Chesterfield | Full-time | 1-Year Contract (Sept 2025 Start) – Possibility of Permanent Role
Keep the classroom calm, connected, and running like clockwork.
A welcoming secondary school in Chesterfield is on the lookout for a proactive, people-savvy Cover Supervisor to join their team from September. If you're confident leading a class, cool under pressure, and happy to pitch in with admin when needed—this could be your next move.
What’s the role?
You’ll supervise lessons when teachers are absent, support on-call and internal exclusion needs, and provide admin support within a faculty when not covering lessons. It’s a varied, hands-on role—ideal for someone who enjoys being at the heart of the school day and making things run smoothly.
Who they’re looking for:
✔ Calm, punctual, and approachable
✔ Comfortable managing student behaviour and keeping things on track
✔ Flexible and collaborative with a can-do attitude
✔ Detail-conscious and reliable with admin tasks
✔ Ready to support students and staff across the school day
Why join this school?
Strong induction and a supportive, ambitious staff team
Access to excellent CPD opportunities and career development pathways
Cycle to Work Scheme
Local Government Pension + increasing annual leave with service
Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing support
Perks via an employee benefits platform
This is a 1-year contract starting September 2025, with the potential to go permanent for the right person.
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.
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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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