Do you have the presence and confidence to lead a classroom of eager learners?

Could your communication skills be the key to keeping students focused and motivated?

Have you been searching for a stable, full-time permanent role to kickstart the new academic year?

About the Role

This permanent, full-time position introduces a dynamic professional into a thriving educational ecosystem.The successful candidate will step into classrooms to supervise pre-prepared lessons across various subjects, ensuring students remain on task and engaged. This role bypasses standard teaching requirements like grading and lesson design, focusing entirely on classroom management, student safety, and positive engagement. It serves as an exceptional pathway for individuals aiming to build extensive classroom experience or seeking a fulfilling, active role in secondary education starting this September.

About the School

The school is hosted within a highly regarded, forward-thinking academy family known nationwide for its deep commitment to community transformation and inclusion. This specific academy values holistic development, recognising that students are whole individuals with interconnected emotional, social, and academic needs. With a relentless focus on raising attainment, establishing focused routines, and cultivating an environment where young people are well-mannered and driven to succeed, the institution provides a beautifully designed, state-of-the-art space where both staff and students are encouraged to become the very best versions of themselves.

Key Requirements

• Relevant Experience: Prior experience supporting young people within an educational or mentorship capacity.
• Enhanced DBS: A valid Enhanced DBS clearance registered on the Update Service (or a willingness to apply for one).
• Proactive Mindset: A self-motivated approach to identifying classroom needs and stepping in to assist without constant supervision.
• Eligibility to Work: Valid legal entitlement to work full-time in the UK.

Key Skills

• Behaviour Management: The ability to de-escalate low-level disruption quickly and assertively using positive reinforcement.
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and non-verbal communication skills to deliver instructions clearly to diverse student groups.
• Adaptability: High emotional intelligence and cognitive flexibility to manage sudden changes in schedules or lesson plans.
• Time Management: Mastery over the clock to ensure lessons start on time, paces are maintained, and clean-up occurs before the bell.
• Interpersonal Skills: The natural ability to build rapid, respectful rapport with both secondary school students and staff members.
• Problem-Solving: Sharp, on-the-spot critical thinking to resolve classroom challenges or technical issues independently.

Core Responsibilities

• Classroom Management: Maintain a focused and orderly learning environment, ensuring the school's behaviour policy is consistently enforced.
• Lesson Delivery: Supervise and deliver pre-set work left by the absent subject teacher, ensuring students understand the tasks.
• Student Engagement: Actively assist and guide students with their work, keeping them motivated and on task throughout the period.
• Registration: Accurately record student attendance at the beginning of each lesson using the school's administrative system.
• Safety & Safeguarding: Ensure a safe learning environment by adhering strictly to the academy's health, safety, and safeguarding protocols.
• Handover Reporting: Collect completed student work and write detailed handover notes for the returning classroom teacher.
• Adaptability: Move seamlessly between different subject areas and year groups throughout the school day as required.
• Resource Management: Ensure all classroom resources, textbooks, and equipment are distributed fairly and returned tidy.
• Inclusion Support: Provide tailored guidance to students who require extra assistance to access the pre-prepared lesson plan.
• Ethos Alignment: Embody and promote the core values, inclusive culture, and community spirit of the academy trust.

What We Offer:

• A supportive, collaborative working environment.
• Opportunities for career progression and ongoing professional development.
• The chance to make a significant impact on the lives of students.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• A Refer a Friend scheme where you could earn a £300 Love2shop voucher (subject to terms and conditions).

Could this be the ideal role for you?
Click "Apply Now" to submit your application for the role of a Cover Supervisor. For more information, please contact or call to speak to the secondary team.