Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor
Taunton
Teaching Personnel

Teaching Personnel is working in partnership with a secondary school in the Taunton area to recruit a full-time Cover Supervisor. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to gain classroom experience in a supportive school environment, whether you are an aspiring teacher, an ECT, or an experienced educator seeking a non-teaching role.

As a Cover Supervisor, you will play a key role in maintaining continuity of learning by supervising classes during teacher absence and ensuring students remain engaged with set work.

The role will involve:

• Supervising classes across a range of subjects using pre-prepared lesson plans

• Managing classroom behaviour in line with the school’s policies

• Supporting students to stay on task and complete assigned work

• Providing feedback to teaching staff on student engagement and progress

• Building positive relationships with students and staff

• Supporting the wider school team as needed

The ideal candidate will:

• Have experience working with young people (education or similar settings)

• Be confident managing a classroom environment

• Have strong communication and organisational skills

• Be reliable, flexible and professional

• Hold a degree or relevant qualifications (desirable but not essential)

Teaching Personnel offers:

• Competitive weekly pay paid via PAYE

• A full-time position within one partner school

• Ongoing support from a dedicated consultant

• Access to CPD and safeguarding training

• A valuable opportunity to build experience within education

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
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.
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