Reliable Secondary Supply Teachers & Cover Supervisors | Brighton

I'm building my day-to-day team for Brighton's secondary schools, and reliability matters more to me than being available five days a week.

I'm a Recruitment Consultant working directly with secondary schools across Brighton and the surrounding areas, and I need to strengthen the pool of educators I can confidently call when those schools need cover.

So I'm going to be quite transparent about what I'm recruiting for.

I need Supply Teachers and Cover Supervisors who want casual, flexible work and are comfortable with the reality that day-to-day supply isn't guaranteed.

There may be weeks where you're busy.

There may be quieter weeks.

Some bookings will be arranged days in advance. Others will come through first thing that morning.

If you're looking for guaranteed five-day-a-week income, this particular type of work probably isn't the best fit. I also recruit for longer-term secondary opportunities and would happily discuss those with you instead.

But if you want genuinely flexible work that you can fit around the rest of your life, this could work really well.

The Early Starts Are Worth Knowing About

Schools don't wait until 9am to tell me somebody's off sick.

I can start receiving calls from schools from around 6:30am, and occasionally even earlier.

On those mornings, I'm then contacting the educators who've told me they're available that day.

You absolutely don't need to be free Monday to Friday. One or two reliable days each week can be incredibly useful.

What matters is that if you've told me you're available on Wednesday, that availability is genuine. If I'm calling at 6:30 or 6:45 with a booking, I need people who are likely to answer, respond quickly and be ready to get moving.

The Work

Depending on your experience, you'll be working at either Supply Teacher or Cover Supervisor level across secondary schools in and around Brighton.

Bookings can include:

• Same-day emergency cover
• Pre-booked daily supply
• Planned staff absence
• Cover Supervisor work
• Subject-specific teaching
• Several consecutive days at the same school
• Longer placements where opportunities develop

Good day-to-day educators also tend to get requested again.

Once a school knows you, trusts you and knows that you can manage their classrooms, those relationships can quickly turn into more regular bookings.

Who I'd Like to Hear From

For Supply Teacher work, you'll need QTS or an appropriate equivalent.

For Cover Supervisor work, QTS is not required. I'd be interested in experienced Cover Supervisors as well as people with strong transferable experience working with groups of young people, including graduates, coaches, tutors and youth workers.

Whichever level you're working at, I'm looking for people who can walk into an unfamiliar school, communicate confidently, follow the school's systems and provide pupils with a calm and professional presence.

Having access to a car is a big advantage for day-to-day supply because it opens up considerably more schools and last-minute opportunities, but it isn't essential.

The Practical Stuff

• Secondary schools across Brighton and surrounding areas
• Flexible day-to-day and pre-booked work
• Work throughout the 2026/27 academic year
• Competitive daily rates appropriate to the role
• CPD and training available
• Enhanced child-only DBS registered on the Update Service required

If you don't currently have the required DBS, you'll need to apply through us and cover the associated cost.

We'll also need a full employment/education history and references covering 24 months of employment in total where possible as part of our safeguarding process.

Sound Like Your Kind of Work?

I'm not trying to build the biggest supply pool in Brighton.

I want a dependable one.

If you like the freedom of casual work, are realistic about the fact that it fluctuates, and can stick to the availability you give me, I'd really like to hear from you.

Apply and let's have a chat about getting you into my secondary supply pool for the new academic year.

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