About Plain Chalk

Built around the work of teaching

Choosing a teaching role means thinking about the learners, subject, schedule and support as well as your qualifications. Plain Chalk brings those details together so you can decide where to spend time on an application.

We cover English online, Maths online and English abroad. The board, the guides and the tools are free to use.

Find a role and prepare for it

• Find suitable work

  Browse the job board for individual roles and ongoing application routes. Review the requirements and follow the link to the employer’s own page.

• Keep a shortlist

  Use Saved jobs to keep roles together and add your own application stages and notes.

• Prepare to apply and teach

  Our guides and tools cover qualifications, applications, lesson planning and teaching practice.

If you are new to teaching online, start with the getting started guide. You can also compare teaching platforms while researching employers. A platform directory entry does not mean there is a current vacancy.

Information you can check

Listings link to their sources and show when they were checked. We keep pay in its original currency and unit, separate what an employer states from other reports, and mark missing details so you know what to ask.

Read the employer’s current requirements and application instructions before applying. Plain Chalk is not a recruiter: applications go to the employer, and we do not receive your CV through those links.

For more detail, read how we check listings and our listing policy. Our privacy policy explains browser storage, optional accounts and site analytics.

Every listing is rechecked each Monday, and new vacancies and closing dates go on the board every day.

Help us make it more useful

The Plain Chalk Team maintains the site. If a listing has changed, a link is broken or a guide leaves a question unanswered, contact us with the page address and what you found.

You can read about us and see published corrections in the changelog.