Cover Supervisor Teacher

Cover Supervisor – Halifax

Location: Halifax, West Yorkshire
Full-Time, Part-Time & Flexible Opportunities Available
Competitive Daily Rate
Start Date: ASAP

Are you confident, adaptable, and passionate about supporting young people in their education?

We are currently recruiting motivated and reliable Cover Supervisors to work within secondary schools across Halifax. This is an excellent opportunity for graduates, aspiring teachers, experienced support staff, or individuals looking to gain valuable classroom experience within education.

As a Cover Supervisor, you will be responsible for supervising classes during teacher absences, ensuring students remain engaged and focused on the work that has been set.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering pre-prepared lessons across a range of subjects
• Managing classroom behaviour effectively in line with school policies
• Supervising students and maintaining a positive learning environment
• Encouraging student participation and engagement
• Supporting students to complete assigned tasks and activities
• Recording attendance and reporting any concerns to teaching staff
• Upholding safeguarding procedures and school expectations at all times

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Confidence managing groups of students in a classroom environment
• Excellent organisational and behaviour management skills
• A professional, proactive, and flexible approach
• Experience working with young people (desirable but not essential)
• A genuine interest in education and supporting student success

• Graduates considering a career in teaching
• Aspiring teachers seeking classroom experience
• Experienced Teaching Assistants looking to progress
• Individuals from coaching, mentoring, youth work, or training backgrounds

• Flexible work to suit your availability
• Opportunities within a variety of secondary school settings
• Competitive rates of pay
• Ongoing support from experienced education consultants
• Valuable experience to strengthen teacher training applications
• Long‑term and permanent opportunities available

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role.

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.