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Why a Teacher CV is different
A Teacher CV is read against very different signals to a generic CV in the UK. Generic CV tools don't know what QTS, ECT, or KS3 mean to a headteacher. Your real classroom impact gets reduced to 'taught children'. Term ends, application window opens, and your CV is the bottleneck.
Sausage Dog leads with QTS, ECT status, subject and key stage, the things schools scan for. Uses real school language: schemes of work, differentiation, AfL, safeguarding, pastoral. Rewrites bullets around outcomes: progress, attainment, behaviour, parental engagement.
Our underlying research, We read 113 UK teacher job adverts, found that 55% want leadership. That single signal often decides whether a CV makes the shortlist.
Generic CV tools don't know what QTS, ECT, or KS3 mean to a headteacher.
Your real classroom impact gets reduced to 'taught children'.
Term ends, application window opens, and your CV is the bottleneck.
75%
of CVs never reach a human
6.7s
average recruiter scan time
<30s
to tailor your CV
Leads with QTS, ECT status, subject and key stage, the things schools scan for
Uses real school language: schemes of work, differentiation, AfL, safeguarding, pastoral
Rewrites bullets around outcomes: progress, attainment, behaviour, parental engagement
Adapts for the role. Primary, secondary, SEN, head of department, pastoral lead
No corporate fluff. Every line earns its place
What 150 live teacher adverts told us about job-board teaching
We pulled 150 live teacher adverts from a major UK job board in July 2026 and counted what they actually ask for. The first finding is about the market itself: 65% of the adverts were for supply teaching and 61% quoted a daily rate rather than a salary. Permanent school posts mostly live on school websites, council sites and TES. What a job board sells is flexibility, day rates and quick starts, and your CV should be tuned for whichever of those two markets you are actually applying to.
For the agency and supply market, three signals dominate. QTS appears in 65% of adverts, safeguarding in 50%, and CPD or professional development in 58% (agencies compete for teachers by offering training, so they screen for people who care about it). Long-term placements come up in about a third. The winning CV here leads with QTS, an up-to-date DBS on the update service, the key stages you can cover, and how quickly you can start. That last one matters more than any phrasing: supply desks fill tomorrow morning first.
Range reads as value on a job board. 68% of adverts mention primary and 71% mention secondary, with heavy overlap, because agencies cover both and want teachers who can too. If you genuinely can teach across key stages or step into SEN work (a third of adverts mention SEN or SEND), say so explicitly. A one-line "comfortable across KS1 to KS3, experience with SEND pupils in mainstream settings" widens the roles an agency will put you forward for.
How often each signal appears in the adverts
Secondary mentioned
Agencies cover both phases. State every stage you can teach.
Primary mentioned
Heavy overlap with secondary in the same adverts.
Supply teaching
The job-board teacher market is mostly supply. Tune your CV for it.
QTS
Lead with it, first line of your summary, with your ECT status if relevant.
Daily rate quoted
Day-rate work rewards availability. Say how fast you can start.
CPD / development
Agencies sell training. Mention recent CPD by name.
Safeguarding
Name your training and DBS status. Half of adverts screen for it.
SEN / SEND
Any genuine SEND experience belongs in your first three bullets.
The same experience, rewritten
Experienced teacher available for supply work.
QTS-qualified teacher (ECT+2), DBS on the update service, available at 24 hours notice for KS1 to KS3 supply across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
Taught a Year 4 class and helped children with special needs.
Planned and taught a Year 4 class of 30 including 5 pupils with EHCPs, working with the SENCO to adapt lessons; class reading attainment rose two sub-levels over the year.
"Application season was killing me. Now I tailor a CV per school in two minutes and the responses changed completely."
KS2 Teacher, Bristol 路 Composite example based on user feedback
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Frequently asked
How does Sausage Dog tailor a teacher CV?+
Sausage Dog reads the teacher job description you paste in, identifies the keywords, responsibilities, and qualifications it asks for, then rewrites your existing CV to mirror that language while keeping every fact in your real experience intact. The result is an ATS-friendly CV in under a minute.
Is the output ATS-friendly for teacher roles?+
Yes. The tailored CV uses plain formatting, mirrors the exact keywords in the job description, and keeps section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) that applicant tracking systems are built to parse. No tables, columns, or fancy headers that break ATS scans.
Will the rewritten teacher CV still sound like me?+
That is the whole point. Sausage Dog rewrites your real bullet points in your tone, not corporate jargon. It does not invent qualifications or experience you do not have, it just sharpens what is already there for the specific teacher role.
Is it free to tailor a teacher CV?+
Yes. You can tailor three CVs per day on the free tier with no card needed. Premium (拢9.99/month) gives unlimited tailoring plus cover letters, interview prep, and LinkedIn rewrites for the same role.