7 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    18 November 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    11 November 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Casual

Hourly rate

£25 – £30.59 per hour + holiday pay (depending on qualifications and experience)

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.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Aldridge School - A Science College

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1585 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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We are a comprehensive school of over 1500 students situated near the centre of Aldridge village. We believe that it is our responsibility to work to meet the needs of every individual student, challenging them to achieve their best, supporting them to become responsible young adults and preparing them for their next steps into the world of work or further education.

Aldridge School is a good school (Ofsted 2022).  It is a school which is proud of its traditions and successes which have been achieved through hard work and high expectations. In particular, we encourage our students to be Respectful, Responsible, Resilient and Ready to learn in order that they will be happy and successful at school and in the wider world beyond.

 Aldridge School has a dedicated, talented and conscientious team of staff who work together to provide a high standard of teaching, excellent pastoral care and professional support services. Our broad curriculum is designed to meet national expectations, be relevant and interesting, support our students in achieving the best possible standards in external examinations and to equip them with the skills they need to be successful in adult life.

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