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Insights, case studies, and updates from the Teacher Booker team.

The Phantom Capacity Problem: What Worker Sharing Data Reveals About STEM Supply
Data Insights

The Phantom Capacity Problem: What Worker Sharing Data Reveals About STEM Supply

We analyse data from 130,000+ supply bookings to reveal how to identify and address staffing pressures ahead of time, and explore what this means for your supply service.

Teacher Booker
9 min read
5 Dec 2025
Case Study: How DoNESC Transformed Recruitment from "A Chunk of Time" to "A Minute" with Teacher Booker
Case Study

Case Study: How DoNESC Transformed Recruitment from "A Chunk of Time" to "A Minute" with Teacher Booker

Teacher Booker
8 min read
30 Oct 2025
Introducing the Pressure Index: a simple signal made possible by digitising supply
Data Insights

Introducing the Pressure Index: a simple signal made possible by digitising supply

We analyse data from 130,000+ supply bookings to reveal how to identify and address staffing pressures ahead of time, and explore what this means for your supply service.

Teacher Booker
9 min read
9 Oct 2025
How AI is Transforming Product Management Work
Blog

How AI is Transforming Product Management Work

Iryna Milchynska offers a fresh perspective on how AI is changing the Product Manager role — and how to balance speed, strategy, and creativity in product work.

Teacher Booker
7 min read
9 Sept 2025
The Rise of the AI-Powered Product Engineer: What It Means for Teams, Roles, and Innovation
Blog

The Rise of the AI-Powered Product Engineer: What It Means for Teams, Roles, and Innovation

We analyse data from 115,000+ supply bookings to reveal how supply staff move between schools, and explore what this means for your supply service.

Teacher Booker
3 min read
11 Jun 2025
The Hidden Pattern in Your Supply Teaching Data: Introducing the "Shared Worker" Metric
Data Insights

The Hidden Pattern in Your Supply Teaching Data: Introducing the "Shared Worker" Metric

We analyse data from 115,000+ supply bookings to reveal how supply staff move between schools, and explore what this means for your supply service.

Teacher Booker
6 min read
3 Jun 2025
How many supply staff does it take to run a successful supply service?
Data Insights

How many supply staff does it take to run a successful supply service?

By analysing over 100,000 supply bookings, we’ve discovered something surprising: your 'A team' of supply staff doesn't need to be as big as you may think.

Teacher Booker
4 min read
30 Apr 2025
Why 87% of Staff Absences Aren’t Emergencies — And What That Means for Your School
Data Insights

Why 87% of Staff Absences Aren’t Emergencies — And What That Means for Your School

By analysing over 90,000 supply bookings, we’ve discovered something surprising: only 12.6% of bookings are made for same-day cover.

Teacher Booker
4 min read
31 Mar 2025
Why Norfolk’s Supply Register Works — And How Your MAT or LA's Can Too
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Why Norfolk’s Supply Register Works — And How Your MAT or LA's Can Too

Teacher Booker
9 min read
21 Mar 2025
Navigating the Procurement Act 2023: How UK Schools Can Adapt Their Temporary Staffing Approach
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Navigating the Procurement Act 2023: How UK Schools Can Adapt Their Temporary Staffing Approach

Teacher Booker
6 min read
17 Mar 2025
Whitepaper: The Need for an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) in State-Maintained Schools and decentralised MATs in the UK
Blog

Whitepaper: The Need for an Applicant Tracking System (ATS) in State-Maintained Schools and decentralised MATs in the UK

Teacher Booker
10 min read
13 Sept 2024
INMAT: Case Study for the Centralisation of Supply
Case Study

INMAT: Case Study for the Centralisation of Supply

Teacher Booker
10 min read
13 Dec 2023
Glasgow City Council Teacher Booker Implementation & Results
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Glasgow City Council Teacher Booker Implementation & Results

