Ad Hoc Cover Supervisor - Dr Challoner’s High School
Location: Little Chalfont
Overview
We are seeking to recruit one or more enthusiastic and reliable Ad Hoc Cover Supervisors to join our school team. This important role plays a key part in ensuring continuity and stability for our students during periods of short-term teacher absence. By stepping in to deliver pre-prepared lessons and maintain a focused classroom environment, Cover Supervisors also help reduce the workload on our teaching staff. The girls in our school are hardworking, polite, respectful and very rewarding to work with.
Salary: Hourly Rate of £16.48
Contract: Casual
Hours: No set or guaranteed number of hours
Closing date: Noon on Monday 23rd March 2026
Interview Date: to be confirmed
About us
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted and as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners in 2023.
The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students.
What Challoner’s High can offer you:
- The best advert for working at Challoner’s High will always be our hugely rewarding students
- Supportive and highly capable and committed staff with a strong team spirit
- The opportunity to make a really significant difference to young lives
- Excellent opportunities for professional development, including a highly regarded CPD programme
- Staff recognition scheme; long service awards
- Use of staff gym; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants in Little Chalfont, local theatres discounts when available, two-week October half term.
For more information please visit: www.challonershigh.com
About the role
The role involves taking sole responsibility for a class of students, managing behaviour, and supporting learning in line with the school's policies.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
The successful candidates will have experience of working in a school setting—perhaps as a teaching assistant, cover supervisor, coach, teacher, or in a similar capacity. Strong communication skills, confidence in managing a classroom, and a professional, adaptable approach are essential.
Full training will be provided, and you will be supported by a friendly and experienced team.
Other information
An information pack is available from the Vacancies section of the school website or from [email protected].
Please send completed application forms back to the School.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing.
Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
A copy of our privacy notice for applicants can be found here.
Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Safer Recruitment Policies. This is a regulated activity.
Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com.
The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Section 128 check, where applicable.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
