University Students -Flexible Supply Teacher

If you enjoy working with young people and want flexible, paid work alongside your studies, our Cover Supervisor / Unqualified Supply Teacher role is great fit for University students. It’s fully adaptable around university deadlines and travel home, as you select the days you want to work. A Cover Supervisor / Unqualified Supply Teacher role gives you valuable classroom experience, very employable transferrable skills, and requires no teaching qualifications or experience - just the right character and confidence to work with young people. We work with talented undergraduates from University of Bristol and University of West England, as well as other establishments, who want to earn as they build up fantastic skills on their CV. You can begin as a Teaching Assistant and work your way up to Suppy Teaching if you feel most comfortable doing so!

The Role

As an Unqualified Supply Teacher, you’ll step in when a teacher is absent. You’re not expected to teach new content. Your role is to lead, guide and manage the classroom. While you will cover a range of subjects, schools like to place you according to your subject specialism so you can apply your degree, but be aware that this is not a Teaching role - this is a classroom management role, so specialist subject knowledge is not required.

• Deliver pre-set work left by the teacher
• Use your communication skills to explain tasks clearly
• Keep students focused, motivated and on task
• Build positive, professional relationships with pupils
• Adapt confidently to different subjects and classroom environments £100–£115 per day Bristol and Somerset Placements close to where you live Driving not required
• Work flexibly, 2–5 days per week
• Fit work around university deadlines and commitments
• FREE training (including Thrive & Behaviour Support)
• Schools matched to your preferred locations
• Build a standout CV with highly transferable skills
• Dedicated consultant who listens and supports you
• Opportunities to secure long-term roles quickly Our Free Training We’ll support your development with:
• Thrive Approach
• Team Teach
• Trauma-Informed Practices
• SEND Essentials Training The Ideal Candidate: We’re looking for individuals who bring confidence, clarity and a positive presence:
• Students currently studying at University
• Strong communicators who can engage a classroom
• Calm, adaptable and resilient
• Interested in working with young people
• Experience in tutoring, mentoring, writing, drama or similar is a bonus
• Must have the right to work in the UK To Clear, You Must Have:
• Proof of ID (e.g. passport)
• Two proofs of address
• CV covering the last 10 years
• References covering the past 2 years (all childcare references from the past 10 years if applicable) International Candidates You must have:
• The right to work in the UK
• An Overseas Police Check (for any country lived in for 3+ months in the last 5 years) 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. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website