Secondary Teacher
Job description
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Secondary Teacher – Full-Time (Temporary)
Pay: £140–£200 per day (dependent on experience)
Teaching Personnel is looking for a confident and enthusiastic General Cover Teacher to join our team on a full-time, temporary basis. This is a great opportunity for adaptable teachers who enjoy variety and making a positive impact in the classroom
The Role:
- Deliver pre-planned lessons across a range of subjects
- Keep classrooms calm, focused, and engaging
- Follow school behaviour policies and routines
- Support pupils’ learning while covering staff absences
- Provide feedback to schools where required
?? The Ideal Candidate:
- Holds QTS or an equivalent teaching qualification
- Confident with classroom and behaviour management
- Flexible, reliable, and quick to adapt to new settings
- Able to build positive relationships with pupils and staff
- Recent experience working in UK schools
What Teaching Personnel Offers:
- Competitive daily pay (£140–£200)
- Full-time, temporary work with consistent opportunities
- Support from a friendly, dedicated consultant
- Experience across a variety of schools
- Access to CPD, training, and safeguarding support
If you’re a passionate teacher looking for a flexible and rewarding full-time role, we’d love to hear from you!
Apply today with your CV and start your journey with Teaching Personnel – the UK’s leading education recruitment agency.
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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⭐ Highlight your QTS qualification prominently as this is the essential requirement mentioned first
📊 Quantify your classroom experience: 'Managed classes of 30+ students across KS3-KS4 subjects'
🌐 Emphasise your adaptability and flexibility as the role requires working across various schools and subjects
🎯 Mention your enhanced DBS status if current, as safeguarding compliance is heavily emphasised
🤝 Showcase your behaviour management skills with specific examples as maintaining calm classrooms is key
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- •Delivered pre-planned lessons across 8 secondary subjects to classes of 25-32 students, maintaining 95% positive behaviour compliance
- •Managed classroom behaviour using diverse school policies across 12 different secondary schools in Yorkshire region
- •Supported 180+ KS3-KS4 students during staff absences, providing detailed feedback reports to 15 department heads
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the General Cover Teacher position with Teaching Personnel in Dewsbury. With my QTS qualification and proven classroom management skills, I am well-positioned to deliver engaging pre-planned lessons across secondary subjects while maintaining the calm, focused learning environment your schools require.
My background in secondary education has equipped me with the adaptability and behaviour management expertise essential for successful cover teaching across diverse school settings.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you adapt pre-planned lessons when you're unfamiliar with the subject content?
- ›What strategies do you use for effective classroom management in an unfamiliar school environment?
- ›How do you ensure safeguarding compliance when working as a cover teacher?
- ›Describe your approach to following different schools' behaviour policies
- ›How do you provide meaningful feedback to schools about lesson delivery and student progress?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to quickly adapt to a challenging classroom situation
- ›Describe how you build rapport with students when you're only teaching them temporarily
- ›Give an example of when you've had to manage difficult behaviour in an unfamiliar setting
- ›How do you handle the uncertainty and variety that comes with supply teaching?
- ›Tell me about a time you made a positive impact during a short-term teaching assignment
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 quickly adapt to a challenging classroom situation
Describe how you build rapport with students when you're only teaching them temporarily