Unqualified Secondary Supply Teacher (Cover Supervisor)
Location: BS14 – South Bristol
Pay: £100 – £130 per day
Protocol Education are working with a high-performing, supportive secondary school in the BS14 area to recruit confident, reliable individuals to work as Unqualified Teachers / Cover Supervisors. This school highly values consistency and is looking for familiar faces who can provide dependable day-to-day support, typically around two days per week. When the school does not require emergency cover, you’ll have the opportunity to support our other long-standing partner secondary schools across Bristol, who rely on Protocol Education for quality, trusted educators. This means you can work up to 5 days per week, depending on your preferences.
If you've worked with young people — coaching, tutoring, youth work, mentoring, or classroom support — you likely already have the skills schools look for.
Work flexibly, gain real classroom experience, and explore whether teaching is the right path for you.
What the Role Involves
You’ll lead classrooms using pre-planned lessons provided by the school:
Supervising classes across a range of subjects
Keeping students engaged and on task
Managing behaviour professionally
Supporting pupils with their work
Handing back completed work to staff
Following safeguarding procedures
Perfect for graduates, career-changers, or aspiring trainee teachers.
You’re a Great Fit If You…
Are confident speaking to groups and this is provable through transferrable experience (Drama and Performance, Coaching, Summer School Camp Leadership)
Stay calm and positive under classroom environments
Enjoy supporting young people
Communicate clearly and professionally
Have experience in tutoring, coaching, youth work or similar
Have the Right to Work in the UK
Free Training Provided
As part of Protocol Education, you’ll have free access to a wide range of CPD through our training academy. This includes behaviour management strategies, Team Teach de-escalation training, and the Thrive Approach, which is brilliant for understanding behaviour through a relational lens. You’ll also have access to subject and pedagogy-focused courses designed to strengthen your everyday classroom practice.
⭐ Why Join Protocol Education?
£100–£120 per day
Weekly PAYE pay
Local school placements
Guaranteed work agreements
Friendly, supportive branch team
£50 referral bonus
Apply Today
Start your journey into education with structured training, flexible work, and real classroom experience while becoming a trusted, consistent part of a high-performing school community in BS14.
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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