Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor – Dudley (KS3 & KS4)
 
If you’re confident in the classroom and enjoy working with young people, this Cover Supervisor role in Dudley could be a great fit for you. With both long-term placements and flexible day-to-day cover available, it’s a solid option for anyone looking to gain experience, support their PGCE plans, or simply enjoy the variety of teaching without the planning and marking workload.
 
Key Details

• Position: Cover Supervisor (KS3 & KS4)
• Location: Dudley Secondary Schools
• Start Date: November 2025
• Contract: Long-term and day-to-day options
• Pay: £500 – £750 per week (experience and assignment dependent)

 
The Role
As a Cover Supervisor, you’ll step into classrooms across a range of subjects, delivering pre-prepared work and ensuring lessons run smoothly. Your job is to maintain a positive learning environment, manage behaviour confidently, and keep students engaged while their teacher is away. Expect plenty of variety—you might be supporting English in the morning and supervising a PE session in the afternoon.
This role is ideal for graduates considering teaching, experienced Cover Supervisors, or teaching assistants looking to take the next step. Full support is provided, and schools are keen to take on reliable, confident staff who can quickly build rapport with students.
 
The Candidate
You’ll suit this role if you:

• Have strong classroom presence and enjoy leading groups
• Are adaptable and comfortable covering multiple subjects
• Communicate clearly and can build positive relationships
• Are reliable, punctual, and confident managing behaviour
• Hold relevant experience in schools or youth settings (preferred but not essential)

QTS is not required for this position.
 
The Schools
You’ll be working across a network of welcoming secondary schools in the Dudley area. These schools value consistency and appreciate Cover Supervisors who can maintain calm, productive classrooms. Many offer ongoing work throughout the academic year and often progress long-term candidates into more permanent roles.
 
Due to the number of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted.


The Education Network Offer:

Our specialist team have a combined experience of over 25 years and have unrivalled reputation within the education market, taking great pride in the extremely high service levels that we provide to both our schools and our candidates. Our service is honest and efficient and, in addition to our recruitment solution, we offer the opportunity for additional training and development for our candidates. You will also receive personalised career support from the team.

The opportunity to work in friendly, caring and supportive atmosphere where every child matters. Highly supportive, committed and hard working Consultants who will endeavor to find assignments suited to your needs.
An opportunity to extend your professional development as well as excellent rates of pay.

The Education Network is committed to safe guarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Appointments will be subject to our stringent vetting procedures, including enhanced DBS checks and references.-
The Education Network is committed to Safer Recruitment and recruits to Compliance+ standards. Any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check in addition to other safeguarding checks. The Education Network is an equal opportunities employer. The Education Network is acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.
Due to the expected high-volume of applications we receive only short-listed candidates will be contacted within 3 days.