Cover Supervisor

Protocol Education Ltd; Dudley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education provider is seeking Cover Supervisors for secondary schools in Dudley. This role includes managing classes and ensuring students stay engaged. Ideal candidates will possess classroom management skills and a proactive attitude, with flexible working available.

Benefits

Weekly PAYE pay

Choose when and where you work

Personal consultant support

Free access to CPD Academy

Refer a friend, earn rewards

Qualifications

• Experience working with secondary-aged pupils (ideally in schools, youth work, or tutoring).
• A proactive, can-do attitude.
• Solid classroom management skills.

Responsibilities

• Cover lessons across a range of subjects without planning or marking.
• Follow pre-set work and manage the class to keep pupils on task.
• Step in and take charge confidently.

Skills

Classroom management

Communication

Adaptability

Education

Degree or teaching experience (bonus)

Job description

Job Title: Cover Supervisor – Secondary Schools
Location: Dudley
Salary: £90–£120 per day
Contract: Flexible / Long-Term / Temp-to-Perm
Start Date: Immediate

Steady in the storm? We need you.

We’re on the lookout for confident, reliable Cover Supervisors in Dudley—people who can walk into a classroom and keep things ticking over when the usual teacher’s away. If you’ve got a calm head, a firm but friendly presence, and a decent sense of humour (optional but appreciated), we’d love to hear from you.

What’s the role like?

You’ll be covering lessons across a range of subjects—no planning, no marking, just keeping things running smoothly. You’ll follow pre-set work, manage the class, and make sure pupils stay on task.

The schools are looking for someone who can:

• Step in and take charge confidently

• Build quick rapport with students

• Keep behaviour on point and learning focused

• Adapt fast to different subjects and classroom styles

You’ll need:

• Experience working with secondary-aged pupils (ideally in schools, youth work, or tutoring)

• A proactive, can-do attitude

• Solid classroom management skills

Bonus if you’ve got:

• A degree or teaching experience

• A DBS on the update service (or be happy to get one)

• Thrive training—we offer it for free if not!

Why join Protocol Education?

• Weekly PAYE pay (no umbrella faff)

• Choose when and where you work

• Personal consultant support (we know our schools inside out)

• Free access to our CPD Academy

• Refer a friend, earn rewards

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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