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JOB TITLE: Learning Supervisor
BASED AT: Samuel Whitbread Academy
SALARY/GRADE RANGE: NJC Scale 3D Points 7-11 pro rata (FTE £27,274 - £29,071 pro rata; actual £23,747 - 25,312 per annum)
RESPONSIBLE TO: Vice Principal & Head of Department
HOURS: 37.00 hours per week (working Monday to Friday) term-time only (to include five designated staff training days)
The Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST) is a multi-academy trust providing exceptional education across our community of 11 schools and five nurseries. Since forming in 2016, we have grown significantly into one of the largest single employers in Central Bedfordshire. We now educate 8,000 children across the area, from nursery age to advanced level study and have over 1,000 members of staff. It is our aim to grow the BEST in everyone, and everything we do is driven by our values, but our aims can only be achieved if we recruit, retain and develop the highest quality workforce - and we want those we employ to be valued in the workplace. The formative years of BEST has been a real success story - and we are looking forward to an exciting future, too.
As a Learning Supervisor, you will lead classes in the absence of their teacher, maintaining a structured, positive, and inspiring space where students stay on task and achieve their potential.
- Guide & Inspire: Direct set lessons during teacher absences, encouraging high aspirations and helping pupils make progress.
- Maintain Classroom Culture: Apply consistent, positive behaviour management to keep students focused, safe, and learning.
- Support Departments: Use non-cover time to streamline department admin, order and refresh learning resources, and create engaging, vibrant wall displays.
For more information, and a job description and person specification for the role, please view the Application Pack link.
This role will involve working closely with the pupils at Samuel Whitbread Academy and you will be engaging in regulated activity with children.
CLOSING DATE: Midnight, Sunday 27th September 2026
INTERVIEW DATE: Thursday 1st October 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
- Information about Samuel Whitbread Academy can be at https://www.samuelwhitbread.org.uk/
- For general enquiries about this role please contact: Emma Saunders. Telephone 01462 629900 or
- We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children's welfare and offers of employment are subject to DBS clearance and two satisfactory references.
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
- Strictly no agencies.