Before I finished at my full-time job as an English secondary school teacher at the beginning of 2009, I registered on the TDA website and my information was then passed on to the local authority. However, as of yet I haven’t received any information about work through my local authority directly. I don’t really understand why they got tutors to register with them as I don’t know of anyone who got work this way.
The local authorities seem to be using supply agencies, which is how I found work. The problem with going through a supply agency is that you cannot contribute to your teacher’s pension. The local authorities also have to pay the agency’s fees. I know that many schools are using their full-time English and Maths teachers to do the extra tuition as well.
Perhaps if anyone out there did get work via the TDA route they would like to comment?
