Primary jobs in Birmingham

About primary education in Birmingham

Primary settings in Birmingham — 313 primary schools in total — book supply staff throughout the academic year. Primary cover is the busiest part of the local market, with most bookings confirmed the evening before or first thing in the morning. Together, Birmingham's schools and nurseries educate around 208,000 children, and that scale keeps primary cover requests coming in every week of term.

You might cover a single class for the day, split your time across year groups, or run intervention groups with pupils who need extra support. Bookings come from across the city and surrounding areas including Digbeth, Sutton Coldfield and Edgbaston, so you can filter for primary schools within a comfortable commute.

Teachers who work regularly with the same schools are often approached directly when permanent vacancies open. Our Midlands team knows these settings personally, so you get an honest picture of the school or nursery before you accept a booking, plus rates confirmed up front in the app.

Birmingham is one of the UK's largest education markets, with over 1,043 schools and nurseries across the city's 69 square miles. From Edgbaston and Harborne in the south to Erdington and Sutton Coldfield in the north, Humly connects educators directly with supply work across all of Birmingham's diverse communities. With over 115 active educators already registered in the city, Birmingham is one of Humly's most established markets in the Midlands.