Classrooms covered.
Before the bell.
A teacher calls in sick at 7:15am. The first lesson starts at 8:45am. Subshift cascades the shift to eligible supply staff, verifies their safeguarding and QTS status, and confirms cover before the bell — without anyone touching a phone.
The challenges supply agencies face
The 7am rush is non-negotiable
Schools need confirmed cover before the first lesson. Manual ring-rounds waste the small window you have to place the shift.
Safeguarding is absolute
Every placement needs current enhanced DBS, child protection training, and (for teachers) QTS verification. A lapse puts children at risk and the agency on a banned list.
Schools have strong preferences
Head teachers want the same supply staff back. Subject specialism, SEN experience, and key-stage confidence all matter — cover is not just "anyone available".
How Subshift solves this
Safeguarding verified on every placement
Enhanced DBS, child protection training, Prevent duty training, and QTS all checked automatically. Lapsed documents exclude the worker from matching.
Fast cascade at 7am
When a school raises a cover request, Subshift pushes it to eligible supply staff in preference order. Accept in one tap; declined shifts move to the next worker automatically.
Subject and key-stage matching
Match supply teachers to the subject, key stage, and SEN needs required. Schools get someone who can actually teach the lesson.
School preferences respected
Schools can rank preferred workers. Subshift tries those workers first before cascading wider.
Mobile-first for supply staff
Cover offers arrive by push notification. Workers see school name, postcode, role, and hours before accepting.
Term-long audit trail
Every placement, every compliance check, every timesheet recorded. Ready for local authority or Ofsted requests.
Roles we cover in education
Confirmed cover before the first bell.
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