Cover Supervisor in London

Location: London
Salary: £50.00 per hour
Recruiter: Teaching Personnel
Job Hours: Full-time

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Teaching Personnel are looking for an experienced Cover Supervisor to take on a full-time basis at a secondary school in Highbury and Islington .

The role involves explaining the work and providing support for the students so that they can carry on learning even if their teacher is away.

It may include working 1-1 with students and supporting the teacher.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to begin a career in a school setting or who is looking to wind down into semi-retirement.

The school in question are a generally popular 11-18 mixed school located in north London with a strong family and community ethos.

The school’s aim is for every pupil to leave with a strong moral purpose, high aspirations, and immense pride in what they have achieved during their time at the school.

The school will also look for long-term staff should the day-to-day candidate perform to expected standards, so this is an excellent opportunity to showcase your talents.

Ideally the successful candidate will have:

  • Experience of working with 11 – 16-year-olds
  • GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above (or the equivalent qualification)
  • A sense of humour combined with a firm, no nonsense approach
  • Full enhanced DBS on the update service or willing to undergo one
  • Cover Supervisor or support staff training

The successful applicants will be confident and supportive with good interpersonal skills, and have an empathy with young people; ideally, previous experience in a role working with young people will be a considerable advantage.

Extensive training will be provided under the supervision of our Lead Cover Supervisors.

If you are searching for a rewarding job in education or are considering Teaching as a career, this role could well be your first step on the way!

Please apply for this role with your CV using the link or contact details attached.

Working with Teaching Personnel, you will benefit from:

  • Competitive daily pay rates paid every Friday (PAYE and no umbrella company used)
  • A dedicated, experienced specialist Consultant 
  • Access to our Online Portal to easily manage your calendar, view payslips and update your personal details 
  • Access to our exclusive CPD Academy with hundreds of training courses (many free!)
  • After registering with us, in case of relocation you can work with our branches across the country
  • Have access to our intervention programmes, giving you opportunities to develop pupils on a 1:1 and small group basis
  • £50 Refer a Friend bonus scheme
  • Pension Scheme

If this position is not quite what you are looking for, then please still get in touch to register so we can provide you with other opportunities to support your career in 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.

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About Teaching Personnel


Teaching Personnel is the UK’s leading education recruitment agency. Since 1996 we have registered hundreds of thousands of teachers and classroom support staff who have chosen us to help them find work in UK classrooms. Our mission statement 'Making a Difference Every Day through Staffing, Tutoring and Supply' captures the essence of what we do, the services we provide and what is really important about the work undertaken by our branches.

We commit to 'quality' always aiming to provide the best services, the best candidates and the best value. We strive to always be the 'leading' agency in the market, making sure we have sufficient branch staff, locations and candidates to meet all of the staffing needs at our client schools. We are committed to being 'expert' at what we do by training our staff to understand the schools market and the importance of fulfilling the special and often unique requirements of each individual school. We want to be recognised as... Quality - Leading - Experts

Joining our Recruitment Team

Could Teaching Personnel be your place to thrive? Working as a Recruitment Consultant at Teaching Personnel is a challenging but thoroughly enjoyable and rewarding experience. To find out what it's like working for Teaching Personnel, visit our careers site https://www.linkedin.com/company/teaching-personnel/life/work-for-us-education-recruitment/?viewAsMember=true

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