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supply teacher

British  

noun

  1. a teacher employed to replace other teachers when they are absent

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Veronique Matchim provided "improper assistance" while working as an agency supply teacher at Abbey Grange CofE Academy in West Park, Leeds, in April 2024, a misconduct panel was told.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

Brian Jenkins, a supply teacher and a bar supervisor, had to leave the flat he lived in for 12 years after his landlord said he was selling up.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2025

Over the years he's also developed a reputation as Radio 1's "supply teacher", after sitting in for Greg James, Matt Edmondson, Scott Mills and Nick Grimshaw.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2024

It was a far cry from her work as a secondary school geography teacher and later, a supply teacher.

From BBC Jan. 19, 2024

If the school has been properly graded it will include a Teacher-training Class; but under no circumstances should the associate take one of its members as a supply teacher, even for one Sunday.

From Organizing and Building Up the Sunday School Modern Sunday School Manuals by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

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