For teachers and support staff
Register for supply teaching
If you want to join a supply agency that covers the North West and Yorkshire, start here. You can register with a teaching agency online, then speak to the desk for the schools you can reach.
- Free to register. We never charge a fee for finding you work.
- A consultant on the Merseyside and Cheshire desk, or the Yorkshire desk.
- Day to day supply and longer bookings, in mainstream and SEN schools.
Who can register
You can register if you are:
- A teacher, including early career teachers
- SEN staff, in a mainstream school or a specialist setting
- A teaching assistant or HLTA
- A cover supervisor
- Early years staff
Teaching posts usually need qualified teacher status, or overseas training you can talk through with us. Teaching assistants, cover supervisors and early years staff register on the experience that fits those roles.
Where you can work
The work is across the North West and Yorkshire: Merseyside, Cheshire and West Yorkshire. Two desks cover it, and you speak to the one for the schools you can reach.
Merseyside and Cheshire is 0151 404 9965. That desk looks after Liverpool, the Wirral, Chester, Warrington and the rest of Merseyside and Cheshire.
Yorkshire is 0113 460 1938. That desk looks after Leeds and West Yorkshire, including Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Wakefield, and Hull.
Tell us where you can be for the start of the school day. A morning in Chester is a different journey from a morning in Leeds. The desks answer Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 6:30pm, with an on-call service at the weekend.
The local pages for Liverpool, the Wirral, Chester and Leeds say more about the schools in each place. If you would like a word before the form, email office@gac.education.
How registering works
- 1
Fill in the form
Register now (opens in a new tab) and tell us the roles you want, your phase or subject, and where you can travel.
- 2
Speak to a consultant
The desk for your area will talk through your experience and the schools you want to work in.
- 3
Complete your checks
We go through your DBS, identity, right to work, qualifications and references with you, and we finish those checks before we put you forward to a school.
- 4
Start work
When the checks are finished, we match you to supply that fits. You can look at live vacancies in the meantime.
What to have ready
Bring what you already have. We will tell you if anything is missing.
- An enhanced DBS for work with children. Say if it is on the Update Service. If it needs renewing, your consultant explains the next step before anything starts.
- Photo ID and proof of your right to work in the UK.
- Qualifications for the role. For teaching, that is usually QTS, and we check the teacher prohibition list. For support and early years roles, send the certificates and experience that match the work.
- Two professional references.
- Time for a safeguarding conversation before your first day in a school.
The DBS and safeguarding page sets out the checks. They follow Keeping children safe in education 2026.
Questions people ask
Is it free to register?
Yes. We never charge a fee for finding you work.
Who can register?
Teachers, including early career teachers, SEN staff, teaching assistants, HLTAs, cover supervisors and early years staff.
Do I need qualified teacher status?
Teaching posts usually need QTS, or overseas training you can talk through with us. Teaching assistants, cover supervisors and early years staff register on the experience that fits those roles.
What documents should I have ready?
An enhanced DBS for work with children, photo ID, proof of your right to work, your qualifications, and two professional references. Tell us if your DBS is on the Update Service.
Where can I work?
Across the North West and Yorkshire: Merseyside, Cheshire and West Yorkshire. Call 0151 404 9965 for Merseyside and Cheshire, or 0113 460 1938 for Yorkshire, and say where you can be for the start of the school day.
How do I register?
Use Register now. The form is at regnow.today. If you want a word first, call the desk for your area or email office@gac.education.
Ready when you are
Register online, or call your desk if you would rather talk it through first.
Merseyside and Cheshire 0151 404 9965 · Yorkshire 0113 460 1938 · office@gac.education
Schools looking for staff can request staff or call the same numbers.