the Kemnal Academies Trust, providing exceptional career progression and bespoke CPD experiences for our staff, which has led to our middle and senior leadership teams being composed of many teachers who began their career with us.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.