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This welcoming, inclusive secondary school in Oldham is offering graduate opportunities for Cover Supervisors starting September 2025. The role is ideal for anyone considering teaching, educational psychology, or a career working with young people.
The school has a diverse student community and a warm, supportive ethos. You’ll be working alongside experienced teachers, behaviour mentors, and pastoral staff, all committed to making education meaningful and inclusive.
No prior school experience? No problem. Full training and mentoring are provided, and you'll never be left without support. What matters is your enthusiasm, professionalism, and ability to build rapport with students.
What You’ll Gain:
Paid classroom experience that strengthens your CV
Insight into a real secondary school environment
A chance to learn from experienced teachers
Direct support from a Cover Manager and ongoing CPD
The Role Involves:
Supervising pre-planned lessons in the absence of the regular teacher
Managing behaviour and encouraging positive attitudes to learning
Feeding back to departments on lesson outcomes
Supporting wider school life, including duties and events
Ideal Candidate:
Recent graduate with strong people skills
Comfortable leading a classroom with confidence
Open-minded, empathetic, and calm under pressure
Interested in a future working with young people or in education
This is a full-time, term-time position, with potential for long-term roles and future training routes for the right candidate.
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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