Cover Supervisor

Bristol | South Gloucestershire | Gloucestershire | Bath | Swindon | Wiltshire | North Somerset | Somerset

Secondary Schools | Flexible opportunities

Confident in front of a classroom and good at keeping things on track?
If you’ve got strong behaviour management skills and enjoy working with teenagers, this could be right up your street.

Protocol Education is working with secondary schools across Bristol and the wider South West looking for reliable Cover Supervisors to step in when teachers are away. You’ll deliver pre-set work, manage behaviour, and keep lessons running smoothly — no planning required.

What you’ll be doing

• Supervising classes across KS3 and KS4 using pre-prepared lesson plans
• Maintaining calm, purposeful classrooms and managing behaviour confidently
• Reinforcing school routines, expectations, and behaviour policies
• Dealing with low-level disruption and knowing when to escalate
• Supporting pupils to stay engaged and focused on their work

Why this role works

• Perfect for aspiring teachers, graduates, or experienced school staff
• Build strong classroom and behaviour management skills
• Gain hands-on secondary school experience without marking or planning
• Flexible work to fit around other commitments
• A great stepping stone into teaching or pastoral roles

Who we’re looking for

• Confident communicators who can lead a classroom
• Strong behaviour management and the ability to set clear boundaries
• Calm, consistent, and resilient when things get challenging
• Experience working with young people is essential
• School-based experience is ideal, but not always required
• DBS on the Update Service is required

What you’ll get with Protocol Education

• Weekly pay through PAYE – no umbrella faff
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• Ongoing support with behaviour management and classroom confidence
• A dedicated consultant who understands secondary schools
• Opportunities in mainstream, SEND, and alternative provisions

If behaviour, boundaries, and emotional wellbeing interest you, we’ll also introduce you to our free Thrive training, a great addition for Cover Supervisors and highly valued by schools.

If you’re ready to gain valuable classroom experience and support schools across Bristol and surrounding areas, apply today and explore the opportunities available.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further 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.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the 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 FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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