Cohort Education is an independently owned recruitment agency that focuses on placing educational staff in both short and long-term positions. They aim to provide a personalized service to candidates and give their full attention to meeting individual needs, unlike larger national agencies. The directors have experience working in UK schools. Cohort recruits for a wide range of education roles across several regions and can assist candidates with tasks such as CV preparation and finding accommodation.

1. ‘Putting the pupil first’
www.cohorteducation.co.uk
0844 357 5442
open until 9pm 7 days a week
finding positions for daily, short term, long
term and permanent educational staff
Kent, Surrey London, Herts
Offices in
Norfolk ,Suffolk, Nottingham info@cohorteducation.co.uk
Bedfordshire and Cambridge fax: 0844 357 6744
Registered in England & Wales No. 06636633
Registered Address:
The Dower House
108 High Street
Berkhamsted Herts HP4 2BL

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?
 Our Managing Director is a UK trained Teacher, with secondary, primary and SEN
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?
 Cohort teachers do
We are teachers not sales people

3. 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. 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 and decided to start his own company to provide schools with a tailored, cost
effective service. Johan worked as a Teaching Assistant in various schools in London eventually being
promoted to SENCO Assistant. This position lead him into the Educational Recruitment Sector where he
became one of the most successful consultants nationally, at Protocol Education. Jenny trained as a
Secondary Teacher in London and for the past 6 years she has taught pupils from Years 7 to 13 at Nonsuch
High School in Surrey. Jenny’s years of teaching coupled with her business experience at Reuters have motivated her to
take on a new direction, enabling her to utilise these skills in the challenging arena of Education
Recruitment. In Alisdair and Johan she has discovered like minded professionals with the unified goal of
providing honest and quality driven recruitment solutions to both schools and teachers .
Scott holds degrees in Humanities and Education, and has taught in a range of primary and
secondary schools in Australia and the UK. Scott’s teaching career has largely been in Catholic
schools, where he has held middle management positions as Academic Co ordinator and Head of Department.
Scott specialises in recruiting for Catholic and church-based schools across London and the Home Counties.
His specialised knowledge of this education sector enables him to provide quality recruitment services to
schools and teachers.

4. Chris was a Senior Manager in the Oil & Gas Industry based in Great Yarmouth, who as a trained assessor has
for the past 7 years has been helping candidates with their NVQ’s, he also delivers training packages for
candidates within the Oil & Gas Industry within specialist areas. He has also helped at local schools in giving the
school leavers the benefit of his experience when they are applying for positions in industry or further
education. “In joining Cohort I believe I have found a group of people with the same goals & drivers as myself, who wish to
deliver the right solution and not just a body to fill a vacancy. Their knowledge with their enthusiasm to make a difference
are the fundamental reasons why I wish to be a part of their future success.”
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.
Nottingham
Kam having studied to become a Surveyor at the Nottingham Trent University, chose to set up his own business.
utilising the skills he had acquired from his education and from developing properties whilst studying, Kam
turned his attention to recruitment after a chance encounter with Dragons Den star James Caan. Having built up
his own property portfolio by the age of 25, Kam believes that the key to his success is attributed to the
education he received. He decided to join Cohort Education because of the company’s approach to putting the pupil first in
their recruitment process and the team’s commitment to schools and teachers

5.  Daily rate as a teacher from £110 –175 ++ per day depending on experience
and responsibilities.
 Expect a monthly salary between £2000 -3500
 Become a composite or LTD company and earn an extra £100 a month
 (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
 Recommend a school to use us and if we place a candidate there you receive
£50 referral bonus

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.co.uk
 Clients: client@cohorteducation.co.uk
 Jobs: jobs@cohorteducation.co.uk
 Director of Education: alow@cohorteducation.co.uk
 t: 0844 357 5442 (24 hrs) fax: 0844 357 6744
www.cohorteducation.co.uk
Offices in Kent, Surrey, London, Hertfordshire, Norfolk & Suffolk,
Nottingham, Cambridge & Bedfordshire
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