Cover Supervisor

Cover Supervisor – Birmingham

Are you confident in the classroom and looking to gain valuable experience in secondary education? Several Birmingham secondary schools are seeking Cover Supervisors to join them from September 2025 for both long-term and day-to-day roles.
 
Key Details

• Role: Cover Supervisor
• Location: Birmingham (various secondary schools)
• Pay: £500 – £750 per week (depending on experience and placement)
• Start Date: September 2025
• Contract: Long-term and day-to-day opportunities available
• Year Groups: KS3 & KS4

 
The Role
As a Cover Supervisor, you’ll deliver pre-set lessons in the absence of the class teacher, ensuring students remain on task and behaviour is managed effectively. You’ll be expected to supervise a range of subjects across Key Stages 3 and 4, maintaining a calm and productive learning environment. No planning or marking is required, making this an ideal route into teaching or a flexible education-based role.
 
The Candidate
This role suits confident communicators with a professional attitude and strong classroom presence. You may be a graduate seeking school-based experience, an aspiring teacher, or an experienced education support worker. Flexibility, reliability, and the ability to build rapport with students are essential. Prior experience in a school is helpful but not essential if you have transferable skills.
 
The Schools
You’ll be working in a variety of well-regarded Birmingham secondary schools, each offering support, structure, and the opportunity to grow. Whether you're looking for consistent long-term work or varied day-to-day placements, you'll be part of a network of schools that value cover staff and see them as integral to their smooth daily running.
 
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.