Protocol Education are partnered with a welcoming and ambitious BS6 secondary school to find talented candidates to become Unqualified Supply Teachers, covering staff absences across the school.
This is a flexible, rewarding role where you can support language learning, enjoy strong departmental structures and build classroom experience without needing a teaching qualification or classroom planning responsibility. If you’re confident with languages and communication, this could be a brilliant way into secondary education. You will be a Languages specialist, although may be used across other subject areas of the school, not expected to be a specialist, but to be adaptable and flexible in managing a range of classrooms.
The School
This BS6 secondary school is rated Good with inspectors praising its broad and ambitious curriculum for all pupils and a calm, harmonious environment where students are polite, friendly and engaged in lessons. The leadership team consistently works to maintain high expectations of behaviour and learning, and pupils respond well to these clear routines.
What makes this school special:
• Broad and ambitious curriculum with strong languages provision
• Respectful and supportive learning culture
• High expectations for behaviour and achievement
• Pupils who are friendly, polite and engaged
• Inclusive, diverse school community
What is the role?
Supervise KS3 and KS4 MFL classes during teacher absence
Support pupils through pre-set language tasks
Maintain a calm and purposeful classroom environment
Encourage focus and positive behaviour
Follow the school’s behaviour and safeguarding policies
You’ll work with pre-prepared lesson resources — no planning or teaching new content is required.
Working pattern
2–5 days per week, flexible
Short-term, long-term and full-time options
Immediate and ongoing opportunities
Morning call-outs and pre-booked cover
Who this role suits
Modern Languages or linguistics graduates
Confident communicators who enjoy language and culture
Graduates trying out a future in teaching
Language tutors, mentors or youth workers with classroom confidence
Our free training
Thrive behaviour and wellbeing training
Team Teach de-escalation strategies
Trauma-informed classroom practice
Cover Supervisor confidence training
Why Protocol Education?
✔ Weekly PAYE pay
✔ FREE CPD and behaviour training
✔ Flexible supply options
✔ Dedicated consultant support
✔ £50 referral bonus
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 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.
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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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