• Teacher Booker announcement of Crescent Purchasing Consortium Framework appointment

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

2022-07-18T11:14:22+00:00Education Recruitment, Flexible Working, Local Authority Supply Pools, School Jobs, Strategy, Supply Teacher Agencies, Supply Teachers, Teachers|

In addition to our recent appointment to the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Supply Teachers Framework, we are pleased to announce a further appointment to the Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) Temporary and Permanent Staffing Framework as a provider across 4 lots, including as one of only 4 providers appointed to the lot for Education Vendor [...]

  • School recruitment

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

2022-07-12T14:26:10+00:00Education Recruitment, Flexible Working, Local Authority Supply Pools, School Jobs, Strategy, Supply Teacher Agencies, Supply Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Teachers|

Teacher Booker have been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing Framework. Here's what that means for supply teachers and support staff, school leaders, MATs and Local Authorities. What is the Framework for? The CCS Framework is not simply a commercial vehicle for companies to provide supply [...]

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

2022-07-12T15:44:14+00:00Education Recruitment, Flexible Working, Local Authority Supply Pools, School Jobs, Strategy, Supply Teacher Agencies, Supply Teachers, Teachers|

Teacher Booker have been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s Supply Teachers and Temporary Staffing (STaTS) framework on both Lot 1 - Direct provision of Supply Teachers, Education Support Staff and other temporary staffing services and Lot 4 - Education Technology Platform Provision of Supply Teachers, Education Support Staff and other temporary [...]

  • Teacher in a School

Reforming the Treatment and Engagement of Temporary Workers in Schools

2022-02-22T11:40:20+00:00Education Recruitment, Flexible Working, Local Authority Supply Pools, School Funding, Schools, Senior Leadership, Strategy, Supply Teacher Agencies, Supply Teacher Pay, Supply Teachers, Teacher Recruitment|

Schools across the UK have been facing a severe short term staffing shortage this winter. So much so that the DfE even launched a brief campaign to encourage former teachers back into the classroom, on a supply basis, to support continued in-person provision. But it hasn’t been enough to ensure continuity of provision across [...]

  • Paul Mundy Castle

The Biggest Challenge in Recruiting Staff as a Secondary School Head Teacher

2022-03-22T10:25:27+00:00Education Recruitment, Flexible Working, Schools, Senior Leadership, Strategy, Teacher Recruitment, Teachers, Teaching, Teaching and Education Jobs|

In this insightful guest blog, inspirational Head Teacher and Educational Consultant Paul Mundy-Castle shares his views on how to create a welcoming and supportive environment for new recruits in your school. The most important component of any school, I believe, is the staff body -- especially the teachers, who play such a pivotal role [...]

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Teacher Booker to Support Supply Teacher Management across Scotland

2021-07-14T10:25:16+00:00Education Recruitment, Flexible Working, Local Authority Supply Pools, School Jobs, Strategy, Teachers|

We are pleased to announce that we have been selected as a framework supplier by Scotland Excel to provide high quality supply teacher booking solutions for their member councils. The agreement, which will see us, along with four other providers, support members, councils and other bodies across Scotland to fill their required supply [...]

  • School leaders must find their strategic direction amidst uncertainty

How to lead your school through uncertainty this school year

2021-07-14T10:29:47+00:00Coronavirus, Education Recruitment, Flexible Working, Local Authority Supply Pools, School Jobs, School Vacancies, Senior Leadership, Strategy, Teacher Recruitment, Teachers, Wellbeing|

The coming school year is shaping up to be one of the most unusual in living memory. As yet there is little guarantee that the usual form and structure of the school year will be in place -- prudent school leaders will now be preparing for the unexpected, and ensuring plans are in place [...]

  • Strategic leadership means seeing change as opportunity

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

2020-08-27T14:25:02+00:00Coronavirus, Education Recruitment, School Jobs, School Vacancies, Schools, Senior Leadership, Strategy, Teacher Recruitment, Teachers|

School leaders have spent enormous time and energy over the last 6 months ensuring robust plans are in place to support the wider opening of schools in September. As we look towards the coming term, it’s clear that maintaining appropriate staffing levels will be critical to both pupil and staff safety and ongoing provision [...]

  • Teacher Vacancies

What the coronavirus pandemic will mean for school recruitment this year

2021-06-04T12:16:34+00:00Coronavirus, Education Recruitment, School Jobs, School Vacancies, Supply Teachers, Teachers, Teaching and Education Jobs|

Since March the education sector, like many others, has faced a once in a generation challenge due to the coronavirus pandemic. Whilst schools have done a fantastic job in tackling the situation head on, we can anticipate that a new set of challenges, particularly around recruitment and workforce, will emerge when the school year [...]

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

2019-05-14T16:13:00+00:00Behaviour Management, School Jobs, Schools, Senior Leadership, Supply Teachers|

A great spectre haunts teaching - the spectre of challenging behaviour. It's a terribly powerful force, leaving many terrified of their own classrooms and spooking many out of the profession entirely. Yet many insist the problem is trivial and that proper lesson planning and arbitrary CPD can ward against it. Some disagree and believe [...]