Teacher Booker
7 min read
15 Aug 2023
Teacher Booker to Provide Supply Staffing Platform to the Welsh Government
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Teacher Booker to Provide Supply Staffing Platform to the Welsh Government

Teacher Booker
2 min read
14 Jun 2023
Why adopting a Supply Pool for agency and temporary staff transforms SEN schools
Supply

Why adopting a Supply Pool for agency and temporary staff transforms SEN schools

Teacher Booker
3 min read
15 Nov 2022
Teacher Booker Appointed to Crescent Purchasing Consortium's (CPC) Temporary and Permanent Staffing Framework
Policy

Teacher Booker Appointed to Crescent Purchasing Consortium's (CPC) Temporary and Permanent Staffing Framework

Teacher Booker
2 min read
18 Jul 2022
What is the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework, and how does it help me?
Policy

What is the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework, and how does it help me?

Teacher Booker
5 min read
12 Jul 2022
Teacher Booker Awarded a Place on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing Framework
Policy

Teacher Booker Awarded a Place on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing Framework

Teacher Booker
2 min read
5 Jul 2022
Reforming the Treatment and Engagement of Temporary Workers in Schools
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Reforming the Treatment and Engagement of Temporary Workers in Schools

Teacher Booker
15 min read
22 Feb 2022
The Biggest Challenge in Recruiting Staff as a Secondary School Head Teacher
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The Biggest Challenge in Recruiting Staff as a Secondary School Head Teacher

Teacher Booker
6 min read
4 Nov 2021
Paid to Scale - What's behind the numbers?
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Paid to Scale - What's behind the numbers?

Teacher Booker
6 min read
28 Oct 2021
Supply Teacher Pay Breakdown - Are You Being Paid to Scale?
Supply

Supply Teacher Pay Breakdown - Are You Being Paid to Scale?

Teacher Booker
4 min read
21 Oct 2021
Sports Day - How can we help everyone feel included?
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Sports Day - How can we help everyone feel included?

Teacher Booker
7 min read
21 Jul 2021
Technology Based Supply Services - How the Education Sector can Adapt and Change
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Technology Based Supply Services - How the Education Sector can Adapt and Change

Teacher Booker
5 min read
16 Jul 2021
Teaching in Lockdown - 10 Things You Never Expected to Hear, Say or Do as a Teacher!
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Teaching in Lockdown - 10 Things You Never Expected to Hear, Say or Do as a Teacher!

Teacher Booker
3 min read
16 Jul 2021
Demonstrating Social Value by Ensuring School Support Staff are Paid the Living Wage
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Demonstrating Social Value by Ensuring School Support Staff are Paid the Living Wage

Teacher Booker
6 min read
14 Jul 2021
Sensory Stories - Why are they so awesome?
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Sensory Stories - Why are they so awesome?

Teacher Booker
7 min read
30 Jun 2021
The Fun with Food Programme - how to establish a fun food ladder that is student led
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The Fun with Food Programme - how to establish a fun food ladder that is student led

Teacher Booker
4 min read
15 Jun 2021
Attention Autism - Are we offering an irresistible invitation to learn?
Blog

Attention Autism - Are we offering an irresistible invitation to learn?

Teacher Booker
8 min read
3 Jun 2021
SCERTS Model for children with autism made easy!
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SCERTS Model for children with autism made easy!

Teacher Booker
4 min read
21 May 2021
PECs - The six steps and how to make it fun
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PECs - The six steps and how to make it fun

Teacher Booker
5 min read
18 May 2021
Teacher Booker to Support Supply Teacher Management across Scotland
Supply

Teacher Booker to Support Supply Teacher Management across Scotland

Teacher Booker
2 min read
9 Apr 2021
Homeschooling: how to ensure maximum engagement for your child
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Homeschooling: how to ensure maximum engagement for your child

Teacher Booker
3 min read
21 Jan 2021
How teachers are keeping the Christmas Magic alive
Blog

