PPA Teacher | North Somerset | Part Time Flexible
Job description
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Location: North Somerset
Hours: Part time, flexible days (at least 2 days per week)
We are working with primary schools in North Somerset who are seeking enthusiastic Teachers for PPA cover roles. This is a flexible, part time position with a minimum commitment of 2 days per week.
This is a great opportunity for teachers who enjoy variety and are happy to teach across different age groups. You will be delivering pre planned lessons, covering classes while permanent staff have their PPA time, and maintaining a positive classroom environment.
Key details:
- Role: PPA Cover Teacher
- Location: North Somerset
- Days: Part time, flexible (minimum 2 days per week)
- Year groups: Happy to teach across EYFS, KS1 and KS2
Person specification:
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS or equivalent)
- Recent primary teaching experience across any year group
- Confident stepping into different classrooms and adapting quickly
- Enthusiastic, reliable and committed to supporting pupil progress and wellbeing
Benefits of working with Teaching Personnel:
- Competitive daily rates of pay
- Weekly pay
- A dedicated recruitment consultant as your main point of contact
- Access to a wide network of local schools and opportunities
- Ongoing CPD and free training courses
- Flexible working options to suit your lifestyle
- Streamlined registration and compliance support
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
If this sounds like the role for you, we would love to hear from you! Please submit your CV via this advert and we will be in touch to chat through the next steps.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for 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.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with 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 all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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Application advice
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⭐ Place your QTS qualification prominently in your CV header or personal statement, as the advert lists it as the first essential requirement.
📊 Quantify your classroom experience: e.g. 'Delivered PPA cover across 6 year groups (EYFS–KS2) for 3 primary schools over 2 academic years'.
🎯 Explicitly state your experience across EYFS, KS1 and KS2 in your skills section — the advert requires comfort teaching all three phases.
🛡️ Include your enhanced DBS status and its issue date in your CV, as safeguarding compliance is central to Teaching Personnel's registration process.
🤝 Highlight any supply or cover teaching experience separately, as the advert specifically values teachers who can step confidently into different classrooms at short notice.
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- •Delivered PPA cover across 5 North Somerset primary schools, teaching EYFS to KS2 year groups on a flexible 3-day-per-week basis throughout the 2023–24 academic year.
- •Maintained classroom behaviour and pupil engagement across 12 different year groups by implementing consistent routines, achieving positive feedback from 9 out of 10 class teachers on handover notes.
- •Completed enhanced DBS check and annual safeguarding training in line with DfE 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' guidance, supporting compliant placement across 4 schools simultaneously.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Teaching Personnel's PPA Cover Teacher vacancy in North Somerset aligns directly with my experience delivering primary lessons across EYFS, KS1 and KS2. Holding Qualified Teacher Status and an enhanced DBS certificate, I am fully compliant and ready to step into classrooms at short notice, maintaining positive learning environments from pre-planned lesson materials.
My background in primary education includes covering multiple year groups across different schools, which has sharpened my ability to adapt quickly to new classroom routines and pupil needs. I have consistently supported pupil progress and wellbeing during PPA cover sessions, building rapport with classes efficiently even in single-day placements.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you quickly familiarise yourself with a pre-planned lesson when you have minimal preparation time?
- ›What strategies do you use to maintain behaviour and routine in an unfamiliar classroom?
- ›How do you adapt your teaching approach when moving between EYFS and KS2 on the same day?
- ›What does effective safeguarding practice look like in a primary supply teaching context?
- ›How do you ensure pupil progress is supported when you are only covering a class for a single session?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to an unfamiliar classroom or year group.
- ›Describe a situation where you maintained a positive learning environment despite challenging pupil behaviour.
- ›Give an example of when you delivered a lesson from someone else's plan and how you made it your own.
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a safeguarding concern and how you handled it.
- ›Describe how you have managed working across multiple schools or settings simultaneously.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to adapt quickly to an unfamiliar classroom or year group.
Describe a situation where you maintained a positive learning environment despite challenging pupil behaviour.
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