Cover Supevisor
Job description
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Cover Supervisor – Swansea & West Wales
£100–£120 per day | 8:30am – 3:30pm | No weekends
Are you looking for a rewarding role in education that offers great work-life balance and valuable classroom experience?
Teaching Personnel are currently recruiting Cover Supervisors to work across secondary schools in Swansea and West Wales. This is an excellent opportunity for individuals considering a future in teaching or looking to gain experience in schools.
The Role
As a Cover Supervisor, you will:
- Deliver pre-set lessons in the absence of the teacher
- Maintain strong classroom behaviour and engagement
- Ensure students stay on task and complete work set
- Provide feedback to teaching staff on lesson progress
- Adapt confidently across different subjects and classrooms
Requirements
To be considered, you must have:
- Minimum of 5 GCSEs (Grade C/4 or above), including English and Maths
- Enhanced DBS check (or willingness to obtain one)
- EWC registration (or willingness to register)
- Strong communication and classroom management skills
Desirable (Not Essential)
- Previous experience working with children or young people
- Teaching, coaching, youth work, or mentoring background
- Degree or relevant educational qualification
- Experience in schools (TA, Cover Supervisor, etc.)
Why Choose Teaching Personnel?
Teaching Personnel are the UK’s leading education recruitment agency, working in partnership with schools to provide high-quality staff.
When you join us, you’ll benefit from:
- Competitive daily pay (£100–£120)
- No weekend work – enjoy your evenings and time off
- Consistent hours (8:30am – 3:30pm)
- Flexible work to suit your schedule
- A dedicated local consultant supporting you
- Access to free CPD training and development
- Opportunities for long-term and permanent roles
- Weekly pay through PAYE (no umbrella companies)
Apply Today!
If you’re confident, adaptable, and passionate about working with young people, we’d love to hear from you.
Take the next step into education with a role that offers flexibility, experience, and excellent work-life balance — all with no weekend work.
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.
For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.
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⭐ Highlight your Enhanced DBS clearance prominently as this is essential for the role and shows you're ready to start immediately
📊 Quantify your classroom experience: 'Supervised 30+ students across KS3/KS4 lessons, maintaining 95% on-task behaviour'
🎓 Emphasise your GCSE qualifications including English and Maths Grade C/4+ as these are mandatory requirements
🌐 Mention any cross-curricular experience as Cover Supervisors work across different subjects and year groups
🤝 Include any youth work, coaching or mentoring background as the advert specifically values this experience
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- •Supervised 25-30 secondary school students across KS3 and KS4 lessons, maintaining 90% on-task behaviour through effective classroom management techniques
- •Delivered pre-set lessons across 8 different subject areas including English, Maths and Science, ensuring curriculum continuity during teacher absence
- •Provided detailed feedback reports to 15+ teaching staff weekly, highlighting student progress and behavioural observations to support lesson planning
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the Cover Supervisor position with Teaching Personnel across Swansea and West Wales secondary schools. With my Enhanced DBS clearance and strong classroom management skills, I am well-positioned to deliver pre-set lessons and maintain student engagement across different subjects and year groups.
My background in working with young people has equipped me with the adaptability and communication skills essential for this role. I understand the importance of maintaining classroom behaviour while ensuring students complete their assigned work, and I am confident in providing constructive feedback to teaching staff about lesson progress.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you handle delivering a pre-set lesson in a subject you're unfamiliar with?
- ›What strategies would you use to maintain classroom behaviour across different year groups?
- ›How do you ensure students complete work set when the regular teacher is absent?
- ›Describe your experience with safeguarding procedures in educational settings
- ›How would you provide meaningful feedback to teaching staff about lesson progress?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to an unfamiliar situation
- ›Describe a situation where you had to manage challenging behaviour from young people
- ›Give an example of when you've had to communicate effectively with colleagues about student progress
- ›Tell me about a time you showed initiative when working with children or young people
- ›Describe how you would handle a situation where students refuse to engage with the work set
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to an unfamiliar situation
Describe a situation where you had to manage challenging behaviour from young people