How teachers are keeping the Christmas Magic alive

Teacher Booker
3 min read
10 Dec 2020
Strategic Leadership for Schools: Maintaining Safe Staffing Levels through Workforce Management and Talent Planning
Blog

Strategic Leadership for Schools: Maintaining Safe Staffing Levels through Workforce Management and Talent Planning

Teacher Booker
7 min read
27 Aug 2020
How to lead your school through uncertainty this school year
Blog

How to lead your school through uncertainty this school year

Teacher Booker
4 min read
27 Aug 2020
What the coronavirus pandemic will mean for school recruitment this year
Recruitment

What the coronavirus pandemic will mean for school recruitment this year

Teacher Booker
6 min read
26 Aug 2020
Now is the Time to Return to Local Supply Teacher Pools
Supply

Now is the Time to Return to Local Supply Teacher Pools

Teacher Booker
5 min read
1 Jun 2020
Supply Teacher Furlough Pay During Coronavirus
Supply

Supply Teacher Furlough Pay During Coronavirus

Teacher Booker
3 min read
29 Apr 2020
For Schools: Supporting Supply Teachers During Coronavirus
Supply

For Schools: Supporting Supply Teachers During Coronavirus

Teacher Booker
2 min read
29 Apr 2020
How to improve your supply teaching pay by 25% at no extra cost to the schools you regularly work in
Blog

How to improve your supply teaching pay by 25% at no extra cost to the schools you regularly work in

Teacher Booker
3 min read
20 Feb 2020
Why is a school recruitment company trying to help schools spend less on recruitment?
Recruitment

Why is a school recruitment company trying to help schools spend less on recruitment?

Teacher Booker
4 min read
29 Nov 2019
Supply Teacher Agencies and Finder's Fees – A Textbook Case
Supply

Supply Teacher Agencies and Finder's Fees – A Textbook Case

Teacher Booker
4 min read
15 May 2019
The Retention Crisis – Nine things we learned at the Schools and Academies Show 2019
Blog

The Retention Crisis – Nine things we learned at the Schools and Academies Show 2019

Chetan Sood
4 min read
12 Apr 2019
The Government Recruitment and Retention Strategy for Teachers: Seven Key Observations
Recruitment

The Government Recruitment and Retention Strategy for Teachers: Seven Key Observations

Chetan Sood
4 min read
28 Jan 2019
How to save a lot of money on long-term agency staff – and pay teachers more
Blog

How to save a lot of money on long-term agency staff – and pay teachers more

Chetan Sood
5 min read
14 Jan 2019
Flexible Working for Teachers - what we learned from LKMco, WomenEd, Flexible Teacher Talent and other experts.
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Flexible Working for Teachers - what we learned from LKMco, WomenEd, Flexible Teacher Talent and other experts.

Chetan Sood
4 min read
16 Nov 2018
The ‘Part-Time Teaching’ Panacea: Problems and Prospects of a cure for the recruitment and retention crisis
Recruitment

The ‘Part-Time Teaching’ Panacea: Problems and Prospects of a cure for the recruitment and retention crisis

Chetan Sood
6 min read
13 Nov 2018
Labour Party call for an alternative to education recruitment agencies. Teacher Booker is that alternative.
Recruitment

Labour Party call for an alternative to education recruitment agencies. Teacher Booker is that alternative.

Chetan Sood
2 min read
25 Sept 2018
What's the Best Gift You Can Get Your Teacher? The Answer is Surprisingly Cheap...
Blog

What's the Best Gift You Can Get Your Teacher? The Answer is Surprisingly Cheap...

Chetan Sood
7 min read
22 Jun 2018
5 Ways Schools can Improve Staff Recruitment and Retention through making Teachers' Wellbeing a Priority
Recruitment

5 Ways Schools can Improve Staff Recruitment and Retention through making Teachers' Wellbeing a Priority

Chetan Sood
8 min read
24 May 2018
The Slow Death of School Funding: 2 Ways to Survive Through Innovating Your Recruitment Strategies
Recruitment

The Slow Death of School Funding: 2 Ways to Survive Through Innovating Your Recruitment Strategies

Chetan Sood
8 min read
11 Apr 2018
When in Brum: How ResearchED is Changing Teaching
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When in Brum: How ResearchED is Changing Teaching

Chetan Sood
11 min read
20 Feb 2018
An Educator for All Seasons: Are we expecting too much from our teachers?
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An Educator for All Seasons: Are we expecting too much from our teachers?

