Cover Supervisor

Teaching Personnel are seeking confident and adaptable Cover Supervisors to provide ad hoc supply cover across a range of secondary schools in Portsmouth. This flexible role is ideal for individuals looking to gain varied classroom experience, maintain work–life balance, or explore a career in education.

In this role, you will deliver pre-prepared lessons to students aged 11–16 in the absence of their usual teacher. Your key responsibility will be to ensure students remain on task and engaged with their learning while maintaining a calm, positive and productive classroom environment. Depending on the setting, you may also be required to support pupils with special educational needs (SEN) and provide clear feedback to teaching staff regarding student behaviour and progress.

The successful candidate will have experience working with secondary-aged pupils, with SEN experience being advantageous. You should be confident managing classrooms, able to adapt quickly to different school environments, and communicate effectively with both students and staff. Enthusiasm, resilience and a genuine commitment to supporting young people’s education are essential.

This is a flexible, ad hoc supply role offering competitive daily pay rates of £100–£120, with opportunities to work in a variety of supportive and inclusive school settings. You will also benefit from ongoing support and guidance from Teaching Personnel’s experienced recruitment team.

If you are motivated to make a positive impact in the classroom and are seeking flexible work across Portsmouth schools, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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. Full assistance provided.

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