Education recruitment
For over 65 years Reed’s education recruitment specialists have been delivering outstanding service to schools and educational settings across the UK.
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We know education recruitment
Our national network of specialist education recruiters work with over 10% of UK schools and understand the complex requirements of the classroom, with many coming from a teaching background.
As a leading education recruitment and supply teaching agency, Reed’s experts are available all year round, providing support during, and out of, our office hours (7am-6pm) – we are there to support your recruitment needs as they arise.
As well as best-in-class teaching staff across early years, foundation, primary, secondary and SEND settings, our national office network, and access to almost one million teaching professionals through Reed.co.uk and Reed.com - including high-demand subject specialists in STEM and English - means we can secure any staff your institution requires. From teachers to teaching assistants and intervention specialists, to all non-classroom-based roles, our team of experts specialise in whole school recruitment and can find you the staff that meet your requirements fast.
Quality and compliance are at the core of Reed’s culture. Our entire safeguarding process adheres to ‘Safer Recruitment in Education’ and ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ regulations, and we will work with you to understand the specific compliance requirements of your school or setting. We are also an accredited member of APSCo Compliance+.
Primary & secondary recruitment
Primary and secondary school recruitment
We support academy trusts and schools in securing high‑quality teaching, leadership and support staff across both primary and secondary phases.
Our experienced consultants understand the operational and budgetary pressures facing headteachers and procurement leads. Through our national network, covering every local authority, we provide access to over one million education professionals, all carefully screened and compliant with safeguarding standards.
We recruit across the full breadth of school roles, from classroom teachers and teaching assistants to SEND and senior leadership positions, alongside essential site and support staff to keep your setting running effectively.
Responsive, high-quality supply cover
When continuity matters, our supply service delivers. We provide rapid access to fully vetted teachers and support staff, with a fast‑track response that enables you to secure cover within minutes, not hours.
Whether you need short-term cover, long-term placements or permanent hires, we ensure consistency in quality, compliance and delivery. Our rigorous vetting and safeguarding processes give you confidence that every professional meets the standards expected across your trust or school.
Early years recruitment
Early years and nursery recruitment
We partner with nurseries, pre-schools and children’s centres to deliver reliable, compliant staffing aligned to early years foundation setting (EYFS) requirements.
Our dedicated early years teams work closely with nursery managers and group leaders to ensure ratios are maintained, quality is consistent and children’s needs are met without disruption. We provide professionals for daily cover, long-term support and permanent roles, all fully vetted and ready to contribute from day one.
Specialist support you can rely on
We supply a broad mix of early years professionals - from practitioners at all qualification levels through to room leaders, SEND specialists and nursery managers. Each placement is supported by a recruiter with specific early years expertise, ensuring a strong fit for your setting.
Our approach is designed to be straightforward and dependable, giving you clarity on availability, costs and timelines, while reducing the administrative burden on your team.
All of our early years supply staff are also given safeguarding, prevent, moving and handling, food hygiene and paediatric first aid training as standard.
Compliance built in
Every candidate meets the requirements set out by Ofsted, EYFS and Keeping Children Safe in Education. All necessary checks - including DBS, right to work, identity and referencing checks - are completed in advance. We also complete the Childcare Disqualification Declaration and check qualifications against Department for Education (DfE) early years requirements. On top of this, our checks are supported by Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo)‑accredited processes.
This ensures you can focus on delivering high-quality care and education, with full confidence in the people supporting your setting.
What is SEN & SEND?
Our specialist SEND recruitment consultants work across early years, primary, and secondary, and focus entirely on providing this area of education with the very best special needs teaching assistants, special needs teachers and SENCO staff.
Every one of our recruiters receive Team Teach training, and keep abreast of the latest developments within the SEN field to ensure our professionals are a good fit for your school.
We understand the critical role that dedicated professionals play in supporting students with diverse learning needs. Our comprehensive SEND recruitment services are designed to connect your school with highly qualified and compassionate individuals who specialise in addressing the challenges of special educational needs. Our extensive database of SEND professionals encompasses a diverse range of skills and experiences, ensuring that we can match the specific needs of each school.
Whether it's recruiting an experienced SEND teaching assistant, special educational needs coordinators (SENCO), special education teachers, speech therapists, occupational therapists, or learning support assistants, Reed is committed to providing personnel who are not only qualified but also passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of students with SEN.
Reed is dedicated to providing the highest level of governance for the safe delivery of learning, providing you with the reassurance you need from a trusted SEND recruitment partner.
