- £140 – £165 a day
- Flexible, Part-time, Full-time & Long-Term
- Early Years, Key Stage 1, or Key Stage 2
- UK Applicants ONLY – sponsorship is not available
Are you passionate about supply teaching and looking for your next opportunity to make a difference? We invite you to join our team as a Primary School Supply Teacher in East Midlands, Derby, Leicester and Nottingham.
Our not-for-profit mutual organisation is dedicated to providing exceptional education and support to our community of schools.
SMS offer the best rates of pay paid on a weekly basis, PAYE contracts, holiday and sick pay, enhanced pension provision, in-person training and effective CPD, extensive health & wellbeing including 24-hour GP services with weekly wellness and development calls with your dedicated contact.
Schools Mutual Services (SMS) have immediate opportunities, across our family of schools, for experienced Primary Supply Class Teachers with availability for daily, short-term and long-term supply cover assignments with potential permanent placements.
Our schools rely on SMS to meet their cover requirements daily and the demand for experienced Primary Supply Teachers across East Midlands, Derby, Leicester and Nottingham is growing rapidly. We need Primary Supply Teachers who live locally who can cover vacancies.
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East Midlands Hub
16 Commerce Square, Nottingham NG1 1HS
0115 646 6460 | 07460 430653
nottingham@schoolsmutualservices.co.uk
About SMS
Schools Mutual Services (SMS) is a not‑for‑profit, school‑led supply staffing mutual created by education leaders in direct response to the long‑standing issues now acknowledged by the Department for Education. Built on principles of fairness, transparency, and sector stewardship, SMS exists to provide an ethical and sustainable alternative to commercial supply agencies whose inflated margins have drained school budgets for far too long.
Unlike profit‑driven agencies, SMS keeps every possible pound within the education system. Our model ensures supply teachers and support staff receive fair pay aligned to national pay scales, while schools benefit from significantly lower margins, transparent pricing, and a staffing partner that reinvests savings back into pupils, staff, and school communities.
With regional hubs across the North East, East Midlands, and South East, SMS works closely with executive leaders in schools and multi‑academy trusts across Newcastle, Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland, Northumberland, South Shields, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicester, Oxfordshire, Swindon, and Berkshire.
Each hub is deeply embedded within its local education community, partnering with schools, MATs, and teaching alliances such as OTSA to deliver tailored, high‑quality supply staffing solutions, from day‑to‑day cover to long‑term placements across primary, secondary, and specialist settings.
From large multi‑academy trusts to community primaries and special schools, SMS is helping educational establishments navigate financial pressures with a smarter, more transparent, and more sustainable approach to supply staffing, one that puts pupil outcomes first and aligns fully with the direction of travel set out by the DfE.
