Primary Teacher - Supply
Job description
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CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS
Location - Grays, 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
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Highlight your QTS qualification prominently as this is explicitly required for the role
📊 Quantify your SEN experience: 'Supported 8 SEN pupils across autism and ADHD spectrum'
🎯 Emphasise classroom management skills as the role involves challenging behaviour
🌐 Mention your DBS status and willingness to work supply across multiple schools
🤝 Show flexibility for both daily and long-term supply arrangements
Suggested CV bullets
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- •Managed challenging behaviour across 12 different primary schools as supply teacher, maintaining 95% positive feedback from headteachers
- •Supported 15 SEN pupils including autism and ADHD cases, implementing individual behaviour plans and achieving improved engagement
- •Delivered KS1 and KS2 curriculum across 8 Essex schools, adapting lesson plans for classes of 25-30 pupils at short notice
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Prospero Teaching's Primary Supply Teacher position in Grays perfectly matches my QTS qualification and extensive SEN experience. Your focus on supporting teachers with challenging behaviour management aligns with my classroom expertise across diverse primary settings.
My background in primary education includes managing mixed-ability classes and adapting quickly to different school environments, essential skills for successful supply teaching.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you adapt lesson plans when covering for different year groups at short notice?
- ›What strategies do you use to support SEN pupils in mainstream classrooms?
- ›How do you maintain classroom routines when working as a supply teacher?
- ›What assessment methods do you use to gauge pupil understanding quickly?
- ›How do you differentiate learning for mixed ability classes?
Behavioural
- ›Describe a time you managed challenging behaviour in an unfamiliar classroom
- ›How do you build rapport with pupils when you may only teach them for one day?
- ›Tell me about a situation where you had to adapt quickly to a school's policies
- ›Describe how you handle stress when facing difficult classroom situations
- ›Give an example of when you supported a pupil with additional needs
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a time you managed challenging behaviour in an unfamiliar classroom
How do you build rapport with pupils when you may only teach them for one day?