Cover Supervisor - Secondary

Vision for Education; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education recruitment agency in the UK is seeking Cover Supervisors to manage classrooms in the absence of teachers. This role involves overseeing about 30 students, ensuring effective learning, and maintaining classroom discipline. Successful candidates will receive full training and ongoing support, aiming to ensure the best outcomes for students. Pay rates range from £100 to £120 per day, with full and part-time roles available. Training and professional development programs are also provided.

Benefits

Weekly pay

Guaranteed pay scheme

Pension contributions

FREE professional development training

Generous referral bonus

Dedicated consultant support

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role guiding classes in the absence of a teacher.
• Experience in sports coaching, mentoring, or similar roles with young people.
• Ability to provide valid references and pass a DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Lead classes of around 30 students and facilitate learning.
• Manage classroom dynamics and maintain accurate registers.
• Handover to the absent teacher smoothly.

Skills

Leadership

Classroom management

Communication

Mentoring

Job description

About the role

As a Cover Supervisor, you'll take the lead in guiding classes of around 30 students in the absence of the class teacher. Lessons will always be pre-planned, and your role is to facilitate learning, manage classroom dynamics, maintain accurate registers, and seamlessly handover to the absent teacher.

Vision for Education's Cover Supervisor Training Programme is here to support you! We offer a fully comprehensive Cover Supervisor Training Programme developed by Vision for Education and North East Partnership SCITT to prepare you with the skills and confidence needed to succeed in the classroom. We have run this course over the past two years with great success, many of our longer term placements have led to permanent contracts due to outstanding feedback from the schools in which we have placed them. We are working with supportive schools throughout Greater Manchester who have been instrumental in providing a supportive environment in which you can hone your skills.

Pay rates: £100 - £120 per day. Full and part-time roles available.

Requirements

• Be a natural leader with the confidence to guide a lesson in the teacher's absence.
• Have experience of supporting young people in either a sports coaching, mentor or similar role.
• Able to provide suitable references, a valid DBS Check and hold the Right to Work in the UK.

Vision for Education is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Vision for Education

Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff.

What Vision for Education offer

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by our in-house Payroll team using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Guaranteed pay scheme (subject to availability and qualifying criteria).
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers’ Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• FREE training to help with your professional development such as Team Teach training, online webinars and safeguarding and child protection updates.
• Generous refer a friend or colleague bonus scheme.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Vision for Education do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.