Supply Primary Teacher

Protocol Education; Colchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Protocol Education is seeking enthusiastic Primary Teachers for supply roles across Colchester and the surrounding Essex area. Enjoy flexibility to choose days and schools, while focusing on teaching and pupil inspiration.

Benefits include access to long-term, short-term and permanent opportunities, free CPD, and a dedicated consultant to align opportunities with your preferences.

Qualifications

• Qualified Primary Teachers with genuine enthusiasm for pupil development.
• Strong classroom management and ability to adapt to different school environments.
• Reliability, professionalism and enthusiasm for flexible working patterns.

Responsibilities

• Deliver pre-planned lessons across various year groups.
• Manage classrooms and maintain a positive learning environment.
• Support pupils across different year groups and follow school policies.
• Build positive relationships with pupils and staff.
• Adapt to different school cultures and teaching styles.

Skills

Passionate about teaching

Confident in classroom management

Adaptable

Reliable

Flexible work-life balance

Education

Qualified Primary Teacher

Job description

Ready to Teach Without Taking the Work Home?

Love teaching but not the endless planning, marking and paperwork that seems to follow you through the front door?

Supply teaching could give you the flexibility you’ve been looking for.

Protocol Education is looking for enthusiastic and committed Primary Teachers to join our team and enjoy the freedom of flexible teaching across schools in Colchester and the surrounding Essex area.

You can focus on what you love most — teaching, inspiring pupils and making a difference in the classroom — without the same level of long-term planning and preparation that comes with a permanent teaching role.

Why Choose Supply Teaching with Protocol Education?

• Work when you want to work – choose the days that suit you
• No taking work home – finish your day at school and enjoy your evenings
• No long-term planning commitments – arrive, teach and make a difference
• Variety every day – experience different schools, year groups and classroom environments
• Competitive daily rates of pay
• Access to long-term, short-term and permanent opportunities
• Free CPD and professional development opportunities
• A dedicated consultant who understands your preferences and works to find the right opportunities for you
• The opportunity to build your experience across EYFS, KS1 and KS2
• Full flexibility to decide whether supply, long-term or permanent teaching is right for you

What Does a Supply Teacher Do?

As a Supply Teacher, you'll step into classrooms and provide high-quality teaching and learning in the absence of the usual class teacher.

You could be:

• Delivering pre-planned lessons
• Managing a classroom and maintaining a positive learning environment
• Supporting pupils across different year groups
• Following school policies and routines
• Building positive relationships with pupils and staff
• Adapting to different school environments and teaching styles

Who Are We Looking For?

We'd love to hear from qualified Primary Teachers who are:

• Passionate about teaching and inspiring children
• Confident managing a classroom
• Adaptable and comfortable working in different school environments
• Reliable, professional and enthusiastic
• Looking for greater flexibility and a better work-life balance

Teach. Inspire. Finish. Go Home.

No piles of books waiting for you.

No Sunday-night planning panic.

No endless emails waiting when you get home.

Just great teaching, great schools and the flexibility to make your career work around you.

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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