Cover Supervisors - 1 role at Parkway (KS4) and 1 at Northfield (KS3)

‘Think Differently’ to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams.

This is the Vision Statement of Think Differently Education Trust.

• Do you want to have a positive impact on some of the most vulnerable children’s lives in Birmingham?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that recognises the benefits of a good work/life balance for their workforce?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that invests heavily in CPD and allocates additional training days to develop their staff?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to all these questions, join our team!

This is a particularly exciting time to join James Brindley, the founding school of the newly established Think Differently Education Trust. This marks the beginning of a bold new chapter for our community, opening www.jamesbrindley.org.ukup fresh opportunities for innovation, collaboration, and professional growth across Birmingham. By joining us now, you’ll be part of shaping a progressive trust from the ground up — helping to drive meaningful change for our young people while developing your own career in a supportive and ambitious environment.

Many of our young people have gaps in their education. You will need to have a creative approach to teaching to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our Young People to access learning and make expected progress.

We are looking for two Cover Supervisors, one for Parkway and one for Northfield, ideally with experience in working with SEN young people. The role involves supervising whole classes in the absence of the class teacher, ensuring that the young people engage in the learning activity and that they behave well. We strive to implement creative teaching strategies to reduce the impact of educational disadvantage, enabling all our young people to access learning. You should be passionate about developing and supporting the needs of the whole child and committed to enabling all young people to thrive. We are looking for candidates with at least a Level 3 in a relevant field along with minimum GSCE 4 - 9 in English and Maths, or equivalent.

We offer a full-time curriculum to young people at both Parkway and Northfield. All children join our school having struggled to access mainstream education due to complexities with their mental health (SEMH). They may also have other SEN needs such as Autism and/or ADHD. For further details about the provisions, please visit our website:

If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.

If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 2 to 3 weeks of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there.

When submitting your application, please specify the centre for which you wish to be considered.

Online Search

An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates.  This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.