Your Secondary Education Staffing Partner
Specialist recruitment, workforce development and support services tailored to your school’s needs.
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Welcome to Teaching Personnel – Your Secondary Education Staffing Partner
We know the pressures secondary schools and trusts face: staffing shortages, budget challenges, SEND needs, and teacher retention. Our role is to help you tackle these, today and for the long term.
Whether through tailored agreements, our managed service SupplyBank, or procured frameworks, we’ll work closely with you to deliver cost efficiencies without compromising quality. From sourcing subject specialists to developing future leaders, we provide the right people at the right time, so your school can focus on teaching and learning.
With 30 years of experience and trusted by thousands of schools and multi-academy trusts nationwide, we bring workforce solutions designed around the unique needs of Key Stage 3 to 5.
Local Reach.
National Strength.
With a UK-wide network of over 50 office locations, we combine national expertise with regional understanding. Wherever your school is, we’re there.
Our value to secondary schools and trusts
We provide smarter staffing solutions that protect your budget and ensure you have the right people in place.
Achieve meaningful cost efficiencies through:
• Tailored partnership agreements
• Our managed service SupplyBank
Procured frameworks such as Crown Commercial Service
Fill staffing gaps quickly
Access our network of 18,000+ vetted educators, including subject specialists in shortage areas.
Plan for the future
Build long-term capacity with leadership pathways, ECT recruitment, and our Future Teachers graduate programme.
One trusted partner
From supply cover to SEND support and workforce development, we offer complete staffing solutions for Key Stage 3 to 5.
“Over 5,000 secondary educators placed last year in 1,000+ schools”
The pressures are real. Your support should be too.
Secondary schools face real pressures every day - from staffing shortages and growing SEND needs to tight budgets and compliance demands.
Because we speak with school leaders daily, we understand these challenges first-hand and we know how to help.
Challenging Staffing Shortages
Secondary schools are struggling to find subjectspecialist teachers, especially in English, maths, science and modern foreign languages.
Disconnect in Recruitment and Retention
Educators want flexibility, growth, and recognition - too many leave the profession too early.
“They’ve placed staff who fit us perfectly -because they listened.” – CEO, Gryphon Trust
Curriculum Pressure and Timetabling Strain
Senior leadership teams (SLTs) are under pressure to maintain curriculum breadth while managing unpredictable staffing gaps. Last-minute cover impacts teaching quality and student outcomes.
SEND and Inclusion Demands
Behaviour and attendance issues are spiking across KS3 and KS4. OFSTED scrutiny on SEND is growing, yet trained learning support assistants and mentors remain hard to source.
“Highly supportive in securing both supply and permanent staff.” – Director, United Learning
Budget Pressures
Every decision is scrutinised. Schools need cost-efficiency without compromising quality.
Lack of Strategic Planning Capacity
Schools must think months ahead but lack the internal bandwidth to do it.
“There’s a huge labour crisis coming and too many leaders are still in denial.”
– Secondary Trust Leader, United Learning
Sales Fatigue
Leaders are done with vague promises. They want trusted partners, not pushy sales calls.
Let’s move beyond short-term fixes.
Let’s build better together.
“If we answered every agency call, we’d have no time left in the day”
– Headteacher, Chiltern MAT
Real Impact in Real Schools.
We’re trusted for our thorough vetting and safeguarding, career-boosting CPD Academy, excellent service, and specialist expertise in school recruitment.
Teaching Personnel is the UK’s leading education recruitment agency
Since 1996, thousands of teachers and classroom support staff have chosen Teaching Personnel to help them find work in UK classrooms.
Our mission across all our services is simple - we strive to make a difference every day through staffing, tutoring and supply.
We are recognised for our stringent vetting procedures, career-enhancing CPD Academy, customer experience and sector specialist approach to school recruitment. Every academic year we provide staff to over 6,500 schools delivering a national service on a local scale from our 80 branches.
“I’ve been working with Teaching Personnel for over 5 years and I’ve had a very smooth journey with them. They’ve always been very understanding of my personal and professional needs.”
– Jess, SENCo
“Excellent service! The staff are very approachable and proactive. I’m frequently offered work and new supply work is easily accessible via the easy to use app.”
– Mark, Secondary teacher
Each year, we support more than 6,500 schools with quality educators. With 80 local branches, we combine the reach of a national network with the personal support of a local team.
Key secondary sector stats
5,319 educators placed in 2024
1,100+ secondary schools supported
CST Platinum Partner
We’re proud to be a Platinum Partner of the Confederation of School Trusts (CST).
CST is the national body for school trusts in England, representing and supporting executive and governance leaders. Through this partnership, we help trusts access valuable benefits and networking opportunities alongside other sector-leading organisations.
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS)
We’re an approved supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) framework.
CCS helps public sector organisations get the best value when buying goods and services. Being part of this framework means schools and trusts can work with us through a trusted, compliant route.
