Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor 

If you’re confident, quick-thinking and enjoy helping young people learn, this Cover Supervisor role could be a brilliant next step for you.

We’re looking for someone who can keep lessons running smoothly when teachers are absent, support students in and out of the classroom, and play an important part in the daily life of a busy secondary school.

What you’ll be doing

In this role you’ll help students stay on track, uphold school expectations and create a positive learning environment. Day-to-day, you’ll:

• Supervise whole classes during short-term teacher absence

• Communicate the work set and keep students engaged

• Manage behaviour using the school’s policies and expectations

• Register and record attendance

• Ensure resources for lessons are prepared and used appropriately

• Support students who need extra help and seek guidance where necessary

• Return completed work to teachers and pass on relevant feedback

• Help with school visits, trips and activities when required

• Assist with break, before-school and after-school supervision

• Provide general admin support like photocopying and organising work packs

• Invigilate internal and external exams

• Maintain high standards of safeguarding, inclusion and confidentiality

You’ll be great in this role if you:

• Stay calm when things get busy

• Can build rapport with students quickly

• Enjoy leading a classroom with confidence and warmth

• Follow guidance clearly and work well with different teams

• Have strong communication and organisational skills

• Believe in high expectations and positive behaviour guidance

What you’ll bring

• Reliability, resilience and a genuine interest in supporting young people

• Experience working with students or within a school is helpful, but not essential

• A willingness to learn, adapt and take feedback

• A strong awareness of safeguarding and professional boundaries

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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