Midlands & East of England – Progression Opportunities

If you’re completing an Aspire course and live in the Midlands or the East of England, this page outlines the types of progression opportunities and support available to help you move from training into employment. We work with regional partners to support routes into education and childcare roles and to help learners feel confident when applying for work.

TeacherActive

Operate Nationally

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TeacherActive are one of the biggest education recruitment agencies in the UK, delivering well-established recruitment services to support with outstanding learning experiences. Cater for primary, secondary and SEND placements.

“Serious about what we do, not so serious when we do it, we take pride in our expert knowledge and use it to enhance education careers and achieve learning goals.”

Contact Name: Ambra Digennaro

Contact Email Address: amber.digennaro@teacheractive.com

Contact Number: 0113 331 4945

Zest Education

West Midlands & Staffordshire

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Zest Education are a specialist education agency, supplying teachers and support staff to nurseries, schools and alternative provisions across Staffordshire and the West Midlands.

“With over 50 years’ of dedicated education recruitment experience, we understand everything that you go through on a daily basis when working in schools, nurseries and other provisions.”

Contact Name: Anthony Smith

Contact Email Address: anthony@zesteducation.co.uk

Contact Number: 01543 756796

Teaching Personnel

Operate Nationally

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As the leading agency in the market Teaching Personnel aim to deliver an exceptional service to schools and jobseekers. This means ensuring they always have the best branch staff, in the right locations to meet the staffing needs and career goals of their customers. 

“We are committed to being experts at what we do. We achieve this by training our staff to understand the schools market and the importance of fulfilling the unique requirements of each partner school.”

Contact Name: Sarah Messenger

Contact Email Address: sarah.messenger@teachingpersonnel.com

Contact Number: 07732 105501

Quint Education

Essex, Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire

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Quint Education is an Early Years Consultancy agency operating since late 2014 that specialises in the early year’s sector. They work with day nurseries, children centres, nursery schools, parents and support primary schools within the Essex, Middlesex, Surrey, and Hertfordshire area. They help to provide quality members of staff to these settings for temporary or permanent roles as well as offering constant support to their temporary staff through access to free courses. 

Contact Name: Robert Duffy

Contact Email Address: duffy@quinteducation.co.uk

Contact Number: 02071 188994

Axcis Education

Operate Nationally

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Axcis Education recruit special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) staff for alternative provisions and mainstream schools across England and Wales and offer recruitment solutions for short-term, long-term and permanent vacancies. 

Contact Name: Holly Zammit

Contact Email Address: holly@axcis.co.uk

Contact Number: 0121 827 2030 | Ext. 4001

PK Education

Yorkshire & Midlands

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PK Education intelligently matches supply and permanent candidates to schools across the Midlands and the North of England.

Whilst qualifications and experience are important, they are only half the battle. The team will also ensure candidates fit seamlessly into your school community and way of life.

Contact Email Addresses:

westmidlands@pkeducation.co.uk

westyorkshire@pkeducation.co.uk

sheffield@pkeducation.co.uk

eastmids@pkeducation.co.uk