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General Cover Teacher

United Kingdom, Cambridge 140.00 - 180.00 GBP / Day · Job Posted May 26, 2026
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General Cover Teacher | KS3 & KS4 | Flexible Secondary Teaching. Position: Daily & Short-Term Supply. Salary: £140 - £180 per day (Weekly Pay). Contract: Flexible / Term-Time. Are you a Qualified Teacher looking to reclaim your evenings and weekends? Join our local partner schools as a General Cover Teacher and focus on what you love most: the students. Teaching Without the Paperwork. We are seeking experienced practitioners and ECTs who want to maintain their classroom presence without the 'take-home' burden of planning, marking, and data entry. As a General Cover Teacher, you provide the vital expertise that keeps local secondary schools running smoothly, delivering pre-set lessons across a variety of subjects.

Job Responsibility

  • High-Impact Delivery: Follow pre-set lesson plans across the National Curriculum, ensuring students remain engaged and productive
  • Behaviour Leadership: Utilise your classroom management expertise to maintain a calm, focused, and inclusive learning environment
  • Flexible Support: Provide 1:1 or small-group guidance to students who need extra assistance with the set work
  • Professional Handover: Leave concise notes for the returning teacher to ensure seamless continuity of learning

Requirements

  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or QTLS
  • Adaptability: The ability to step into any subject-from Humanities to Art-and deliver a high-quality session
  • Classroom Presence: Strong rapport-building skills and the confidence to manage 30+ students effectively
  • Compliance: A valid enhanced DBS on the Update Service (or willingness to apply) and a total commitment to Safeguarding

Nice to have

  • 121 teaching experience
  • ability to communicate with parents
  • ability to work well under pressure
  • able to inspire
  • be a role model
  • building rapport with children
  • career driven
  • communication
  • effective discipline
  • empathy
  • engaging
  • excellent time management
  • FMS experience
  • good behaviour management skills
  • good classroom management
  • good communication skills
  • good sense of humour
  • high expectations
  • keen to contribute to the life of the school
  • key stage 3 experience
  • key stage 4 experience
  • key stage 5 experience
  • knowledge of A-level specification
  • knowledge of curriculum
  • knowledge of GCSE specification
  • knowledge of subject
  • motivated
  • partake in extra curricular activities
  • passion for education
  • SEN experience
  • set clear objectives
  • SIMS experience
  • sixth form experience
  • teaching assistant experience
  • team player
  • work well autonomously
  • years 7-11 experience

What we offer

  • Total Work-Life Balance: Choose the days you work. No parent's evenings, no departmental meetings, and zero marking
  • Competitive Daily Rates: Earn £140 - £180 per day, paid every Friday via Randstad
  • Professional Networking: This is an excellent way to explore different school cultures without a long-term commitment
  • Immediate Impact: Walk into a classroom, lead the lesson, and leave at the final bell with a clean slate for the next day
  • Referral Bonus
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