These seminars provide a number of continuing professional development (CPD) workshops tailored to your career needs, as well as opportunities to network with other supply teachers.
These events are FREE to eligible members and provide you with the opportunity to be updated on current developments in education.
Events will be listed in this section as they become available. Tap/click for details of the event and how to book.
Supply Teachers’ Seminar - March 2026
On 21 March, NASUWT President Mark Dickinson welcomed members to the first Supply Teachers’ Seminar of the year, which took place online.
The day opened with a an introduction from Matt Wrack, General Secretary, in which he thanked members for attending and emphasised the importance of addressing issues affecting supply teachers and the way supply teaching is delivered across the education system.
Setting out the challenges we need to tackle, he highlighted the profiteering and exploitation of schools by supply agencies and umbrella companies at the expense of supply teachers and to the detriment of schools and children receiving education.
Mr Wrack stressed that the current system is inefficient and overly commercialised, diverting resources away from schools and staff. He emphasised the need for structural reform, including exploring the insourcing of supply provision and ensuring that supply teachers are treated fairly and supported in the same way as other education professionals.
Paul Watkins, NASUWT National Negotiating Official, opened the Supply Teachers’ Forum with a round-up of the work the Union has been undertaking on behalf of supply teachers since the last Supply Teachers’ Seminar in October 2025.
This included an update on the work the union has been undertaking on behalf of supply teachers across the different UK administrations, highlighting the wide range of engagement with government departments, regulators and trade union bodies to ensure the experiences of supply teachers are represented in policy discussions.
This was then followed by a presentation on the key findings from the Supply Teacher Annual Survey that NASUWT undertakes every year across the four UK nations to track issues facing supply teachers, including trends in patterns of work and pay and the nature and availability of work. These findings covered the 2024/25 academic year.
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Supply Teachers’ Seminar - October 2025
On 11 October, NASUWT President Wayne Broom welcomed members to the NASUWT Conference Centre for the second Supply Teachers’ Seminar of the year.
The day opened with a whole group workshop entitled Behaviour Management led by resilience and behaviour specialist Nic Morgan of NSM Training and Consultancy.
Ms Morgan engaged members in an interactive discussion that specifically looked at ways that supply teachers can adopt strategies to manage challenging behaviour in the classroom.
With apologies for being unable to attend the seminar due to another union event, Matt Wrack, General Secretary, sent a recorded message of support and solidarity to supply teachers acknowledging the challenges they face in their professional lives.
Mr Wrack thanked members for their articulate expression of the problems in how supply teachers are treated and the impact that has not only on the individual supply teacher, but also on the wider provision of the education service.
Setting out the challenges we need to tackle, he highlighted the profiteering and exploitation of schools by supply agencies and umbrella companies at the expense of supply teachers and to the detriment of schools and children receiving education. He assured members that NASUWT is working through multiple channels to redress the imbalances they suffer when compared with full-time teachers.
Watch the full message below.
Wayne Broom and Paul Watkins, NASUWT National Negotiating Official, chaired the Supply Teachers’ Forum and Q&A, preceded by an update on the work NASUWT has undertaken on behalf of supply members since the last Supply Teachers’ Seminar earlier this year.
The presentation reflected on several strands of NASUWT’s work, driven by the Supply Teacher Annual Survey that NASUWT undertakes every year across the four UK nations to track issues facing supply teachers, including trends in patterns of work and pay and the nature and availability of work.
NASUWT’s most recent submission to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), the independent pay review body for teachers in England, provided evidence about the spiralling cost of using supply agencies. We have urged the Government to intervene to guarantee that every pound of public money delivers best value.
The four national reports analysing the responses to our supply survey are available on our Supply Teacher Annual Survey pages.
Further useful information can be found on:
Three workshops were available twice during the day to enable each member to take part in two sessions:
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SEND Update for Supply Teachers, Darren Northcott, NASUWT National Official (Education)
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Safeguarding Concerns and Dealing with Allegations Against Supply Teachers, Paul Watkins, NASUWT National Negotiating Official
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How Supply Teachers Can Effectively Use AI to Produce Teaching Resources, Alice Harrison, Oak National Academy
The day was rounded off with refreshments and an opportunity for our supply teacher members to socialise and to continue the important conversations they had begun during the day.
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