Job Description
Are you nearing the end of your teaching qualification and thinking ‘what next’?
Starting out as an Early Career Teacher can feel exciting and overwhelming. Supply teaching offers a flexible, supportive way to build your confidence and experience before stepping into a permanent role. Here are the key reasons many ECTs choose supply:
Gain Experience in a Range of Settings
Supply allows you to explore different schools, year groups, and teaching styles. You can quickly find out what type of environment suits you best.
Build Confidence Before a Permanent Role
With supply, you can focus on developing your classroom management, trying new approaches, and growing your teaching toolkit without the full workload that comes with a permanent post.
More Flexibility and Better Work–Life Balance
You choose when and where you work. This is ideal if you want:
1. more control over your schedule
2. breathing room during your first teaching years
3. the ability to work around personal commitments
Potential Opportunities to Complete Your Induction
A long‑term supply role can often lead to a school offering you the chance to complete your induction—once they see your strengths in action.
Less Pressure and Administrative Load
As a supply teacher, you’re typically not responsible for:
4. lengthy planning
5. report writing
6. parents’ evenings
7. extra meetings
This allows you to focus on pure teaching and quick progress.
Try Before You Commit
Supply gives you time to understand a school’s culture before deciding if it’s the right long‑term fit. Many ECTs secure permanent roles in schools they first worked in through supply.
Develop Adaptability and Resilience
Working in varied settings strengthens your ability to:
8. think on your feet
9. differentiate quickly
10. understand different behaviour policies
11. adapt resources and teaching styles
These skills make ECTs highly employable.
Want to discuss supply more and how it can benefit you? Apply now for an informal conversation and take the first steps into your new career.
What New Directions Education Ltd offers:
12. A dedicated and expert Account Manager
13. Regular and varied supply work
14. Competitive rates of pay
15. Potential long-term teaching roles
16. Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
17. A network of branches across the UK
18. Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
19. Recommend-a-friend scheme
20. Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry
We are fully committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. All applicants must undertake a full enhanced DBS check.
Please select Apply Now to enquire about this job vacancy with New Directions Education Ltd, Leeds branch.
New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.