Recruiting for tutors
Specialist tutoring and mentoring services
We partner with schools and local authorities across the UK to deliver high-quality, tailored tuition and mentoring for children and young people who need additional support to succeed.
Our programmes are designed to remove barriers to learning, re-engage students, and provide personalised pathways that help every learner achieve their potential -regardless of their starting point or circumstances.
Supporting learners with complex and diverse needs
We work with a wide range of students, aged 4 to 24, who may not be able to access or thrive in mainstream education without additional support. This includes:
Learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
Looked after children and vulnerable learners
Young people requiring alternative provision or EOTAS packages
Pupils with gaps in learning or requiring targeted academic intervention
Learners with SEMH needs
Our flexible approach ensures that each programme is shaped around the individual - academic needs, personal development, and wellbeing.
Tailored tutoring that delivers impact
Our tutoring programmes are built around personalised learning plans, created in collaboration with schools, local authorities, families and other professionals.
We provide:
National curriculum tutoring, with a core focus on English and maths
Exam preparation from SATs through to GCSEs and A Levels
Functional skills development and real-world application
Tailored curriculum, differentiated to the needs of the student and the outcomes within their EHCP/IDP
Online functional skills qualifications
One-to-one delivery in homes, community spaces, schools or online
Every tutor is carefully selected for their subject expertise, experience, qualifications and ability to engage learners with complex needs. They adapt their approach to suit each student, building trust and delivering learning at a pace that works for them.
Mentoring that builds confidence and resilience
In addition to academic support, our mentoring programmes focus on developing confidence, independence and life-skills.
Our experienced mentors work with young people to:
Build self-esteem and resilience
Develop emotional literacy and self-awareness
Re-engage with learning and education
Overcome personal and social barriers
We offer a wide range of enriching, interest-led activities - from sports and creative arts to employability and life skills - helping students build confidence and connect learning to real-world experiences.
A flexible, joined-up approach
We know that no two students are the same. That’s why we take a fully flexible, student-led approach - designing provision that adapts to changing needs and circumstances.
Our teams work year-round, including outside standard school hours, to ensure continuity and consistency. We collaborate closely with all stakeholders to provide a joined-up approach that supports both academic progress and personal development.
Why schools and local authorities choose Reed for tutoring and mentoring
Proven experience delivering specialist tuition at scale across the UK
A large network of highly skilled tutors and mentors
Expertise in working with complex and high-need cohorts
Flexible delivery models tailored to individual students
Strong safeguarding, quality assurance and compliance processes
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Managed service programmes (MSP) for schools and trusts
Recruitment in education is becoming increasingly complex – from budget pressures to safeguarding requirements and fluctuating staffing demand. Reed’s managed service programmes (MSPs) provide a strategic, end-to-end solution designed specifically for schools, multi-academy trusts and procurement teams.
We take full responsibility for your recruitment, giving you one trusted partner to manage everything from daily supply through to permanent hires across your entire organisation.
A smarter, more strategic approach to recruitment
An MSP with Reed’s education team goes beyond simply filling vacancies. Our education recruitment experts act as an extension of your team – managing your workforce, supply chain and compliance through a single, streamlined model.
End-to-end workforce management – from sourcing and vetting to placement and ongoing supplier management
Temporary, permanent and flexible solutions tailored to your structure and staffing needs
One route to supply, reducing admin burden and improving consistency across schools and departments
Full supply chain management, including your existing agency partners
Whether you’re a single school or a large multi-academy trust (MAT), our MSP solution scales with you.
Built for procurement confidence
Reed is a trusted partner for education procurement teams, offering compliant, transparent and cost-effective routes to market.
We are already established on the UK’s leading public sector frameworks, including:
The Government Commercial Agency (formerly CCS - Crown Commercial Service)
YPO (Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
MSTAR4
CPC (Crescent Purchasing Consortium)
This allows you to direct award or run a mini-competition, ensuring compliance while reducing procurement timelines and complexity.
Our CIPS-qualified experts work alongside you to analyse your spend, supply model and future workforce strategy. They help you select the right solution, whether that’s an MSP, preferred supplier list or preferred supplier agreement.
