Supply Teacher/Cover Supervisor

Teaching Personnel; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 124,000 - 179,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible supply work

Routes into permanent positions

Professional development and training

Job summary

Teaching Personnel is seeking confident and enthusiastic Cover Supervisors to support secondary schools across Farnborough, Hampshire, England. You will supervise classes during teacher absences and help pupils stay on pre‑planned work.

This role offers flexible day‑to‑day supply, potential long‑term placements and permanent opportunities, with routes into teaching. Successful candidates will be calm, adaptable and committed to safeguarding and student welfare.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or young people
• Confidently communicating with groups of students
• A calm, professional and resilient approach
• Reliability, flexibility and strong organisation
• Commitment to safeguarding and student welfare

Responsibilities

• Supervising pre‑planned lessons across Key Stages 3 and 4
• Communicating lesson instructions and expectations
• Managing behaviour in line with school policies
• Maintaining a calm and productive classroom
• Encouraging students to engage with their work
• Supporting students with additional learning needs
• Building positive relationships with pupils and staff
• Providing feedback to teaching staff after lessons

Skills

Classroom management

Communication with students

Behaviour management

Adaptability

Safeguarding

Job description

Immediate Start | Flexible, Long-Term and Permanent Opportunities

Are you looking to gain valuable classroom experience and make a positive difference to young people’s education?

Teaching Personnel is recruiting confident and enthusiastic Cover Supervisors to support secondary schools across Farnborough.

This is an excellent opportunity for graduates considering teaching, experienced education professionals seeking flexibility, or individuals with transferable experience working with young people. Flexible day‑to‑day supply, long‑term placements and permanent opportunities are available.

The Role

As a Cover Supervisor, you will supervise classes during teacher absences and ensure students remain focused on pre‑planned work.

You will not usually be responsible for planning lessons or marking. Your focus will be on providing confident classroom leadership and maintaining continuity of learning.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Supervising pre‑planned lessons across Key Stages 3 and 4
• Communicating lesson instructions and expectations
• Managing behaviour in line with school policies
• Maintaining a calm and productive classroom
• Encouraging students to engage with their work
• Supporting students with additional learning needs
• Building positive relationships with pupils and staff
• Providing feedback to teaching staff after lessons

Who Should Apply?

This opportunity may suit:

• Graduates considering a career in teaching
• Aspiring teachers preparing for teacher training
• Unqualified teachers building classroom experience
• Qualified or former teachers seeking greater flexibility
• Teaching assistants ready to progress
• Tutors, coaches, mentors and youth workers
• Career changers with experience supporting young people

Previous Cover Supervisor experience is helpful but not essential. More importantly, you should be confident, adaptable and able to establish clear expectations with secondary‑aged students.

What We Are Looking For

Successful applicants will demonstrate:

• Experience working with children or young people
• Confidence communicating with groups of students
• A calm, professional and resilient approach
• Reliability, flexibility and strong organisation
• A commitment to safeguarding and student welfare

Relevant experience may have been gained through schools, tutoring, coaching, mentoring, childcare, youth work or another transferable setting.

Why Teaching Personnel?

Teaching Personnel offers:

• Flexible day‑to‑day and pre‑booked supply work
• Full‑time and part‑time opportunities
• Routes into permanent school positions
• Work matched to your availability and career goals
• Access to professional development and training
• Experience to support future teacher training applications
• Support from a dedicated Hampshire education consultant

Safeguarding

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Child Workforce DBS check, professional references and appropriate safer recruitment checks.

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’ this may also 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.

Supply Teacher/Cover Supervisor Farnborough, Hampshire, England