Cover Supervisor

Protocol Education Ltd; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A welcoming secondary school in Chesterfield seeks a confident Cover Supervisor to manage classes during teacher absences and assist with administrative duties. The role offers strong induction and development opportunities along with benefits like a pension scheme and an employee assistance program. Starting as a 1-year contract from September 2025, it has potential for permanent placement.

Benefits

Cycle to Work Scheme

Local Government Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support

CPD opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualifications and training appropriate for a Cover Supervisor.
• Must have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Responsibilities

• Supervise lessons when teachers are absent and provide class support.
• Support admin tasks within a faculty when not covering lessons.

Skills

Management of student behaviour

Calm under pressure

Reliability in admin tasks

Job description

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.

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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