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supply teacher

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noun

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

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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.

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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.

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Gym owner Amanda Wah and gymnastics coach Joe Fishburn were the victors - beating fellow contestants Aneila Afsar, a supply teacher from Manchester, and Mus Dumbuya, a youth worker from east London.

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One of those hoping to profit from Neil's expertise is 32-year-old supply teacher Adam Tasker, who is proof that age is no barrier to membership here.

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High prices are a problem for Joanna Hexter, from Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taf, who has found a lack of flexible child care for her nine-year-old daughter Josie is limiting her ability to work as a supply teacher.

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