Booked Externally on Classcover
Hi everyone – I’ve been casual teaching for about 6 months now and I’m registered at 40 schools through Classcover, but I’m barely getting any bookings through the platform. The thing is, I work regularly with a really well-run independent special needs school that books me for chunks of time 3-4 weeks out, which means I’m only available on Classcover maybe 1-2 days per fortnight. When I’m working at the other school, I mark myself as “Booked Externally.”
My question is: can schools actually see the difference between “Booked Externally” and just “Unavailable”? I’m curious whether schools browsing Classcover look at my calendar and think “This guy’s unavailable most days – not worth reaching out to him” or if they can tell I’m externally booked and think “He must be decent if he’s consistently getting work elsewhere.”
Anyone know how this displays on the school side?
Posted Feb 16, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC