Cohort Education is an independently owned agency that finds positions for educational staff. It promises a personal touch with consultants who are experienced UK teachers. The agency works to put pupils first by listening to candidates and schools and ensuring a good match. It aims to provide high quality, honest service through prompt payment and ongoing support.

1. ‘Putting the pupil first’
www.cohorteducation.com
0844 357 5442
open in the evening and at
weekends
finding positions for daily, short term, long
term and permanent educational staff
London, Surrey, Kent,
Offices in
Bedfordshire Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire, info@cohorteducation.com
Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire fax: 0844 357 6744
& Nottingham Head Office
Registered in England & Wales No. 06636633 40 Cromer Rd, Strood Kent
ME2 3AL

2.  You are probably registered with a large national agency This agency will have
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.
 You have our full attention.
 Is your current agency managed by UK trained teachers with experience across a
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/plan lessons with you?
 Our Managing Director and some of the Cohort Team are experienced UK Teachers,
with secondary, primary and SEN experience and are happy to do a days supply in
your school to assist you when we place you in a booking
 Do you get bonuses for recommending teachers and schools to use your agency?
 Cohort teachers do
We are teachers and parents...... not sales people

3.  Daily rate as a teacher from £110 –175 ++ per day depending on experience
responsibilities and the school’s budget.
 Expect a monthly salary between £2000 -3500
 Become a composite company or be a part of an umbrella company and earn
as much as £100 a month extra.
 (we can assist you in setting this up, please ask).
 It is a reality that for every teacher you recommend to us that works 20 days,
you will receive £50. Some of our supply teachers earn up to an extra £200 a
month by doing this.
 We can negotiate your salary with schools on your behalf if you are offered a
permanent position
 You will receive prompt payment into your bank account

4. The CEO and owner Alisdair Low trained as a secondary teacher at Goldsmiths College London. He has
taught in main stream primary and secondary and SEN schools, as well as spending time teaching abroad
after taking a TEFL qualification. He spent 2 years teaching severely autistic pupils in Hatton School in
Redbridge East London. Having spent 10 years in Educational Recruitment as an award winning Senior
Manager for large national agencies, Alisdair qualified in recruitment practice (MREC Cert RP) and
employment law. He decided to start his own company to provide schools with a tailored, cost effective
service . “We are a small dedicated team of professionals and we never forget that it is the pupil we are really
recruiting for” alisdair@cohorteducation.com
Jenny trained as a Secondary Teacher in London and for the past 6 years she has taught pupils from
Years 7 -13 at Nonsuch High School in Surrey. Jenny’s years of teaching coupled with her business
experience at Reuters has enabled her to utilise these skills in the challenging arena of Education
Recruitment. In Alisdair she has discovered a like minded professional with the unified goal of providing
honest and quality driven recruitment solutions to both schools and teachers -
jenny@cohorteducation.com
Nick trained as a Primary Teacher in Australia, although he never taught moving directly into the Recruitment world instead.
He has lived in the UK for over 10 years, and in Cohort he says he has found his spiritual home, it is an organisation that puts
the children first. “After more years in recruitment than I care to remember I can honestly say Cohort's
philosophy is sadly not the industry standard.” nick@cohorteducation.com

5. Steve began his career in recruitment 12 years ago gaining his reputation in the construction recruitment
industry, for a major global recruitment organisation. Following a career break travelling the world, Steve set
up a business working with employers to identify training solutions and improve the skills of employees. In
Cohort Steve has found..“a refreshing new approach to recruitment where the needs of Schools, Teachers and
Children are always put first “ steve@cohorteducation.com
Louise is currently studying a BA Hons Degree in Business Management with a view to taking her teachers
qualification in the future within secondary education. Louise comes from a professional family of caring
senior social workers and child welfare support and her most important role she feels she has taken is that
of a parent which has reinforced her desire to work within education as she has a huge personal and
professional interest in education and children’s welfare. With Louise’s extensive recruitment
experience and the company’s highly experienced teaching background Louise believes she has all the skills
to ensure she can put the pupil first. louise@cohorteducation.com
Donna has a BA (Hons) degree in English and started her career in corporate banking. Her interests
swung towards education once her family came along and she spent a significant amount of
time volunteering in school and then working in a pre-school before taking a position as project
manager for an education resource company, where she coordinated training nationally for support staff
in both primary and secondary schools for six years. Donna is now with Cohort as they are a company who
genuinely care about the teachers, schools and pupils they work with email: donna@cohorteducation.com

6.  Finding jobs for teachers, teaching assistants, special needs staff, technicians,
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
regulations, including: enhanced CRB, list 99, references, medical check, visa/passport
authentication, QTS
 We can redesign your cv with your consultation
 We can assist you with re-location costs
 Personal touch -speak to the same consultant for all your needs
 Cohort is privately owned by a U.K. trained teacher. Our team have teaching experience
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
 Overseas recruitment
 Assistance with finding accommodation

7.  We will LISTEN to you
 One consultant dealing with all your requirements
 Prompt and correct payment
 Advice on schools. areas to relocate, , lesson plans, agency procedures
 We will honestly inform you about the school you are going to
 We abide by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation's code
of ethics http://www.rec.uk.com/about-recruitment/standards/rec-codepractice
 We abide by the DCSF education quality mark
 We will change the way we recruit if you feel we are not providing you
with high quality service
 We PROMISE you will come to rely on our support for we believe our
quality of service is the best
 Regular bonuses for recommending friends and schools

8.  General queries: info@cohorteducation.com
 Managing Director: alisdair@cohorteducation.com
 t: 0844 357 5442 (24 hrs) fax: 0844 357 6744
www.cohorteducation.com
Offices in London, Surrey, Kent,
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire & Nottingham
Head Office Address – 40 Cromer Rd, Strood Kent ME2 3AL
Registered in England & Wales No. 06636633