Secondary Education Staffing Partner
Smarter Strategy. Greater Value.
Designed for MATs and school leaders seeking consistency, insight, impact and great value.
Developing a flexible workforce
• Managed services
• Supply pools
MyTP portal and app
• First Call Agreements
• Partnership Agreements, Service Level Agreements and Preferred Supplier Lists
Improving Educational Outcomes
• High impact tuition Interventions
• Raising attainment
• Disadvantage pupils
• SEND interventions
• Impact and outcomes
ARK, Maths Mastery
Chartered College of Teaching
• CPD
Efficiency and Value
• Supply Maps
• MyTP Portal and app
Dedicated account manager
• National scope
• Transparency
• Visibility
• Safeguarding
Community support
• Enrichment
• Value for money
Talent Management and Planning
• Long-term recruitment
Permanent recruitment (PWR)
• The Future Teacher Programme
• ECT Pool
• TA Apprenticeships
• Future leaders
TP Flex
Corporate Social Responsibility
Our commitment to adding value beyond recruitment and supply.
Community engagement and Volunteering
• Organising donation drives (food, gifts) for key celebrations.
• Engaging in community-led initiatives to drive local impact.
Youth Empowering and Careers Support
• Hosting volunteering days (school improvements, events, and activities).
Engaging in community-led initiatives to drive local impact.
Strategic Partnerships and Sponsorships
• Sponsoring and attending trust conferences.
• Marketing conferences on all our platforms.
• Partnering with stakeholders in careers, outreach, and enrichment.
Collaborating for Impact
• We will work closely with you to ensure our efforts are meaningful. We don’t just want to ‘tick a box’.
• We care about your community and hope to strengthen this through a lasting relationships.
Driven by purpose. Focused on impact.
Mission:
Providing great teachers and support staff wherever they are needed.
Core Values: Quality. Expertise. Impact. Community.
At Teaching Personnel, our mission is to be the proud heartbeat of education - trusted by communities, driven by purpose, and changing futures through great people.
Core Values
Quality
Every educator we place is carefully selected and fully supported.
Community
We foster connection and collaboration, reflecting our role in bringing together educators, schools and colleagues for a shared purpose.
Impact
We focus on outcomes that make a real difference. Whether that’s helping a teacher progress in their career or ensuring a school has the right staff in place.
Expertise
We demonstrate authority and credibility, drawing on decades of experience guiding and supporting schools and educators with confidence.
Teaching Personnel is part of Supporting Education Group (SEG), the UK’s largest specialist education services provider. Through SEG, schools access additional expertise in training, compliance, and strategic advisory.
90%
We work with 90% of multiacademy trusts in England.
18,000+ Educators available to teach in classrooms. 1.2m Days of education delivered each year.
50 Office locations across the UK.
One Partner. Complete Support.
Subject Specialist Staffing
Scalable supply, long-term and permanent solutions.
Early Careers and Workforce Development
ECT recruitment, CPD, and Specialist Graduate Recruitment through our Future Teachers programme.
Specialist Education Services
Comprehensive SEND and inclusion support, intervention and tutors tailored to the unique challenges in secondary education.
Technology and Digital Services
Booking and talent management apps, compliance tools and data dashboards.
Strategic Partnerships
Advisory, frameworks and MAT-wide supply management.
Looking for a solution tailored to your school or trust? Let’s talk.
Your Staffing, Solved.
We provide flexible, high-quality staffing, from day-to-day cover to long-term roles and permanent appointments.
Whether you need a physics specialist for GCSE classes or a generalist to support KS3, we move quickly to find the right fit for your school.
Services:
Short-term cover and supply. Emphasis on subject specialists.
One-to-one and group exam tuition, face-to-face and online.
Long-term and permanent recruitment support.
In 24/25 Teaching
Personnel supplied close to 10,000 hours of invigilation to secondary schools nationwide.
ECF aligned cover supervisor induction programmes.
Create a talent pool of preferred educators by subject to ensure continuity in critical curriculum areas.
JCQ accredited invigilation and access recruitment.
Ready to streamline your staffing?
Ask us about our Guaranteed Work Scheme. Secure preferred educators exclusively for your school or trust.
SEG SpotlightSupply Bank
The SupplyBank managed service gives your school full control, clear visibility, and better value.
With SupplyBank, you’ll:
Reduce costs and simplify bookings and invoicing.
Access quality, fully compliant educators.
• Gain data-driven insights to support smarter decisions.
• Manage your supply chain with confidence and ease.
Get in touch with us about how SupplyBank can transform the way you manage staffing.
Your Secondary Education Staffing Partner
Support Every Learner, Meet Every Need.
SEND teachers and teaching assistants
We supply staff experienced in supporting pupils with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs, autism (ASD), and communication challenges. Our educators work across mainstream secondary schools, offsite provision, and pupil referral units (PRUs).
