Same-day substitute cover

When a teacher texts in sick at 8 a.m.,
the bell still rings on time.

Tell us the group, the time, and the level. We confirm a vetted, background-checked TEFL cover in around 30 minutes, so the morning class runs to schedule.

TEFL freelancers — apply to the roster →

Most covers confirmed before the morning classBackground-checked TEFLValencia · Spain
Two paths

One service. Two sides of the bell.

BellCover routes academy buyers and teacher applicants through two separate paths. Pick the side you came here for.

For academies

Send us your absent teacher.

Tell us about today's cover — group, level, room — and we will reply with a vetted, background-checked TEFL instructor before the morning is out.

For teachers

Pick the days you want to teach.

TEFL or CELTA-qualified? Apply once to BellCover's dispatch pool and accept the cover shifts that fit your schedule.

Apply to the roster/teachers/apply

Why schools trust BellCover

Pricing

From €10 / month — pay-as-you-go available.

Two memberships, one flat rate each. Subscribe to unlock the discounted rate or send a single request and we’ll quote per-cover.

Schools · Membership
Most popular

Academy Membership

€80/ month

Standard: €130–150 per confirmed cover

Billed €80/month, with every confirmed cover charged at the discounted member rate. Cancel any month.

  • Discounted per-cover member rate on the €80/month plan
  • Same 90-minute confirmation window
Teachers · Membership
0% per-job fee

Teacher Membership

€10/ month

Standard: 18–20% BellCover fee per accepted job

0% per-job fee on every accepted engagement while you’re subscribed. Cancel any month.

  • 0% per-job fee while subscribed
  • PDF invoices issued per engagement

12 Valencia academies requested cover this week. 96% confirmed before the morning class began.

The cover process

Four steps from ringing in sick to ringing the bell.

BellCover turns unplanned teacher absences from a costly disruption into a routine operational event. The whole exchange fits inside one morning.

  1. Your teacher calls in sick

    The academy messages or emails BellCover as soon as the absence is known. No long intake form — name, time, room, group, and CEFR level (A2–C1).

  2. We match a cover in minutes

    Our dispatcher pulls from a curated, Spain-based network of background-checked, TEFL-qualified instructors filtered by the academy's age group (niños, adolescentes, adultos), CEFR level, and teaching style.

  3. A confirmation lands in your inbox

    You receive the cover teacher's name, profile summary, and arrival time. Lesson plans can be forwarded to them directly — they will run them as written.

  4. The bell rings, the class runs

    A real instructor walks in. Parents and students see no change; your academic coordinator gets the morning back to run the centre, not the classroom.

Per-cover pricing

€130–150 per confirmed cover, quoted before the booking.

No subscription, no portal login. We quote your per-cover rate inside the reply — before the booking is confirmed.

Standard
Pay as you go

€130–150 per confirmed cover

No subscription, no portal login. Submit a cover request and we will quote your per-cover rate inside the reply — before the booking is confirmed.

  • Vetted, DBS-checked TEFL teachers
  • Confirmation inside 90 minutes
  • Lesson plans run as written
  • Quoted upfront — no surprise add-ons