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Cover Supervisor and Teaching Assistant Roles | Wigan and Bolton

Via Teaching Personnel

Locations: Schools across Wigan and Bolton
Contract: Flexible day-to-day, short-term and long-term placements
Hours: Full-time (8:30am to 3:30pm, Monday to Friday) or flexible days to suit you
Pay: £100 to £120 per day, paid weekly via PAYE
Start date: ASAP

Gain real classroom experience before you train

Planning to become a teacher? There’s no better preparation than spending time in a school. Teaching Personnel is recruiting graduates, career changers and aspiring teachers for Cover Supervisor and Teaching Assistant roles in primary and secondary schools across Wigan and Bolton.

You’ll see how schools really work, build your confidence in front of a class, and find out which age group and subject suits you best, all before committing to a PGCE, School Direct or other teacher training route. It also strengthens your application, and many schools like to recruit trainees they already know.

What you could be doing

As a Cover Supervisor:

• Supervising classes when the regular teacher is absent, delivering set work and keeping learning on track
• Managing behaviour and building positive relationships with pupils
• Gaining experience across a range of subjects and year groups

As a Teaching Assistant:

• Supporting individuals and small groups, including pupils with SEND
• Delivering interventions in phonics, reading and maths
• Working closely with class teachers and seeing planning, assessment and teaching in action

Why choose this route?

• Experience in a real classroom to back up your teacher training application
• Variety of schools and year groups, helping you decide where you want to teach
• Opportunities for longer placements and, where available, permanent roles
• The chance to build professional references and contacts in local schools
• Flexible working that can fit around study, a current job or your training application timeline

About you

You don’t need teaching experience, but you do need enthusiasm and a genuine interest in education.

Essential:

• GCSE (or equivalent) in English and maths at grade 4/C or above
• A degree, or currently studying for one, is welcomed, particularly if you plan to start teacher training
• Confidence, resilience and the ability to build rapport with young people
• Good communication and organisation skills
• A strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
• The right to work in the UK

Desirable:

• Experience working with children or young people, such as tutoring, coaching, youth work or volunteering
• A subject specialism in demand in schools, such as maths, science, English or modern languages

What we offer

• Competitive daily pay of £100 to £120, paid weekly
• A dedicated consultant who will match you to schools and support you throughout
• Free access to training, including [safeguarding and behaviour management, etc.
• Advice on your next steps into teacher training
• Refer-a-friend bonus / other agency benefits

How to apply

Apply via the links provided.

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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