Job Description
Cover Supervisor – Leeds
Perfect for Graduates | Flexible Start | Paid Classroom Experience
Milk Education is working with a range of welcoming secondary schools across Leeds who are seeking confident, reliable, and enthusiastic Cover Supervisors to step into the classroom and support pupils across KS3 & KS4.
This role is ideal for graduates, including those in Psychology, Education, Sports, Drama, English, Social Sciences, and related degrees, or anyone with experience working with young people who is looking to gain hands-on school experience.
Cover Supervisor roles are a great stepping stone into:
* Teaching
* Pastoral roles
* Behaviour support
* Youth work
* SEN support
* PGCE/Teacher Training pathways
Your Role & Responsibilities
* Deliver pre-planned lessons in the absence of the class teacher
* Manage classroom behaviour using positive strategies
* Support pupils to stay on task and complete set work
* Communicate effectively with pupils to encourage participation
* Report back to teaching staff with feedback on progress and behaviour
* Uphold safeguarding and school behaviour policies
Who Can Apply?
We welcome applicants with:
* A degree OR experience working with young people (schools, sports coaching, youth work, tutoring, mentoring etc.)
* Confidence in leading a classroom
* Strong communication and behaviour management skills
* A calm, positive, and proactive attitude
Why This Role Is Ideal
* Gain paid classroom experience across a variety of subjects
* Perfect preparation for PGCE, Schools Direct, or Teacher Training
* Build confidence in behaviour management and whole-class supervision
* Work in supportive, well-established secondary schools
Benefits to YOU:
* Competitive rates of pay with temp-to-perm routes available.
* Speedy registration process & fast-track compliance – APSCo Compliance+ accredited for the highest safer recruitment standards.
* Flexible days and working hours to suit your schedule.
* Culture-matched placements – we take the time to understand you and find schools that fit your values and strengths.
* 5+ CPD courses completed before placement (including Safeguarding, SEND & Behaviour)
Click ‘Apply Now’ or get in touch with me for more information about this great opportunity:
miles.fortune@milk-education.co.uk
0113 418 010
Why choose Milk Education?
We’re bottled differently here at Milk, with national coverage and offices in your local area. We take a whole-school approach to staffing, culture and school impact, connecting educators with schools that value consistency, wellbeing and community. With Priority Partnerships, enrichment programmes, CPD and our Unbottled and Make Life Kind initiatives, we’re rethinking what a recruitment agency can be.
Milk Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We are proudly APSCo Compliance+ accredited, reflecting our dedication to the highest standards in safer recruitment. All applicants will be subject to thorough compliance checks in line with DfE, Keeping Children Safe in Education, and APSCo guidelines.
Milk Education is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. By applying for this role, you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy, which can be found on our website. Please note that Milk Education is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.