Behaviour and Attendance Mentors
Our Behaviour and Attendance Mentors work closely with students to improve conduct, boost attendance, and provide tailored pastoral support, helping schools create a positive and inclusive learning environment.
Attendance and Inclusion Consultancy
Attendance and Inclusion Consultancy provides expert guidance to schools in improving pupil attendance, reducing persistent absence, and creating inclusive strategies that support all learners to thrive.
Support inclusion without stretching your pastoral team or burning out teaching staff.
Team Teach
Our Team Teach trained secondary educators are equipped to manage challenging behaviour through positive handling and de-escalation strategies, fostering a safe and supportive learning environment for all students.
Alternative Provision Staff
Our Alternative Provision staff are experienced in supporting students with complex needs, delivering personalised learning and behaviour support in specialist or mainstream settings to re-engage learners and improve outcomes.
“They’ve helped us manage growing SEND needs with expert staff.”
– Assistant Head, Nottingham
SEG SpotlightThe Thrive Approach
The Thrive Approach helps children and young people build resilience and well-being through positive relationships and personalised support. It gives schools the tools, insights, and training needed to strengthen emotional, social, and cognitive development. By focusing on how the brain develops through interaction and connection with trusted adults, Thrive promotes healthier outcomes for pupils.
2,800 Settings using the Thrive Approach
75,000 People trained
795,000 Young people’s lives improved
583 educators have completed thrive
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Grow Your Pipeline. Keep Great People.
From early career teachers (ECTs) to aspiring leaders, we help you to attract, support and retain talent. Our early careers and leadership pathways support the attraction, retention and progression of teaching staff in shortage subject areas.
Service List:
ECT Recruitment and Induction.
Secondary tailored CPD for all staff.
Levy funded NPQ’s and Leadership Pathways. Apprenticeships and Training Models.
Future Teachers Graduate Recruitment Programme.
The Future Teachers Programme started as a single graduate working in one school and has now grown to over one hundred future teachers working in schools across the country.
Our mission is to find and place exceptional talent in schools by identifying aspiring teachers, providing paid in-school experience and nurturing their growth through structured support, preparing them for Initial Teacher Training.
We aim to enhance the quality of supply teaching by offering motivated, subject-specialist graduates aligned with each school’s values and ethos, delivering cost-effective solutions that increase consistency and continuity for schools, MATS and Teaching School Hubs.
The programme has ensured that cover lessons are high quality, impactful, and that every child in every lesson where there is a future teacher has the best possible experience.
“The most impactful thing we’ve done for long-term recruitment.”
– Director, Swindon and Wiltshire Teaching School Hub
Introducing SkillsHub
SkillsHub is a unique managed service that plans and manages all school-relevant apprenticeships across your entire trust. With one contract and one Partnership Manager, we design a workforce plan, enrol staff and manage delivery through our partners – providing online visibility of every learner’s development journey.
How SkillsHub benefits your trust, your people and your pupils
TA development and retention
Structured Level 3–5 routes that keep great staff and deliver even greater impact in the classroom.
Leadership capacity
NPQ-aligned Level 5 and Level 7 programmes that develop your future leaders.
Future teachers
Create a pipeline from TA/graduate to fully qualified teachers through our Postgraduate Teacher Apprenticeship.
Consistency and quality assurance
Clear Service Level Agreements (SLAs), regular reviews and reporting for every learner.
Your
Efficiency, Visibility, Compliance.
Our innovative platforms give you access to lots of features. Use our online portal or app to book known subject staff in seconds, track fulfilment by department, and share data with SLT.
Tech Product Features:
• myTP Staff Portal and App – Book, manage, and review staff with ease.
• Vetting Record System – Access full compliance documentation.
• SupplyMaps – MAT-wide insights on usage, cost, quality, and supply activity.
Quality
Monitor the quality of temporary staff working in your schools.
Cost Savings
Access preferential rates for schools across the group.
Visibility
See how supply staff are being deployed across the network.
Management
Maintain control of agency staff arrangements.
Reporting
Provide detailed reports to share with your peers
Influence
Embed a common approved across all schools.
Value
Drive value through data and best practice.
Efficiencies
Reduce time spent managing supply staff activity.
MyTP Staff
The myTP Staff app and portal allows you to explore our database database of educators and build a talent pool of people you know are right for your school. You control all aspects of supply management. Instead of placing a booking and waiting for a response, you can take charge of the process.
Vetting Record Service - All Teaching Personnel staff are fully vetted in accordance with the Department of Education (DfE) regulations ‘Keeping children Safe in Education’. As a Teaching Personnel customer you will benefit from our Vetting Records Service (VRS), giving you full 24/7 access to vetting information on all staff attending your sites at the click of a button.
Let your tech work for you.
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