Primary jobs in Portsmouth

About primary education in Portsmouth

With 48 primary schools across the city, primary work in Portsmouth offers real variety from one week to the next. Demand rises sharply from January through to the summer term as schools protect teaching time in the run-up to assessments. Together, Portsmouth's schools and nurseries educate around 35,000 children, and that scale keeps primary cover requests coming in every week of term.

A typical day means delivering planned lessons across Key Stage 1 or 2, managing the register and playground duty, and leaving clear feedback for the class teacher. Bookings come from across the city and surrounding areas including Southsea, Fratton and Cosham, so you can filter for primary schools within a comfortable commute.

Supply is a practical route for ECTs to build classroom confidence across different settings before applying for a permanent post. You choose which Portsmouth bookings to accept in the Humly app, see the pay rate before you confirm, and speak to the same South consultant each time.

Portsmouth and the surrounding South Hampshire area is one of Humly's strongest markets in the South of England, with 97 active educators registered in Portsmouth alone and a further 53 in Fareham and 41 in Havant. The area's schools have a high demand for supply staff across all sectors, and Humly's app means educators can find and book jobs across the whole PO postcode area without waiting for phone calls.