Cover Supervisor Trainee. Job in Stockport Education & Training Jobs

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

Job summary

Vision for Education is offering an opportunity for a Cover Supervisor to lead classes in Stockport. You will receive comprehensive training and support while maintaining classroom dynamics and ensuring students' learning is facilitated. Full and part-time roles are available starting September 2025, with a strong emphasis on your professional development.

Benefits

Guaranteed pay scheme

FREE professional development training

Pension contributions

Weekly pay via PAYE

Generous refer-a-friend bonus scheme

Access to a dedicated consultant

Qualifications

• Natural leader with confidence to guide lessons.
• Experience in supporting young people in coaching or mentor roles.
• Able to provide references and hold a valid DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Lead classes of around 30 students in the absence of the teacher.
• Facilitate learning and manage classroom dynamics.
• Maintain accurate registers and hand over to the teacher.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Support for young people

Job description

Ready to start a career in schools or wanting a change of direction from what you are doing now?

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 Stockport who have been instrumental in providing a supportive environment in which you can hone your skills.

Full and part-time roles to start in Septmeber 2025 for daily cover and long-term cover.

Requirements

To be considered for the role of Trainee Cover Supervisor you will:

• 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

As a valued employee of Vision for Education, you will receive:

• 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.

How to apply

Apply via this website with an up-to-date CV and contact details. For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please call Marie Murphy on (phone number removed) or email (url removed)