Secondary Supply Teachers & Cover Supervisors

Secondary Supply Teachers & Cover Supervisors | Brighton & Surrounding Areas

Supply doesn't have to be a stop-gap between “proper” jobs. For plenty of educators, the flexibility is exactly the point.

I'm recruiting Secondary Supply Teachers and Cover Supervisors across Brighton and the surrounding areas for flexible day-to-day and pre-booked work throughout the 2026/27 academic year.

For some people, supply is temporary.

For others, it works perfectly around everything else in their lives.

You might want a couple of teaching days each week without taking on a permanent timetable. You might be returning to education after some time away. Perhaps you're considering teacher training and want genuine secondary classroom experience first.

Or you might simply prefer having some control over which days you work.

All of those are perfectly reasonable reasons to choose supply.

How does it work?

You let me know your availability and I'll look for suitable bookings across the secondary schools I work with.

You don't have to offer five days a week.

If you have two regular days available, that's useful. If your availability changes each week, we can work around that too.

Some bookings are arranged days or weeks ahead, while others come through on the morning itself.

Schools can start contacting me from around 6:30am, and occasionally earlier, when they've had unexpected absence overnight. If you've told me you're free that day, I may therefore call or message early to see whether you're interested.

If you prefer pre-booked work rather than same-day calls, just tell me. Knowing how you want to work helps me offer you the right things.

Supply Teachers

I'm looking for teachers across a range of secondary subjects.

You'll generally need QTS or an appropriate equivalent, and I'm happy to speak with ECTs as well as experienced teachers.

Depending on the booking, you might be covering general lessons for the day, teaching within your subject specialism or supporting a school with a longer period of absence.

For teachers who enjoy the classroom but want to step away from some of the wider responsibilities of a permanent role, supply can provide a useful middle ground.

Cover Supervisors

You don't need QTS to work as a Cover Supervisor.

You'll generally supervise lessons using work prepared by the school, help pupils remain focused and manage the classroom while their usual teacher is absent.

Previous school experience is helpful, but it isn't necessarily the only route in.

I'm also interested in speaking with people from backgrounds such as:

• Sports coaching
• Youth work
• Tutoring
• Mentoring
• Graduates considering teaching
• Other roles involving responsibility for groups of young people

If you're unsure whether your experience would translate, that's something we can discuss.

Getting familiar with schools

The first few supply bookings naturally involve walking into unfamiliar environments.

But it doesn't necessarily stay that way.

You'll find schools you enjoy. Schools get to know the educators they like having back. And when those two things line up, I'll always try to create that continuity where I can.

It means you can gradually build familiarity with staff, routines and pupils while still keeping the flexibility that attracted you to supply in the first place.

A realistic picture of supply

Day-to-day supply fluctuates, so I won't describe it as guaranteed five-day-a-week employment.

There can be very busy periods and quieter ones.

If you're looking for a consistent full working week, we can talk about longer-term opportunities instead.

If flexibility is important to you, however, day-to-day supply can work really well.

Having access to a car is useful and opens up more schools, particularly for short-notice bookings outside central Brighton, but driving isn't essential.

Registration & safeguarding

You'll need an Enhanced Child Workforce DBS registered on the Update Service. If you don't currently have one, you'll need to apply through us and join the Update Service. I'll support you through the process, although the associated cost is covered by the applicant.

We'll also require your full employment and education history and references covering 24 months of employment in total where possible, prioritising recent and relevant employment.

Interested?

Whether you're looking for regular weekly supply or just a few days around other commitments, apply and let's have a chat about what you're looking for.

From there, we can see how the schools I work with around Brighton could fit around you.

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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.
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