


Why academy trust & local authority supply teacher talent pools often fail
Why academy trust & local authority supply teacher talent pools often fail Headteachers, Business Managers and Cover Managers have full time jobs already, filling vacancies to cover sickness and planned staff absence is a necessary inconvenience on top of that....
Face coverings reduce risk for supply & teaching staff
The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi recommends face covering for pupils staff and visitors in Year 7 & above Department for Education recognise high absence & issue of availability of supply staff The Department for Education is looking at steps and measures...
Is your school reducing its Covid-19 staffing risk?
Schools manage their own pools of external supply staff, they know and like from the agencies they prefer working with to reduce Covid-19 infection risk.

How frustrating is it for schools waiting to hear which temps have been allocated to your staff vacancies?
Not knowing who might be allocated or if the quality is good enough is unnerving at best. Especially unsettling when schools are told at the last minute, the proposed supply teacher can’t make it, leaving them short or with an alternative unskilled for the job. It...