If you love being in the classroom but want life without the planning, marking, or late-night laminating sessions, this could be right up your street.
We’re looking for brilliant Cover Supervisors to support secondary schools across Retford. You don’t need qualified teacher status, just confidence, great communication skills, and the ability to keep a classroom ticking over with a smile.
What you’ll be doing
1. Supervising lessons when teachers are absent
2. Keeping students on track with set work
3. Managing behaviour with calm, steady confidence
4. Building positive relationships with pupils and staff
5. Making each class feel supported and ready to learn
Think of yourself as the steady hand that keeps the day running smoothly, even when the timetable throws a curveball.
Who this role suits
This role fits perfectly if you:
6. Have experience working with young people, even outside of school
7. Stay calm under pressure
8. Enjoy variety and new challenges
9. Want a foot in the door before teacher training, or just love the pace of school life
10. Like the idea of choosing when you work
Why schools will love you
You’re reliable, confident, flexible, and you know how to hold a room. You follow instructions well but aren’t afraid to think on your feet when a group needs a different approach. Basically, you’re the kind of person who makes teachers breathe a sigh of relief when they spot your name on the cover board.
What you get with Protocol Education
11. Weekly pay through PAYE
12. Your own consultant who actually listens
13. FREE access to our online CPD Academy
14. Opportunities in mainstream, SEND and alternative settings
15. A simple, friendly registration process
16. Bookings you can trust, with schools that value you
Bonus question…
Are you Thrive trained? If not, we’ll get you sorted. You can access our FREE Thrive training, which makes you even more appealing to schools looking for emotionally attuned, trauma-informed staff.
Apply now
If you’re ready to step into the classroom with confidence, click apply or drop me a message. Let’s get your first booking sorted.
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.
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