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Protocol Education is recruiting for flexible, diverse Primary Teaching roles across Durham and Sunderland. We partner with a range of primary schools to provide daily supply, long-term vacancies and permanent opportunities.
Whether you're an experienced Primary Teacher, an Early Career Teacher (ECT), or returning to the classroom, we’ll help you find roles that fit your lifestyle and career goals while supporting your professional development.
Do you love teaching but want more flexibility, greater variety, or a better work-life balance?
At Protocol Education, we're working in partnership with a range of welcoming Primary Schools across Durham, Sunderland, Chester-le-Street, Consett, Stanley, Seaham and Peterlee, supporting them with both short-term supply cover and long-term teaching vacancies.
Whether you're an experienced Primary Teacher, an Early Career Teacher (ECT), or returning to the classroom after a break, we can help you find opportunities that work around your lifestyle and career ambitions.
If you're looking to make a difference while maintaining flexibility and control over your schedule, we'd love to hear from you.
More teachers than ever are discovering the benefits of supply work.
Supply teaching allows you to focus on what matters most, inspiring and educating pupils, while enjoying greater flexibility and variety in your career.
Benefits include:
As a Primary Teacher, you'll play a key role in creating engaging learning experiences that support pupils academically, socially and emotionally.
Roles are available across:
Depending on your preferences, responsibilities may include:
Whether you're looking for occasional supply days or a full-time long-term position, we'll work with you to find the right opportunity.
Primary education lays the foundations for lifelong learning.
Schools are looking for enthusiastic and committed teachers who can:
Every lesson you deliver has the potential to shape a child's future.
We would love to hear from:
The ideal candidate will be:
Most importantly, you'll have a genuine passion for helping children learn, grow and succeed.
When you join Protocol Education, you'll benefit from:
We take time to understand what you're looking for and match you with schools that suit your experience, preferences and career goals.
Whether you're seeking flexibility, a fresh challenge, or your next long-term teaching role, Protocol Education can help you find an opportunity that works for you.
Join a network of passionate educators making a positive impact in schools across Durham and Sunderland every day.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further 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.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the 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 FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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