Cover Supervisor - Halifax

Teaching Personnel; Halifax; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based education staffing agency is seeking a confident individual for a temporary teaching role in Halifax. The position involves delivering lessons across various subjects, maintaining student engagement, and creating an inclusive environment without the need for planning or marking. Candidates should have experience in education and strong classroom management skills. A DBS check is required.

Benefits

Free child protection training

Fully supported DBS check

Qualifications

• Experience in secondary education environments is essential.
• Strong classroom management skills are required.
• Recent classroom experience in the UK is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned lessons across a range of subjects at secondary level.
• Keep students on task and engaged in the classroom.
• Maintain a safe, respectful, and inclusive classroom environment.
• Adapt well to different classrooms and groups throughout the week.

Skills

Experience working with young people across school settings

Ability to establish strong routines and set clear expectations

Confidence in leading a class and managing behaviour positively

Ability to communicate clearly and calmly under pressure

Proactive, reliable approach, ability to work flexibly

Job description

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Location: Halifax and surrounding areas
Start date: September 2025
Contract: Full-time or Part-time
Salary: £90 - £120 a day

We are supporting a secondary school in Halifax that is seeking a confident and organised individual to step into short-term teacher absences and keep student learning on track. No planning, marking, and assessing will be required, just a strong classroom presence, clear instruction, and the ability to engage and manage challenging behaviour.

Duties of the Role:

• Deliver planned lessons across a range of subjects at secondary level
• Keep students on task and engaged in the classroom
• Maintain a safe, respectful, and inclusive classroom environment
• Adapt well to different classrooms and groups throughout the week
• Promote the inclusion of SEND, EAL, NEET pupils and support a culture of equality and participation

About you. We are seeking Staff with:

• Experience working with young people across school settings
• Ability to establish strong routines and set clear expectations
• Confidence in leading a class and managing behaviour positively
• Ability to communicate clearly and calmly under pressure
• A proactive, reliable approach, and ability to work flexibly

At Teaching Personnel, we are dedicated to your professional success and integration in schools. If interested in the role, please apply by clicking the link below or visiting our website at Teaching Personnel. All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role, including recent classroom experience in the UK and a DBS on the update service.

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.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, which may include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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