Cover Supervisor

TN United Kingdom; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in education is seeking a Cover Supervisor to provide flexible cover in a Secondary School in Plymouth. This role is ideal for someone with experience in teaching across KS3 and KS4, who can adapt to various subjects and manage classroom behavior effectively. You will be responsible for supervising pre-planned lessons, ensuring students remain engaged, and supporting their learning. This position offers the chance to work in a dynamic environment, with opportunities for long-term roles and additional support throughout your career journey. Join a team that values your contributions and provides the guidance you need to succeed.

Benefits

Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities

Permanent job roles

Support during clearance and onboarding

Interview preparation and advice

Statutory employment rights

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching and managing behavior in a school environment.
• Ability to adapt to various classes and engage with students effectively.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage classroom activities while ensuring student engagement.
• Provide clear instructions and support to students during cover lessons.

Skills

Teaching across KS3 and KS4

Flexibility and adaptability

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Literacy and Numeracy skills

Education

Degree in a specific subject (e.g., Maths)

Experience working in schools

Job description

A Secondary School in Plymouth is currently looking for a Cover Supervisor to join them for flexible cover. The school would ideally like someone to join them this term, for a full/part-time opportunity that runs from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8.30-3.30. The days can vary; however, there is consistent work to suit the right candidate.

The school consistently needs Cover Supervisors to cover various classes across KS3 and KS4. Cover work would always be left for you by the Class Teacher; however, a general good understanding of most subjects would be beneficial.

The school is looking for Cover Supervisors who are flexible and willing to adapt to various classes. You must be completely confident in Teaching across KS3 and KS4. You must also be intuitive as you will be coming in and taking on a pre-planned lesson, so need to be able to do so with ease. Teaching qualifications are not necessarily essential, but we do ideally need someone who has vast amounts of experience working in schools. Having a degree in a specific subject like Maths, for example, would be beneficial.

What will you do as a Cover Supervisor?

• Active supervision of work, giving students clear instructions to remain on task and responding to any queries.
• Communicate effectively with students to keep them engaged in cover lessons.
• Manage behaviour in line with school policies, promoting positive behaviour.
• Display effective organisational and time management skills and the ability to be highly flexible in a busy school environment.
• Display good Literacy, Numeracy and communication skills to support and include all students.
• Work in conjunction with other staff members to get the best out of the students.
• Report back to the teacher as and when required.

Working with Long-term Teachers:

We are an independent agency working with Nurseries, Primary, Secondary and Special Schools. LTT was founded with the aim of creating a genuine, transparent and straightforward service to help candidates secure their next role. We place a huge emphasis on delivering an exceptional service where you will be supported, listened to and valued throughout.

Your dedicated consultant will invest time to understand your experience, skill-set and what your ideal role looks like. You will have frequent updates with your progress through compliance, applications for specific roles as well as receiving additional information on roles which we feel may be of interest to you.

We are proud members of the REC and we have the highest standard of compliance. Working with us means you will get the very best support and guidance through the clearance process from your own specific point of contact from our in-house compliance team.

In addition you will receive:

• Guarantee Pay Scheme opportunities.
• Permanent job roles.
• Support and advice during the clearance and onboarding process.
• Working to Agency Workers Regulations.
• Interview preparation, advice and support.
• Statutory employment rights, such as sick pay, holiday pay, maternity and paternity pay.