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Education

Education & Supply Teaching Recruitment Agency

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.

Supply teacher leading a primary school classroom lesson in the UK

Hire education talent, quickly and easily

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:

  • 12,000+ UK businesses already hired through Alliance — permanent, contract or fully outsourced education hiring.
  • 98% offer-acceptance rate once a candidate is put forward, built on 16 years of UK recruitment.
  • 70% interview-to-offer rate — fewer, better-matched interviews, not a flood of unsuitable CVs.
Roles We Recruit For

Roles We Recruit For in Education

From day-to-day supply cover to permanent leadership roles, these are the roles we place most for schools, colleges and training providers.

Teachers (Primary & Secondary)

Class Teacher, Subject Specialist, Head of Department, SENCO.

Teaching Assistants & SEN Support

Teaching Assistant, Higher Level Teaching Assistant, SEN Support Worker, Learning Mentor.

School Leadership & Administration

Deputy Head, School Business Manager, Admissions Officer, Office Manager.

Further Education & Training Providers

FE Lecturer, Training Coordinator, Apprenticeship Assessor, Curriculum Lead.

How We Staff

How Our Supply Teaching Agency Works

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.

Permanent Recruitment

Direct hires onto your core teaching, support or leadership team.

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Supply & Teaching Assistant Staffing

Short-notice cover for staff absence, a leave gap or an unplanned class shortfall.

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Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Hand us a whole hiring programme — a new term’s staffing, a multi-site academy trust — and we run it end to end.

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Hiring OS

Run your own education hiring process through our AI-assisted platform, with our consultants alongside you.

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Hiring Challenges

Education Recruitment Challenges We Solve

A class can’t run without cover.

Staff 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.

Safeguarding checks can’t be rushed, or skipped.

DBS checks, qualified teacher status and reference verification are run before any candidate reaches your shortlist, not bolted on afterwards.

Term-time hiring runs to a fixed calendar.

A September start or a mid-term leadership gap doesn’t move — we work to your term dates, not a generic notice period.

How It Works

Four steps from brief to hire

— 01

Brief us

Tell us the role, the team and what “right” looks like.

— 02

We search

Our consultants source and screen against the skills that matter.

— 03

You interview a shortlist

Fewer, better-matched candidates, not a stack of CVs.

— 04

You hire

We handle as much of the process as you want us to.

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Why Alliance

Why UK employers choose Alliance for Education hiring

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.

12,000+businesses supported with permanent, temp and RPO hiring
16 Yearsserving clients globally
98%offer acceptance rate once a candidate is put forward
70%interview-to-offer rate — fewer, better-matched interviews
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FAQ

Education Recruitment Agency FAQs

Do you check DBS and qualified teacher status for every candidate?

Yes — DBS, QTS (or equivalent) and reference checks are run before a candidate reaches your shortlist, for every education placement.

Can you cover staff absence at short notice?

Yes, same-day and next-day supply cover is one of our most common education placements.

Do you recruit teaching assistants and SEN support as well as teachers?

Yes, across the full range of classroom and support roles schools hire for.

Can you support a multi-site academy trust or training provider?

Yes, including a full recruitment outsourcing programme where that’s a better fit.

Talk to Our Team

Tell us about your Education hire

Tell us what education role you’re hiring for, and a specialist consultant will get back to you.