supply teacher
Britishnoun
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She was 15 when she met Keith Allen, a supply teacher at her school in Birmingham in the early 1990s.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
One player even gave him the nickname "the supply teacher".
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Julia Lock, 46, a former Gwynedd supply teacher, said she first raised concerns in February 2011 but further letters and requests for meetings with Foden were ignored.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
"Dad was more excited for graduation than I was," said Miss Fussell, who is currently working as a supply teacher ahead of a teacher training course.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2023
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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