University Students - Become an Unqualified Supply Teacher or Teaching

Protocol Education partners with secondary schools across Bristol to offer flexible, paid work for university students and graduates looking to gain experience in schools. Whether you’re balancing lectures, placements, part-time work, or figuring out your next step after uni, this role can work around you.

We work closely with students from UWE, University of Bristol, Trinity College and beyond, helping them step into classrooms with confidence, earn weekly pay, and build experience that looks brilliant on a CV.

The Role

As an Unqualified Cover Supervisor, you’ll:

Supervise classes when teachers are absent
Deliver pre-set work and keep students focused
Help maintain a calm and positive classroom environment
Build confidence leading groups of young people
Support schools across a range of subjects
However, if you would rather begin as a Teaching assistant, this is a great place to start! As a Teaching Assistant, you will have a support role in the class led by the teacher, supporting students to focus on and access the learning

Why students and graduates love this role

Flexible work around lectures, placements, or other commitments
Paid classroom experience in local secondary schools
Great for anyone considering teaching, youth work, psychology, social work, or education
Build confidence, leadership, and behaviour management skills
Opportunities for long-term and full-time school roles after graduation
A chance to make a real difference, while earning along the way

Free Training Included

We’ll help you feel classroom-ready with free CPD training, including:

Thrive Approach
Team Teach
Trauma-Informed Practice
Cover Supervisor Training

To get cleared, we’ll need:

Passport
Two proofs of address
CV covering the last 10 years of work and education history
Two years of references
Overseas Police Check (if applicable)

Why work with Protocol Education?

Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella companies
FREE access to our online CPD Academy
Friendly, local consultant support
Flexible opportunities across Bristol
Long-term and permanent opportunities available
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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