Can you afford to 'rarely cover'?

From September 1, 2009 teachers will have a contractual right to ‘only rarely cover’.

The NUTs view is that, from that date, teachers should only be asked to undertake cover in exceptional circumstances. Make sure that your school is preparing to meet its obligations.

Synarbor PLC is delivering thousands of pounds worth of savings to schools while delivering excellent qualified supply teachers across the board. Download our factsheet here.

Synarbor’s unique offering which makes our solutions so cost effective is our Environment Mapping. One of our ‘rarely cover’ consultants will visit your school and review your previous and future absences taking into consideration historical patterns. This will produce a proposed cover plan, to ensure you have planned for every foreseeable absence, providing you with real peace of mind. Contact us today to discover how much you could save; answer 10 simple questions and we can calculate your savings, and ‘rarely cover’ mapping.


Please click here to complete our short online 'rarely cover' mapping questions. One of our consultants will be in contact shortly to arrange your Environment Mapping.

The TES has recently highlighted that cover supervisors can become a false economy. Cover supervisors should only carry out set exercises, and teachers still need to prepare the lessons. Teaching assistants also have the same draw backs.

Therefore, we are offering reduced ‘rarely cover’ rates for qualified supply teachers.