Launch Your Teaching Career With Flexible Supply Teacher Roles in Sheffield

Are you completing your PGCE or School Direct and looking for your first English teaching position from September 2025? Join our Tradewind Recruitment and enjoy paid classroom experience across outstanding secondary schools while you complete your induction year.

Top 8 Reasons NQT English Teachers Love Supply Work

Total Flexibility - Choose the days you teach and fit work around study, childcare or travel.

Rapid CV Growth - Experience different behaviour policies, exam boards (AQA & Edexcel) and leadership styles to fast‑track professional development.

Try Before You Commit - Sample academies, faith schools and large comprehensives; 64 % of our NQTs secure permanent posts in a school they've already tried.

Guaranteed Pay Scheme - Secure a daily rate even if no cover is required on agreed dates.

Short Commutes - We work with 40 + secondary schools within 30 minutes of Sheffield city centre and surrounding areas (Rotherham, Chesterfield, Barnsley).

Weekly PAYE Payroll - Transparent rates from £145 to £185 per day; no umbrella deductions.

Free CPD for Induction Portfolio - Over 2500 courses at your disposal for free.

Recruitment Support - A dedicated recruitment consultant to help you with interview support, provide advise and answer any of your questions.

Typical NQT (ECT) English Supply Teacher Duties

Deliver engaging English lessons to KS3 & KS4 students using pre‑set plans or your own creative ideas.

Maintain high expectations and positive behaviour in unfamiliar classrooms.

Mark classwork, record progress and leave concise handover notes.

Essential Criteria

Qualified Teacher Status (or pending) with an English specialism by August 2025.

Updated knowledge of the 2025 GCSE English Language & Literature specifications.

Enhanced DBS registered on the Update Service (or willingness to obtain).

Adaptable, resilient, and excited to teach across multiple Sheffield schools.

How To Apply for Sheffield NQT English Supply Teaching Jobs

Email your CV to (url removed) or call (phone number removed) for an informal chat. Early registration guarantees priority for September timetables as soon as our partner schools confirm vacancies.

Not quite ready? Register now-daily and short‑term English cover is available all year round.

Boost your teaching career, broaden your experience and get paid weekly-apply for NQT English Teacher supply roles in Sheffield today