Cover Supervisor

Looking for Classroom Experience Before Teacher Training?

Are you a graduate, aspiring teacher, sports coach, youth worker, or experienced Teaching Assistant looking to take the next step in education?

Protocol Education is recruiting confident, enthusiastic Cover Supervisors to work across Secondary Schools throughout Durham and the surrounding areas.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain invaluable classroom experience, develop behaviour management skills, and build the confidence needed for a successful career in education.

Whether you're considering a PGCE, Schools Direct, SCITT, or a long-term career working with young people, this role provides the practical experience schools and training providers highly value.

What Does A Cover Supervisor Do?

As a Cover Supervisor, you'll take responsibility for leading a classroom in the absence of the regular teacher.

Work is provided by the school, and your role is to ensure students remain engaged, focused, and on task throughout the lesson.

You'll have the opportunity to:

✅ Lead lessons across a range of subjects

✅ Manage classroom behaviour and engagement

✅ Support students with their learning

✅ Build confidence speaking in front of groups

✅ Develop key classroom management skills

✅ Gain experience in a variety of school settings

No two days are the same, making this a fantastic role for individuals who enjoy new challenges and working with young people.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising whole classes during teacher absences
• Delivering pre-planned lessons and activities
• Managing behaviour in line with school policies
• Encouraging participation and engagement
• Providing support to students when required
• Reporting back to teaching staff on lesson outcomes
• Creating a positive and productive learning environment

Who We're Looking For

We welcome applications from individuals with a variety of backgrounds, including:

• Graduates from any degree discipline
• Aspiring Teachers
• Sports Coaches
• Youth Workers
• Behaviour Mentors
• Teaching Assistants
• Tutors
• Education Studies Graduates
• Psychology Graduates

The ideal candidate will be:

• Confident and professional
• An excellent communicator
• Adaptable and resilient
• Passionate about working with young people
• Comfortable managing groups of students
• Looking to build experience within education

Experience working with children or young people is beneficial but not essential.

Why Become A Cover Supervisor?

Many of our Cover Supervisors go on to secure careers in:

• Teaching
• Educational Psychology
• Behaviour Support
• SEND Education
• School Leadership
• Pastoral Support

This role allows you to gain practical experience while discovering whether teaching is the right career for you.

What Protocol Education Offers

✅ Competitive daily pay rates

✅ Flexible work to suit your schedule

✅ Opportunities for daily, short-term and long-term placements

✅ Free CPD and professional development training

✅ Dedicated consultant support

✅ Access to a wide network of schools

✅ Pathways into permanent education roles

Apply Today

If you're looking for a rewarding role where every day brings new challenges and opportunities, we'd love to hear from you.

Join Protocol Education as a Cover Supervisor and gain the classroom experience, confidence and skills needed to build a successful future in education.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further 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.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the 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 FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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