Chetan Sood
7 min read
6 Feb 2018
Breaking the Silence on Behaviour Management - The Real Reason for Teacher Stress
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Breaking the Silence on Behaviour Management - The Real Reason for Teacher Stress

Chetan Sood
6 min read
29 Jan 2018
The Stress Epidemic: A Mission Statement
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The Stress Epidemic: A Mission Statement

Chetan Sood
3 min read
23 Jan 2018
Stupid things people say about Stress: A Defence Manual for Teachers
Blog

Stupid things people say about Stress: A Defence Manual for Teachers

Chetan Sood
7 min read
23 Jan 2018
You don't know what you've got till it's gone - Retaining teachers as a solution to the Recruitment Crisis
Recruitment

You don't know what you've got till it's gone - Retaining teachers as a solution to the Recruitment Crisis

Chetan Sood
4 min read
15 Jan 2018
Behaviour Expert Tom Bennett's Top Tips for Supply Teachers
Supply

Behaviour Expert Tom Bennett's Top Tips for Supply Teachers

Chetan Sood
8 min read
4 Jan 2018
Should Schools Ban End Of Term Videos?
Blog

Should Schools Ban End Of Term Videos?

Chetan Sood
4 min read
14 Dec 2017
Teacher Toolkit, We Stand With You.
Blog

Teacher Toolkit, We Stand With You.

Chetan Sood
6 min read
4 Dec 2017
Tom Bennett's 6 Tips for How SLT Can Support Supply Staff
Blog

Tom Bennett's 6 Tips for How SLT Can Support Supply Staff

Chetan Sood
7 min read
23 Nov 2017
Three Things Most People Don't Grasp about Growth Mindset
Blog

Three Things Most People Don't Grasp about Growth Mindset

Chetan Sood
6 min read
24 Oct 2017
MATs Summit 2017 – Collaborate, Innovate, Accelerate
Blog

MATs Summit 2017 – Collaborate, Innovate, Accelerate

Chetan Sood
3 min read
24 Oct 2017
Want to understand Teacher Recruitment? Speak to Professor John Howson
Recruitment

Want to understand Teacher Recruitment? Speak to Professor John Howson

Chetan Sood
2 min read
20 Sept 2017
EdTech - Probing beyond the Portmanteau
Blog

EdTech - Probing beyond the Portmanteau

Chetan Sood
3 min read
8 Sept 2017
NQTs: 10 Tips for Smashing your Induction Year (Part 2)
Teacher Tips

NQTs: 10 Tips for Smashing your Induction Year (Part 2)

Chetan Sood
5 min read
5 Sept 2017
NQTs: 10 Tips for smashing your induction year (Part 1)
Teacher Tips

NQTs: 10 Tips for smashing your induction year (Part 1)

Chetan Sood
6 min read
16 Aug 2017
A Guide for Teachers: Getting Your Ducks in a Row
Blog

A Guide for Teachers: Getting Your Ducks in a Row

Chetan Sood
6 min read
26 Jul 2017
How can we change the status quo together?
Blog

How can we change the status quo together?

Chetan Sood
2 min read
6 Jul 2017
5 reasons why education recruitment is broken and how to fix it
Recruitment

5 reasons why education recruitment is broken and how to fix it

Chetan Sood
4 min read
5 Jul 2017
The Trials and Tribulations of the Supply Teacher: Episode 1
Supply

The Trials and Tribulations of the Supply Teacher: Episode 1

Chetan Sood
3 min read
3 Mar 2017

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