Cover Supervisor / Classroom Assistant / NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

Job Description

Cover Supervisor / Classroom Assistant

A fantastic opportunity for a Cover Supervisor / Classroom Assistant to support young people in a busy secondary school environment. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with students, building confidence in the classroom and gaining valuable education experience, with full training provided.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Cover Supervisor, School Cover Supervisor, Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant, Student Support Officer, Learning Mentor, Education Support Assistant

This position could become permanent if the current post holder is appointed to the new role permanently. This role can also be a career in itself or serve as a springboard to a teaching career or other work with young people in the future.

Applications are welcomed from both experienced Cover Supervisors and those looking to gain experience, as full training will be provided. 

SALARY: £27,779 per annum FTE / Actual Annual Salary £17,846 + Benefits

LOCATION: Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire

JOB TYPE: Part-Time, Contract (Starting September 2026 to August 2027)

WORKING HOURS: 28.35 hours per week, 8:30am to 3:10pm Monday to Friday, term time only (38 weeks)

JOB OVERVIEW

As a Cover Supervisor / Classroom Assistant you will supervise classes during the absence of the regular teacher, ensuring students understand the work set and remain focused throughout the lesson.

The Cover Supervisor / Classroom Assistant will support a positive learning environment across both key stages, using strong communication, classroom management and behaviour management skills.

This role could suit someone looking to build a career in education, work with young people or take a practical step towards future teaching or school support work.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Cover Supervisor / Classroom Assistant include:

• Lesson Cover: Supervise classes during teacher absence, deliver work from existing plans and help students remain focused on learning tasks

• Tutor Registration: Cover tutor registrations when required, read out messages and daily notices and support classroom expectations

• Student Supervision: Escort students to assemblies when covering tutor time and supervise them throughout the assembly duration

• Classroom Management: Ensure students enter lessons appropriately, follow the school’s code of conduct and meet classroom standards

• Behaviour Management: Respond promptly to poor behaviour or inattentiveness, taking suitable action to avoid disruption to whole-class learning

• Learning Support: Communicate the lesson objective, clarify instructions and support students where possible with understanding and completing work

• Registers and Records: Take lesson registers, complete referrals where appropriate and leave relevant notes for teachers, tutors or year leaders

• Classroom Organisation: Collate work, resources and textbooks at the end of lessons and ensure classrooms are left tidy

• School Duties: Undertake a supervision duty, such as break or lunchtime duty, once a week

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Confident working with young people in a classroom or school environment

• Able to communicate clearly and positively with students, teachers and colleagues

• Strong classroom management and behaviour management skills, or the willingness to develop these through training

• Able to follow lesson plans, instructions, school procedures and behaviour policies accurately

• Calm, reliable and professional approach when supporting students and managing classroom expectations

• Good organisational skills with the ability to keep students on task and manage resources effectively

• Able to work well as part of a team and learn new skills

• Interest in education, teaching, school support or working with young people

BENEFITS

• Friendly and sociable colleagues
• One day per academic year — a fully paid day off to support personal events
• Two-week October half term, providing staff and students with an extended break during the autumn term
• Free on-site car park
• Staff membership rates to the modern on-site Leisure Centre
• Enrolment in one of the UK’s Largest public sector pension schemes
• A tax efficient Cycle-to-Work scheme through salary sacrifice
• Good transport links

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The school will ensure that all their recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service / DBS checks along with other relevant employment checks.

We reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.

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JOB REF: AWDO-C14977

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