Primary Early Career Teacher

You’ve worked hard for your QTS. Now you deserve a start that builds you up, not burns you out.

Protocol Education is working in partnership with a wide network of supportive, well‑led primary schools across Gateshead who are seeking Early Career Teachers for flexible supply work and short‑term placements.

Working hours are 8.30am to 3.30pm, term time only
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If you’re not ready to commit to a permanent contract straight away, agency work offers a smart, strategic and confidence‑building way to begin your teaching career.

Your first teaching role shapes everything, your confidence, your classroom presence, your resilience, and your long‑term career decisions.

Flexible supply work allows you to:

• Experience a range of school environments before committing
• Discover which key stage suits your strengths
• Develop behaviour management skills in varied settings
• Build professional confidence gradually
• Avoid excessive planning demands in your first term
• Maintain control over your workload

There is no obligation to accept work you do not want. You choose your availability. You decide when you are ready for something longer‑term.

Many of our ECTs secure permanent contracts in schools they’ve previously worked in through supply, after building strong relationships and proving their strengths.

As a flexible supply ECT in Gateshead primary schools, you may:

• Deliver pre‑planned lessons across EYFS, KS1 or KS2
• Maintain classroom routines and behaviour expectations
• Adapt quickly to new learning environments
• Build positive relationships with pupils and staff
• Gain exposure to different phonics schemes and curriculum approaches
• Leave clear and professional handovers for returning teachers

You’ll focus on teaching and relationship building, without the heavy administrative demands that often come with permanent posts.

Starting your career through agency work strengthens your profile by helping you:

• Demonstrate adaptability and resilience
• Gain wide‑ranging curriculum experience
• Develop confidence in unfamiliar settings
• Strengthen your CV with varied school experience
• Build a professional network across Gateshead schools

Schools value teachers who can walk into a classroom and confidently take control. Supply experience builds exactly that.

• UK Qualified Teacher Status
• ECT status
• Strong understanding of the primary curriculum
• Positive and adaptable approach
• Commitment to safeguarding and inclusive education
• Professionalism and reliability

Whether your passion lies in Early Years creativity, KS1 phonics, or upper KS2 preparation, flexible work allows you to refine your strengths.

We understand how important your first year in teaching is.

We offer:

• Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella companies
• Complete flexibility over your working days
• No long‑term tie‑in or pressure
• Free access to our CPD Academy
• Ongoing mentoring and career advice
• A dedicated local consultant who understands Gateshead schools

We don’t just fill bookings. We help you plan your next steps.

If you want:

• Experience with out immediate long‑term pressure
• Flexibility around your schedule
• A confidence‑building introduction to primary teaching
• A stepping stone into permanent roles

Then agency teaching could be exactly what you need.

Apply today and start your ECT journey in Gateshead primary schools with flexibility, support and control.

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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