Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor – Local Secondary School

Location: Maidenhead
Job Type: Short term or Long term
Working Hours: 08:30am – 4:00pm
Salary: £90 – £105 per day

About the Role

Engage Education is working in partnership with secondary schools across Maidenhead to recruit reliable and enthusiastic Cover Supervisors on a supply basis. These opportunities are available to cover both planned absences and unplanned staff sickness.

One of the key benefits of supply work is flexibility – you can set your own availability each week, making these roles suitable for both part-time and full-time applicants.

As a Cover Supervisor, you will deliver pre-planned lessons across a range of subjects, either to provide classroom teacher release time (PPA) or to cover staff absences. Your primary responsibility will be to maintain a positive learning environment, manage classroom behaviour, and ensure students complete the work set by their teacher.

While previous experience as a Cover Supervisor is not essential, applicants must hold a degree and have experience working with young people. We welcome applications from candidates with backgrounds in youth work, support work, mentoring, coaching, or similar roles.

As supply work can present a variety of classroom environments and behavioural challenges, successful candidates will be adaptable, personable, and confident in managing different situations.

Your Responsibilities

As a Cover Supervisor, your duties will include:

• Supervising pupils while they complete pre-planned work set by teaching staff
• Managing classroom behaviour and maintaining a productive learning environment
• Supporting students with questions relating to the tasks provided
• Following the school’s behaviour management and safeguarding policies
• Collecting completed work and returning it to the relevant Head of Department
• Providing feedback on student engagement, behaviour, and lesson outcomes
• Ensuring lessons run smoothly in the absence of the regular classroom teacher

What Makes a Great Cover Supervisor?

Successful Cover Supervisors bring enthusiasm, confidence, and flexibility to the classroom. Key qualities include:

Adaptability and Flexibility

The ability to quickly adjust to different schools, classrooms, subjects, and student groups.

Classroom Management

Strong behaviour management skills and the confidence to maintain a positive and focused learning environment.

Communication Skills

The ability to deliver instructions clearly, engage students effectively, and communicate professionally with school staff.

Patience and Empathy

A supportive and understanding approach when working with students of varying abilities and needs.

Professionalism and Confidence

A calm, assertive, and professional presence that enables you to manage classes effectively and respond to unexpected situations.

Organisation and Reliability

Excellent punctuality, organisation, and the ability to keep lessons running smoothly throughout the day.

Why Join Engage Education?

At Engage Education, we are proud to be one of the UK’s most trusted education recruitment agencies, with professional development and candidate support at the heart of everything we do.

When you work with us, you’ll benefit from:

• Pay in line with national scales (AWR compliant)
• Free CPD and professional development opportunities
• Your own dedicated education consultant
• A £50 Amazon voucher for every successful referral
• Wellbeing support services
• Travel discounts and retail offers through our partner network

How to Apply

You can apply for this role below or contact our team directly to discuss the opportunity in more detail.

All applicants must hold the appropriate qualifications and have, or be willing to obtain, a valid Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before commencing work. Full assistance with the DBS process will be provided.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, if you have not been contacted within two working days, unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion.

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