Cover Supervisor

Monarch Education is delighted to be working in partnership with a successful secondary academy in Birmingham to recruit enthusiastic and reliable Cover Supervisors to join our supply bank from September 2026.

This is an excellent opportunity for graduates, aspiring teachers, experienced cover supervisors, teaching assistants, youth workers, or individuals with experience working with young people who are looking to gain valuable classroom experience within a secondary school setting.

The Role

As a Cover Supervisor, you will be responsible for supervising classes during the short-term absence of teaching staff. You will deliver pre-set work, manage classroom behaviour, and ensure students remain engaged in their learning.

Key responsibilities include:

Supervising whole classes during teacher absence
Managing classroom behaviour in line with school policies
Ensuring students complete the work set by teaching staff
Providing support and guidance to students where appropriate
Reporting back to teaching staff on student engagement and any issues arising during lessons

What We're Looking For

We are seeking candidates who:

Have experience working with children or young people
Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Are confident managing groups of students
Can remain calm, professional, and adaptable
Have a genuine passion for supporting educationPrevious experience as a Cover Supervisor is desirable but not essential, as training and support can be provided.

What Monarch Education Offers

Flexible day-to-day and longer-term opportunities
Competitive rates of pay
Weekly pay
Dedicated consultant support
Ongoing training and professional development
Opportunity to gain valuable secondary school experience
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Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant's applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.
This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed