Cohort Education Candidate Brochure

1. “Putting the pupil first”
www.cohorteducation.co.uk
0844 357 5442
finding positions for daily, short term, long
term and permanent educational staff
Offices in London, Kent and Herts
Registered in England & Wales No. 06636633
info@cohorteducation.co.uk
Registered Address:
The Dower House
f: 0208 196 2343
108 High Street
Berkhamsted
Herts HP4 2BL

2. You are probably registered with a large national agency This agency will have
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hundreds of teachers and is probably owned by a bank, it’s a numbers game
How can they possibly give you the attention you deserve for your next position?
Cohort is independently owned and focuses on exactly what you want.
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You have our full attention.
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Is your current agency managed by UK trained teachers with experience across a
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wide variety of schools? Could those consultants do a days supply in your school?
Could they come and assist you in your most difficult classes?
Our Managing Director is a UK trained Teacher, with secondary, primary and SEN
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experience and is happy to do a days supply to assist you in your school when we
place you in a booking
Do you get bonuses for recommending teachers and schools to use your agency?
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Cohort teachers do
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We are teachers not sales people

3. Finding jobs for teachers, teaching assistants, special needs staff, technicians,
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learning mentors, cover supervisors, early years staff, lecturers and
administrative and finance staff for schools , colleges and educational organisations
All candidates need to be aware that we fully check your background in line with DCSF
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regulations, including: enhanced CRB, list 99, references, medical check, visa/passport
authentication, QTS
We can redesign your cv with your consultation
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We can assist you with re-location costs
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Personal touch -speak to the same consultant for all your needs
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Cohort is privately owned by a U.K. trained teacher. Our team have teaching experience
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in mainstream primary/secondary/special needs, schools as well as overseas teaching
experience
We can provide lesson plans as well as journey plans to work
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Overseas recruitment
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Assistance with finding accommodation
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4. Cohort is a privately owned independent consultancy providing a bespoke personal
recruitment service. The Directors and owners are Alisdair Low and Johan Venter.
Alisdair trained as a secondary teacher at Goldsmiths College London, after
completing his first degree in History at the University College of Wales. He has taught in mainstream primary and
secondary schools in London as well as spending 3 years teaching severely autistic pupils in a Hatton School in
Redbridge East London. Qualifications in TEFL has enabled Alisdair to teach abroad, expanding his skills further.
Having spent 10 years in Educational Recruitment as an Award Winning Senior Manager for large national
agencies, such as Protocol ,Capita, and Celsian, Alisdair qualified in recruitment practice (MREC Cert RP) and
employment law and decided to form his own company to provide schools and colleges with a more bespoke
service and a personal touch.
Johan studied Psychology at The University of South Africa . After his studies he joined a family business in
the telecommunications industry, which he helped to develop in a successful national business with 45 employees
and 15 branches. Arriving in England, Johan worked as a Teaching Assistant in various schools in London eventually
being promoted to SENCO . This position lead him into the Educational Recruitment Sector where he became one
of the most successful consultants nationally, at Protocol Education.
With his knowledge of Teaching and experience in education recruitment he decided to join Alisdair in business to
provide teachers with a more personal recruitment service.
Cohort has teams in London, Kent and Hertfordshire.
BA(Hons) PGCE MREC
Alisdair Low Managing Director

5. Daily rate as a teacher from £110 –175 ++ per day depending on experience
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and responsibilities.
Expect a monthly salary between £2000 -3500
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Become a composite or LTD company and earn an extra £100 a month
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(we can assist you in setting this up, please ask).
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It is a reality that for every teacher you recommend to us that works 15 days,
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you will receive £100. Some of our supply teachers earn up to an extra £500 a
month by doing this.
We can negotiate your salary with schools on your behalf if you are offered a
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permanent position
Recommend a school to use us and if we place a candidate there you receive
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£100 referral bonus

6. We will LISTEN to you
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One consultant dealing with all your requirements
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Prompt and correct payment
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Advice on schools. areas to relocate, , lesson plans, agency procedures
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We will honestly inform you about the school you are going to
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We abide by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's code
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of ethics http://www.rec.uk.com/about-recruitment/standards/rec-codepractice
We abide by the DCSF education quality mark
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We will change the way we recruit if you feel we are not providing you
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with high quality service
We PROMISE you will come to rely on our support for we believe our
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quality of service is the best
Regular bonuses for recommending friends and schools
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7. General queries: info@cohorteducation.co.uk
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Clients: client@cohorteducation.co.uk
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Jobs: jobs@cohorteducation.co.uk
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Director of Education: alow@cohorteducation.co.uk
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t: 0844 357 5442 (24 hrs) f: 0208 196 2343
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open until 9pm most evenings and weekends
www.cohorteducation.co.uk
Offices in London, Kent and Hertfordshire
Head Office Address – 40 Cromer Rd, Strood Kent ME2 3AL
Registered in England & Wales No. 06636633
Registered Address:
The Dower House
108 High Street
Berkhamsted
Herts HP4 2BL