Supply Teacher
Job description
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At Engage Education, we’ve spent over a decade making sure our supply teachers are happy and supported, and offered satisfying and reliable work. We have built an excellent reputation in and developed strong links with the schools in the area.
We are looking for some more fantastic supply teachers to increase the availability we can offer to our local schools in Brighton and the surrounding towns. If you’re considering your next long term role, or looking for flexibility, supply teaching is a great opportunity to see a variety of local schools before considering where you’d like to work on a long term basis, and a chance to further expand your teaching network. The schools are also all accessible via public transport.
About the role:We are looking for teachers to work on a day-to-day supply basis to cover both planned and unplanned absences, often at short notice. For the right teachers, we can offer Secure Guaranteed Pay contracts, ensuring you get paid, even when we are unable to secure work for you.
What do I need?- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Flexibility, enthusiasm and motivation to deliver great lessons
- Behaviour management skills
- An ability to adhere to and implement schools’ various policies
We are Engage Education, the most trusted education recruitment agency, with professional development and support at our core.
- Get paid in line with national scales (AWR compliant)
- Free CPD sessions
- Your own dedicated consultant
- Receive a £50 Amazon voucher when you refer friends!
- Wellbeing support, travel discounts, and retail offers from our partners
Great! If you meet the criteria to become a supply teacher with Engage, you can apply below or contact us directly.
All applicants require the appropriate qualifications and training.
If you don’t hear from us within 2 working days, unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful for this role. However, we’ll keep your CV on file and get in touch if something suitable comes up. (You can still apply for our other roles, too!)
Engage Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance will be provided.
By applying for this role, you are consenting to Engage Education Ltd storing your details in our fully encrypted database, in line with the new GDPR requirements.
We look forward to working with you!
Key skills
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Application advice
5 AI-generated recommendations to maximise your chances.
⭐ Place your QTS qualification prominently at the top of your CV under a 'Key Qualifications' section, as the advert lists it as the primary requirement.
📊 Quantify your classroom experience: e.g. 'Delivered supply cover across 8 secondary schools over 12 months, maintaining positive behaviour in classes of up to 30 pupils.'
🎯 Highlight your behaviour management approach with a specific example — the advert explicitly calls this out as a required skill alongside policy adherence.
🤝 Mention any previous supply or short-notice cover experience to demonstrate the flexibility and reliability Engage Education emphasises throughout the advert.
📋 Include your enhanced DBS certificate status and any safeguarding training (e.g. Safeguarding Level 1/2) as the advert stresses Engage's commitment to child welfare and all candidates must hold a valid check.
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- •Delivered day-to-day supply cover across 6 Brighton secondary schools over 10 months, maintaining positive classroom behaviour for classes of up to 32 pupils with no recorded escalations.
- •Implemented 3 different schools' behaviour management policies within single weeks, achieving lesson completion rates above 95% as recorded in end-of-day feedback from department heads.
- •Completed 4 CPD modules in safeguarding and inclusive teaching practice, maintaining a valid enhanced DBS certificate and contributing to whole-school welfare compliance across every placement.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Engaging Education's reputation for AWR-compliant pay and genuine consultant support is exactly what drew me to this Supply Teacher vacancy covering secondary schools in Brighton. With Qualified Teacher Status and a current enhanced DBS certificate, I am ready to deliver effective, well-managed lessons at short notice across a range of year groups and subjects.
My background in secondary school teaching has equipped me with strong behaviour management skills and the adaptability needed to step into unfamiliar classrooms and maintain a productive learning environment from the first minute. I have consistently followed school-specific policies across multiple settings and take an active approach to CPD to keep my practice current.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How do you quickly familiarise yourself with a school's behaviour management policy when arriving at short notice?
- ›What strategies do you use to deliver effective lessons when no detailed plan has been left by the absent teacher?
- ›How do you ensure your teaching practice remains AWR-compliant when working across multiple schools?
- ›Describe how you keep your CPD up to date while working on a day-to-day supply basis.
- ›How do you adapt your lesson delivery for different year groups and ability sets across secondary schools?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed a challenging classroom behaviour situation and how you resolved it.
- ›Describe a situation where you had to adapt your plans at very short notice — what did you do and what was the outcome?
- ›Give an example of when you built a positive relationship quickly with students you had never met before.
- ›Tell me about a time you had to follow a school policy you were unfamiliar with — how did you get up to speed?
- ›Describe a situation where you received limited information before a lesson and how you ensured pupils still had a productive session.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you managed a challenging classroom behaviour situation and how you resolved it.
Describe a situation where you had to adapt your plans at very short notice — what did you do and what was the outcome?