Cambridge is a town filled with excellent schools and good opportunities for good teachers. If you are looking for a new teaching job, you might have already tried looking for ‘teaching jobs Cambridge’ on the internet. This might bring back lots of search results and will give you an overwhelming amount of choices. It might be hard to know where to start.

It’s important that you find the right teaching job for you. As a qualified teacher, not all jobs are going to suit you. All schools are very different and have different discipline strategies, different standards, different ways of working etc. You will find schools that suit you better than others.

If you aren’t familiar with the area of Cambridge, or you are looking for more flexible working opportunities, why not consider supply teaching? Here are some reasons why many teachers are turning to supply teaching:

• It is more flexible. You will have more freedom to work when you want to.
• There is less marking and admin. You can take on classes at the last minute and teach another teacher’s lesson they have left, meaning you won’t have to mark the work and do all the admin.
• The pay is good. You will get paid for the days you work and it might well work out to be more lucrative than teaching full time in one specific school.
• You will have been able to work in the schools you choose. Get some experience working in a specific school and then see if you can get permanent work there if you enjoy it.

Supply teaching really is a good option and can offer a much better way of life. Here are some of the best ways to find a supply teaching job:

• Use a supply teacher agency. They will work with schools to find the right teachers to fill various positions. This means you don’t have to do any of the hard work yourself. Talk to the agency, submit your CV and work with your recruitment professional so you can find the right positions to suit you.
• Talk to schools directly. Establish relationships with schools and see whether they need any supply teachers. You might also find that they need a stand-in teacher on a more long-term basis.
• Get to know other supply teachers. They will be able to let you know about positions and put you in touch with schools that might be able to make use of your services.

By far the easiest method is to use a supply teacher agency. They will take care of all the admin, so you can do what you do best – teach.

Register your CV with a supply teaching agency that serves teaching jobs Cambridge area. Once you have been approved, they will keep you up to date with all the latest positions. They will send out regular messages letting you know about the positions that are available, the areas where they are and the salary that they are going to be paying.