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Tiny Tips to Retain Teachers

With retention rates an all time low, what small things can a school do to try to better retain teachers?

3 Easy Tips to Boost your CV as a Supply Teacher

At Airsupply, we’re lucky enough to read lots of CVs.  As schools might also catch a glimpse of your CV, we consider what you can do to make yours stand out from the crowd. 

4 Takeaways from Damian Hinds’s Conference Speech

The Conservative Party Conference saw impassioned and controversial speeches from Tory movers and shakers. Airsupply examines Damian Hinds’s conference speech, outlining 4 key takeaways. 

When To Expect Supply Work

Airsupply explores how demand for supply changes over the year and suggests strategies to find work.

5 Strategies to Save Your School Money

With schools facing another year without a funding increase, we look at some of the strategies being used to save money. "It has not been possible to fund additional pressures facing schools in 2018-19.” The news delivered by the DfE is sure to be frustrating for school leaders. Making additional savings on top of the huge job of running a school is no easy task. Here, we list some ideas used by schools we work with to try to tackle the funding challenge.

If teachers strike, what will this mean for supply teachers?

Following the announcement this week from the National Education Union the largest teaching union in the UK, teachers strike action by its members is looking extremely likely.

Supply teacher pay

The Airsupply leadership team looks deeper at the impact of rising living costs within the broader economic picture. With recent government teacher pay announcements, inflationary pressures and tighter school budgets - what does all this mean for supply teachers? This one is not to be missed!

Purposeful Time Fillers

As a supply teacher, it is always handy to have a few extra activities up your sleeve just in case a lesson runs short. Having a few fun but purposeful activities which help consolidate children’s literacy or numeracy skills, or promote discussion, is a practical way to use additional time. If you ever find yourself with time to spare, here are some activities you could try with your classes.

11 Items You Might Not Think To Bring For Supply

What to take on a day of supply? There are a few things some teachers take along which we think are pretty clever. There are some essentials which you’ll need to bring. A form of identification, A DBS and other things which a school may have asked you to prepare. Below we list some of the more unusual items which some of our teachers take with them.

3 Easy Tips to Boost your CV as a Supply Teacher

At Airsupply, we’re lucky enough to read lots of CVs.  As schools might also catch a glimpse of your CV, we consider what you can do to make yours stand out from the crowd. 

5 Strategies to Save Your School Money

With schools facing another year without a funding increase, we look at some of the strategies being used to save money. "It has not been possible to fund additional pressures facing schools in 2018-19.” The news delivered by the DfE is sure to be frustrating for school leaders. Making additional savings on top of the huge job of running a school is no easy task. Here, we list some ideas used by schools we work with to try to tackle the funding challenge.