Mr Khan’s Supply Teacher Guide

The Supply Teacher Survival Kit

Arrival routines, behaviour, emergency lessons and printables for EYFS to Year 6

New school. New class. No plans. No problem.

Supply teaching asks you to walk into a classroom you have never seen, with children you have never met, and make the day work. This kit gives you a calm routine for every stage of the day, from the phone call at 7.30am to the handover note you leave on the desk.

What's inside

• Supply survival on one page: ten rules for a good day
• Getting started: ways to find work, the documents you will need, questions to ask an agency and a plain-English summary of your rights as an agency worker
• The supply bag: what to pack, and why
• The fifteen-minute arrival: what to find out before the bell, including safeguarding, allergies and the behaviour system
• Your first five minutes with the class: a script that sets the tone straight away
• Behaviour on supply: strategies that work when the children don't know you yet
• When there are no plans: fifteen emergency lessons for EYFS to Year 6
• EYFS and KS1 supply: what is different with younger children
• Day-to-day or long-term? How the two kinds of work differ, including advice for ECTs on supply
• Safeguarding on supply: your duties when you are new to a school
• Getting rebooked: the small things schools remember
• Looking after yourself: pay, paperwork and wellbeing

10 printables: arrival checklist, supply bag checklist, quick seating plan, handover note, behaviour and praise log, emergency lesson cards, booking and pay log, school information card, supply teacher profile and weekly reflection.

Who it's for

• New supply teachers and ECTs doing supply work
• Returners and teachers between posts
• Experienced supply teachers who want to save time and get rebooked
• Day-to-day and long-term supply, from EYFS to Year 6

Written by a working primary teacher for schools in England.

What you get

• An instant download of a 26-page PDF
• An editable Word file, so you can adapt the checklists, handover note and profile

Walk in calm. Leave them wanting you back.

Please note: information about agency workers' rights and induction is a simplified summary and is not legal advice. Always follow each school's safeguarding procedures. Licensed for use by the buyer. Please don't share, upload or resell any part of it.