Delivering quality, compliance and value
Our MSP model is designed to improve outcomes across every aspect of recruitment:
Enhanced safeguarding and compliance through sector-leading in-house screening team, operating 24 hours, seven days a week, in the UK
Greater visibility and control of spend with real-time management information
Improved candidate quality and access to over one million education professionals
Dedicated account management to ensure a seamless experience
Cost savings through streamlined processes and supply chain optimisation
A partnership approach
At Reed, we don’t just deliver a service – we build long-term partnerships. We work collaboratively with school leaders, HR teams and procurement leads to design a solution aligned to your:
Educational priorities
Financial strategy
Safeguarding requirements
Social value goals
From day-to-day staffing challenges to long-term workforce planning, our MSP model ensures you have the people, processes and insight to support outstanding education.
Streamlined workforce management
All our partners benefit from access to our bespoke system, JoinedUp. This enables your teams to book, manage and track staffing efficiently, supporting better cost control, visibility and compliance across multiple sites.
And understand your pain points...
With our national network of offices and a database of almost one million academic professionals, our education recruiters can source education specialists for any role across every UK region.
We have specialist teams who attend events in the UK and abroad to identify early career teachers (ECTs) and experienced overseas teachers and expand our teaching network. On top of this, our access to specialist media/job boards and use of referrals to recruit the best teachers across the UK means we have a large network to help staff supply, temporary, interim and permanent vacancies.
With core operating hours of 7am-6pm, and out of hours contact with all of our offices, our supply teaching agency team is always on hand to provide urgent supply cover. Added to which, with high levels of candidate availability and in-depth sector knowledge we can provide cover in under 15 minutes.
If you are an existing education client you will be offered free access to JoinedUp, our bespoke workforce management system, and can manage you supply requirements at the click of a button with real-time availability at your fingertips.
We combine our core business of recruiting and deploying teachers, supply teachers, teaching assistants, and tutors with our expertise in sourcing bursars, business managers, site supervisors and cleaners to create a whole school recruitment approach.
Our specialist teams across the country can provide a localised approach to your recruitment needs, covering every aspect of the hiring journey and enabling your school to offer its students the best possible learning environment.
We have expert SEND recruiters with intimate knowledge of suitable professionals trained to provide all levels of support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
Many of our SEND recruitment consultants have undertaken Team Teach training and are continually updating their knowledge of the discipline. With a national reach and access to other specialist areas within Reed, our education experts are also able to reach out to professionals in SEND positions working in other sectors such as health and care.
Reed’s education specialists have a vast network of tutors, mentors and intervention experts who can provide one-to-one support to improve pupils’ outcomes and to help them catch up.
We’ve also created a series of off the shelf intervention packages available to cover the key areas of numeracy, literacy and wellbeing.
Our expertise in the provision of managed service programmes (MSPs) allows us to handle your total recruitment needs.
We can help you create temporary, permanent or flexible solutions to meet your recruitment needs. From schools to multi-academy trusts and academy chains – we have solutions ranging from daily supply through to full managed services.
Reed already has MSP infrastructure in place and operational, and we are on the four main educations contract frameworks: GCA (formally CCS), YPO, MSTAR3/ESPO, and the CPC. We operate a variety of contracts, ranging from 10 schools with Inspire Trust to 90 schools with Tower Hamlets Education Partnership.
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Education recruitment FAQs
The key to any good education recruitment agency is having an experienced, dedicated team ready to drive forward recruitment standards and help source the perfect talent for your academic vacancies.
As a leading recruitment agency in education recruitment, we work with your school or trust to source the right professionals – both in and out of the classroom. Contact one of your local education recruiters us now to find out more.
There is no straightforward answer to how long the hiring process for education recruitment takes. The length of the hiring process varies from school to school based on the type of position being filled. Supply roles can be filled in as little as 15 minutes, but other roles may take a few weeks to fill.
Having a well-planned education recruitment strategy will stand you in good stead when it comes to making your entire hiring process more effective and efficient.
The benefits of a well-planned recruitment strategy include finding and sourcing the right hire for your business, understanding exactly what it is your school needs to grow and thrive, as well as helping make substantial cost savings throughout the process.
Contact our education recruitment specialists now to understand more about how we can help you with your hiring strategy.
Refined recruitment processes are efficient, productive, and pleasant for both prospective employees and your hiring team. At Reed, we are best placed to support you with your recruitment needs.
Working with one of our education recruiters can certainly streamline the process. Our database of pre-screened education professionals with detailed profiles allows us to help you make faster hiring decisions.
With education being a candidate-short sector, we can act fast on your behalf, securing the best classroom and non-classroom-based staff quickly. We also offer years of knowledge and to up-to-date education labour market insight to benefit your hiring strategy.
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