Primary Teacher - Supply
Job description
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CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS
Location - Chelmsford, Essex
Position - Primary Supply Teacher
Contract or position start date: ASAP
Duration / Likely Duration - Ongoing booking
Contract type - Long-Term and Daily Supply
Full time/part time - Full Time
Minimum rate of pay Minimum rate - £130-£150
Hours - Monday to Friday - mins unpaid break
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Must hold a QTS
Must have experience with SEN needs
Able to manage a classroom
Must be comfortable with challenging behaviour
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide two professional child related references
OTHER
If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up-to-date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.
Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:
Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
In-house Training and Development Team
Additionally, if you have a friend or colleague who you think would be interested in this role then please refer them to us and you could earn GBP150 from our Refer a Friend scheme.
Key skills
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Application advice
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⭐ Highlight your QTS qualification prominently as this is explicitly required for the role
📊 Quantify your SEN experience: 'Supported 8 SEN pupils across KS1/KS2, improving engagement by 40%'
🌐 Emphasise your adaptability with supply work: 'Successfully adapted to 15+ different school environments'
🎯 Showcase behaviour management skills with specific examples of challenging situations you've handled
🤝 Mention your Enhanced DBS status and willingness to register with update service
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- •Delivered consistent KS1 and KS2 curriculum across 12 different schools as supply teacher, maintaining 95% positive feedback from head teachers
- •Supported 15 SEN pupils with diverse needs including autism and ADHD, implementing individualised behaviour strategies that reduced disruption by 60%
- •Managed challenging behaviour incidents in 8 different classroom environments, successfully de-escalating situations and maintaining learning focus for 25+ pupils
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Prospero Teaching's commitment to supporting supply teachers with free CPD and in-house training aligns perfectly with my career development goals as a qualified primary teacher. With my QTS qualification and extensive SEN experience, I am well-positioned to provide consistent, high-quality education across your Chelmsford school placements.
My background in primary education includes successfully managing diverse classrooms and adapting quickly to different school environments, essential skills for effective supply teaching.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you adapt your teaching approach when working as a supply teacher in different schools?
- ›What strategies do you use to support pupils with SEN needs in a mainstream classroom?
- ›How do you quickly establish classroom routines and expectations as a supply teacher?
- ›What behaviour management techniques do you find most effective with challenging pupils?
- ›How do you ensure continuity of learning when covering for absent teachers?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage particularly challenging behaviour in the classroom
- ›Describe a situation where you had to quickly adapt to a new school environment
- ›Give an example of how you've supported a pupil with SEN needs
- ›Tell me about a time you had to build rapport quickly with a new class
- ›Describe how you handle the uncertainty and variety that comes with supply teaching
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 manage particularly challenging behaviour in the classroom
Describe a situation where you had to quickly adapt to a new school environment