Graduate Cover Supervisor

ROLE: General Cover Supervisor – Future Teacher Programme

LOCATION: SHEFFIELD

Start Date: ASAP

Are you a graduate considering a teaching career? But first wanting to gain some classroom experience.

I am working with several mainstream Secondary schools in Sheffield who are looking to recruit a number of cover supervisors initially temporary basis (future opportunities for permanent positions.) Within this role you will be leading classes across all departments, delivering preset work and managing classroom behaviour.

Our schools are keen to support graduates as future teachers, providing support and training with behaviour management and offering opportunity to gain experience in a selected department to support with their subject specialism.

The ideal candidate will have some experience working within a school setting, be confident and demonstrate the confidence and capability to lead classes of students and manage challenge behaviour. A subject specialism would be advantageous.

Contract Details:

-          Full time or part time roles (Monday – Friday or min. of 3 days per week).

-          Working hours 8.15/8:30am – 3:15/3.30pm

-          Term time only – in line with the Sheffield academic calendar.

Benefits of working for Protocol Education:

-          Cover Supervisor and Behaviour Management Training provided prior to start date.

-          Continued professional development courses offered all year round.

-          A dedicated educational consultant offering career and personal support.

-          Refer a friend scheme, with monetary reward.

-          A competitive salary.

-          Flexibility of work.

If you want to make a difference and support children and young people in an education setting, APPLY NOW or email your CV to

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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