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Cover supervisor

Cover supervisor

Daylesford Academy

Solihull

  • £21,176 - £23,432 per year
  • New
  • Expiring soon
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2024
Apply by:
12 July 2024

Job overview

Would you like to join the staff team of an expanding Alternative Provision Multi-Academy Trust?

Daylesford Academy, part of the Solihull Alternative Provision Multi Academy Trust (SAPMAT) is an alternative provision where we provide innovative solutions for a number of students for whom mainstream education is simply not working (for a range of reasons). In our short lifetime thus far we have grown considerably and continue to expand as our provision evolves. 

As we have developed we have continued to recruit committed, passionate and talented staff who ensure a full range of interventions to help change the outcomes of and life chances for our students for the better.

The successful candidate will have:

  •  A clear, consistent and relational approach to working with high-tariff and vulnerable students
  • A passion for pupil progress
  • High expectations and skill in raising standards (behaviour, attendance, academic progress)
  • A vision for obtaining the best outcomes for our students.


The Academy leadership team is determined to give our students the best opportunities possible to become successful, responsible citizens with the best life chances. This is an exciting opportunity for you to progress in an aspirational, therapeutic and innovative environment with students who need you.

If you are a team player who is interested in working with young people in an innovative classroom environment, perhaps with previous experience in an educational environment we would welcome an application from you.

In return, SAPMAT will offer you: 

  • The chance to make a real difference in the lives of our children
  • A friendly and supportive team
  • Continuous professional development
  • The opportunity to grow your own career within the trust
  • Employee benefits including Staff wellbeing program


Please refer to the Recruitment Pack, Job Description & Person Specification for full details of this opening.

SAPMAT and its member schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners according to child protection and safeguarding guidelines and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The post you are applying for is classed as having a high degree of contact with children and involves “regulated activity”. As such it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

SAPMAT are a socially inclusive and equal opportunities Trust and are committed to actively promoting equal opportunities for all our staff and pupils. As part of the recruitment process, we collect and process personal data relating to job applicants. We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use this data, in accordance with UK GDPR.

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About Daylesford Academy

Daylesford Academy is a small 35 alternative provision who offer a nurturing approach to support vulnerable pupils who cannot manage in a mainstream setting through their educational journey. In particular those who have special educational needs including:


  • Emotional regulation difficulties
  • Mental health difficulties
  • ADHD (diagnosed and undiagnosed)
  • ASD (diagnosed and undiagnosed)
  • General learning difficulties
  • Dyslexia (diagnosed and undiagnosed)
  • Drugs and alcohol issues
  • Experience of domestic violence
  • Low school engagement and attendance


We aim to provide the best quality education by delivering well prepared and stimulating lessons that will engage “hard to reach pupils”.


The Academy aims to support young people who cannot manage in a mainstream setting, achieve accreditation, to improve each young person’s life chances, to reinforce positive behaviour and challenge unacceptable behaviour and to enable young people to develop their skills and fulfil their potential

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