Job Description

Primary teachers are required for advanced and emergency supply teaching cover throughout the spring term.

Your new school
I work with a number of nursery, infant, junior and primary schools and academies, specifically located in the Shropshire local authority.

Your new role
Across the spring term and the 2024-25 academic year, I will be supporting primary schools with a variety of roles within the classroom including:

PPA cover

Emergency same day absence cover (calls received from schools from 6am)

Advanced absence cover (calls received from schools up to 10pm)

ECT / SLT release time cover

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Course cover

What you'll need to succeed
Successful primary supply teachers have a variety of skills and experience. You will:

Hold QTS and be able to provide references that cover at least 40 days of teaching, within the last 2 years.

Have experience of teaching either Early Years, Key Stage 1 or Key Stage 2.

Be confident in quickly establishing new and effective relationships with children and staff.

Be able to quickly read a classroom and be able to adapt your teaching delivery and classroom management style to suit the class at the time.

Have a flexible approach, being able to follow the different policies of a variety of schools.

Primary supply teaching roles are open to experienced teachers and ECTs.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options are available - you can:

Choose if/when you work

Change your availability as often as you want to

Work as many days each week/half-term/term as you want to

Work half days - AM or PM

You will be supported in your job search by a consultant who has worked with primary schools since 2008, and you will build a working relationship where you can be open and honest about the schools that you like and want to work in and those that you don't.
You will build up a pool of schools where you want to be, you will become an extended member of their school team, able to build relationships with the children and staff over the academic year, being their chosen teacher to provide cover.
Everyone wants to cut their commute to and from work where possible - working with me, you will work in primary education settings that are local to you and that fit your individual circumstances.

What you need to do now
If you're interested in working as a primary supply teacher in Shropshire and the surrounding area, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. #