Teachers (Primary & Secondary)
Class Teacher, Subject Specialist, Head of Department, SENCO.
Teachers, teaching assistants and school support staff — sourced, DBS-checked and placed by a UK supply teaching agency that gets cover into a classroom before the gap becomes a problem.
Need a teacher, teaching assistant or school support specialist on your team? Alliance runs permanent, contract and outsourced education searches for 12,000+ UK businesses, so you get a shortlist of vetted, safeguarding-checked candidates without carrying the search in-house.
What you get working with Alliance:
From day-to-day supply cover to permanent leadership roles, these are the roles we place most for schools, colleges and training providers.
Class Teacher, Subject Specialist, Head of Department, SENCO.
Teaching Assistant, Higher Level Teaching Assistant, SEN Support Worker, Learning Mentor.
Deputy Head, School Business Manager, Admissions Officer, Office Manager.
FE Lecturer, Training Coordinator, Apprenticeship Assessor, Curriculum Lead.
Whether you need a supply teaching agency for short-notice class cover, or a teacher recruitment agency search for a permanent hire, it runs through the same screening standard.
Direct hires onto your core teaching, support or leadership team.
Learn moreShort-notice cover for staff absence, a leave gap or an unplanned class shortfall.
Learn moreHand us a whole hiring programme — a new term’s staffing, a multi-site academy trust — and we run it end to end.
Learn moreRun your own education hiring process through our AI-assisted platform, with our consultants alongside you.
Learn moreStaff absence on the day needs a qualified, checked supply teacher or TA in place fast — our supply pipeline is built for same-day and next-day turnaround.
DBS checks, qualified teacher status and reference verification are run before any candidate reaches your shortlist, not bolted on afterwards.
A September start or a mid-term leadership gap doesn’t move — we work to your term dates, not a generic notice period.
Tell us the role, the team and what “right” looks like.
Our consultants source and screen against the skills that matter.
Fewer, better-matched candidates, not a stack of CVs.
We handle as much of the process as you want us to.
12,000+ UK businesses have hired through Alliance. Education searches run on the same standard — a 98% offer-acceptance rate and a 70% interview-to-offer rate once a candidate is put forward.






Yes — DBS, QTS (or equivalent) and reference checks are run before a candidate reaches your shortlist, for every education placement.
Yes, same-day and next-day supply cover is one of our most common education placements.
Yes, across the full range of classroom and support roles schools hire for.
Yes, including a full recruitment outsourcing programme where that’s a better fit.
Tell us what education role you’re hiring for, and a specialist consultant will get back to you.