Graduate Cover Supervisor – Launch Your Career in Education

Location: Sheffield & South Yorkshire
Company: Teaching Personnel
Pay: £100–£120 per day (dependent on experience)
Start Date: Immediate / Ongoing
Contract: Flexible day-to-day and long-term opportunities

Are you a recent graduate considering a career in teaching?

Would you like to gain valuable classroom experience before applying for a PGCE, teacher training programme, or other education-based career?

Teaching Personnel are recruiting ambitious and enthusiastic graduates to work as Cover Supervisors across secondary schools in Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

This is one of the most popular routes into teaching, allowing graduates to develop classroom management skills, build confidence working with young people, and gain first-hand experience of life in a secondary school.

What Does a Cover Supervisor Do?

As a Cover Supervisor, you will supervise classes during teacher absence and deliver pre-set lesson materials provided by teaching staff.

You will not be required to plan lessons or mark work. Instead, your role is to ensure students remain engaged, focused, and on task while maintaining a positive learning environment.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervising lessons across a range of subjects

• Managing classroom behaviour effectively

• Supporting students with the work provided

• Ensuring a safe and productive learning environment

• Providing feedback to teaching staff following lessons

Why Is This Role Ideal for Graduates?

Many of our Cover Supervisors go on to complete teacher training, PGCE programmes, School Direct routes, or careers within education.

This role allows you to:

• Gain hands-on classroom experience

• Develop behaviour management skills

• Build confidence leading groups of students

• Strengthen future teacher training applications

• Explore whether teaching is the right career for you

• Earn while gaining valuable experience

We're Looking For Graduates Who:

• Hold a UK-recognised degree in any subject

• Are confident communicating with young people

• Have strong organisational and interpersonal skills

• Are reliable, professional, and adaptable

• Have a genuine interest in education

Experience working with young people is beneficial but not essential.

Why Work with Teaching Personnel?

• Competitive daily pay of £100–£120

• Flexible work to fit around your commitments

• Opportunities across a wide range of secondary schools

• Dedicated consultant support

• Free safeguarding and CPD training

• Opportunities to secure long-term and permanent school positions

Safeguarding

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, identity checks, and satisfactory references in line with safer recruitment guidelines.

Apply today and take your first step towards a rewarding career in education with Teaching Personnel.

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.
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