Qualified Casual Cover Supervisor
| Posting date: | 12 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 November 2025 |
| Location: | Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0BG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | ba130699-dc15-44de-bbfa-8bb27241aeb4 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Description: Casual Cover Supervisor (Qualified)
Location:Aldridge School, Walsall, West MidlandsSalary:£25 – £30.59 per hour + holiday pay (depending on qualifications and experience)Responsible to:Cover ManagerContract:Casual (hours vary as needed)
Main Purpose of the Role
To supervise classes during short-term teacher absences, ensuring students remain on task and follow the work set by teaching staff.
Key Responsibilities
• Supervise classes in the absence of teachers.
• Ensure students complete the work provided and maintain a positive learning environment.
• Manage classroom behaviour in line with school policies.
• Support students with questions about the work set.
• Report back to teachers on student progress and behaviour.
• Uphold the school’s safeguarding and child protection policies at all times.
Person Specification
Essential:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage classroom behaviour effectively.
• Reliable, flexible, and able to work at short notice.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
What the school offers its staff
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Job Description: Casual Cover Supervisor (Qualified)
Location:Aldridge School, Walsall, West MidlandsSalary:£25 – £30.59 per hour + holiday pay (depending on qualifications and experience)Responsible to:Cover ManagerContract:Casual (hours vary as needed)
Main Purpose of the Role
To supervise classes during short-term teacher absences, ensuring students remain on task and follow the work set by teaching staff.
Key Responsibilities
• Supervise classes in the absence of teachers.
• Ensure students complete the work provided and maintain a positive learning environment.
• Manage classroom behaviour in line with school policies.
• Support students with questions about the work set.
• Report back to teachers on student progress and behaviour.
• Uphold the school’s safeguarding and child protection policies at all times.
Person Specification
Essential:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage classroom behaviour effectively.
• Reliable, flexible, and able to work at short notice.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
What the school offers its staff
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.