Cover Supervisor/Unqualified Teacher – Secondary School
Pay: £90–£130 per day
Contract: Flexible / Temp / Ongoing
Start Date: September 2025
Love the classroom buzz but not keen on lesson planning? Fancy a flexible job where no two days are the same? Join us as a Cover Supervisor and help keep learning ticking along when teachers are away.
Whether you're a graduate exploring your options, a teaching assistant ready for the next step, or someone with solid youth work or coaching experience, you've got what it takes to make an impact in a Islington secondary school.
What you'll be doing:
1. Stepping into lessons across a range of subjects (no planning required!)
2. Delivering pre-set work and keeping students engaged
3. Managing behaviour in a calm, confident way
4. Building quick rapport with students while keeping things professional
Experience that works well in this role:
5. Teaching Assistant or Learning Mentor experience – already familiar with the school vibe? Even better
What we’re looking for:
6. A confident communicator who can lead a room
7. Flexible, reliable, and quick on your feet
8. Good sense of humour and a calm approach to challenges
9. Degree not essential, but it’s a bonus
Thinking about teaching in the future?
This role is a brilliant springboard into teacher training, and we’ll be with you every step of the way. Want to boost your classroom creds? We can offer FREE training on the role of a Cover Supervisor. As well as this, we offer FREE Thrive training, which gives you tools to support students’ emotional wellbeing, a huge plus in today’s schools and a major tick on any CV.
Why join Protocol Education?
10. Weekly pay through PAYE – no umbrella faff
11. FREE Thrive training + CPD Academy access
12. Personalised support from a dedicated consultant
13. Flexible bookings with local schools that fit your schedule
14. Referral scheme – recommend a mate, get rewarded
We’ve got secondary schools across Islington ready to welcome brilliant Cover Supervisors. Whether you want two days or five, we’ll match you with schools that suit your vibe.
Apply today and let’s get you started.
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 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.
Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.
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 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.
Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.