Early Career Teacher (ECT) – Secondary Supply Teacher – Bristol & South Gloucestershire

Are you an enthusiastic Early Career Teacher (ECT) ready to start your teaching career in supportive and flexible secondary schools?

Protocol Education is recruiting passionate Secondary ECTs for supply teaching opportunities starting from September 2026. We work with a strong network of welcoming secondary schools across Bristol, Bath, and South Gloucestershire, providing flexible opportunities to help you develop your confidence and teaching skills.

Your first teaching role is an important step in your career. Supply teaching allows you to gain experience across different schools, strengthen your classroom practice, and discover the environment where you can thrive.

As a Secondary ECT working through Protocol Education, you will:

✨ Gain experience teaching across different secondary schools
✨ Develop confidence in lesson delivery and classroom management
✨ Work with a variety of students, teaching styles, and school environments
✨ Improve your adaptability and teaching skills
✨ Maintain flexibility while building your professional experience
✨ Access opportunities that can lead to long-term and permanent positions

Many of our ECTs progress into long-term placements and permanent roles after successfully completing supply assignments.

To be considered for these opportunities, you should have:

✔ Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or be completing teacher training in 2026
✔ A genuine passion for secondary education
✔ Strong subject knowledge and communication skills
✔ A positive, flexible, and proactive approach to teaching
✔ An Enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service (or willingness to apply)

What Protocol Education can offer you:

✅ Weekly PAYE pay
✅ Dedicated consultant support
✅ Free CPD and professional development opportunities
✅ Access to a wide network of secondary schools
✅ Guidance throughout your ECT journey

Locations: Bristol, Bath & South Gloucestershire
Role: Secondary Supply Teacher (ECT)
Start Date: September 2026

Apply now and begin your teaching career with the support of Protocol Education.

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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