Simplifying your supply recruitment
Cheaper cover with less hassle!
With many years experience organising cover in schools, our mission was very simple: make it cheaper for schools, easier to organise and eliminate of the ridiculous ‘introduction’ fee when a school wants to employ a teacher.
Our ingenious app will save schools time and money, while still providing a professional and trust worthy service.
Hear what our beta testers say
I can honestly say that this will be the biggest stress saver in my day to day running of the school. With a couple of clicks I’m able to book in cover whatever time of the day! It’s nice to know we are getting the best price too!
Supply teacher organiser, Brighton and Hove School
The sign up process was so easy, I’m with a few different agencies and this was by far the most simple. I love that I have my own diary to suit the way I want to work. The pay is competitive and honest.
Brighton and Hove Hive Supply teacher
Really clever App. It will make booking supply so quick and simple. The fact that they are cheaper than anyone else, makes signing up to them a no brainer.
Deputy Headteacher, East Sussex
Why choose Hive?
- A user-friendly app to quickly connect schools and teachers – access
24/7, 365 days of the year! - Working with Primary and Secondary schools
- Schools pay less for supply
- Supply teachers are paid fairly
- No ‘finders’ or ‘release’ fees when you want employ a teacher in a full-
time position - Choose your favourite teachers and contact them first
- Quality CPD to support our teachers
- Hive Supply will donate 10% of their profits to educational charities
Transparent Charges
We have created this platform purely to connect teachers and schools without eye watering fees. We are completely transparent with our costing. You will pay a daily charge (half day minimum) based on the rate of the teacher and statutory employment on-costs (Employer’s National Insurance, Auto enrolment pension, apprenticeship levy if applicable). There will be 7% admin fee with some of this as profit and charitable donation.
Get to Know
Hive in 3 easy steps…
Download
Download our App from either the AppStore or Google Play – its free!
Download on App Store Get it on Play StoreSupport
Know how it works? Great – get signed up. Our App will take you through all the steps needed. Want some guidance? Pop your details into the App and request a call back – we can talk you through on the phone or give you a virtual tour.
Book a Supply
Add a school quickly and simply send out notifications as you need cover. The platform is available 24/7, 365 days a year. It will save schools time, money and stress. As a teacher, manage your own calendar to suit you and let the jobs come to you.
FAQs For Schools
Sign up is completely free. We are completely transparent with our costing. You will pay a daily charge (half day minimum) based on the rate of the teacher and statutory employment on-costs (Employer’s National Insurance, Auto enrolment pension, apprenticeship levy if applicable). There will be 7% admin fee with some of this as profit and 10% charitable donation to an educational charity.
Quite simply – YES and hopefully a lot better! By using some clever technology, we can cut the costs of traditional agencies, giving school a better deal. Our service is 24/7 throughout the year, so can fit into the busy life of schools.
Schools can ‘star’ their favourite supply teachers, so that job requests are sent to them first. Schools can also search individuals, if they know they need teachers with certain specialisms. If you find that the teacher has not been a good match, you can ‘block’ them from receiving further job requests from you. Want to employ one of our teacher – GREAT! There are no ‘finders’ or ‘introduction’ fees. As a thank you just recommend us to someone else!
Sign up is completely free and we charge £161 a for a short term placement. We are completely transparent with our costing. You will pay a daily charge (half day minimum) based on the rate of the teacher and statutory employment on-costs (Employer’s National Insurance, Auto enrolment pension, apprenticeship levy if applicable). There will be 7% admin fee with some of this as profit and 10% charitable donation to an educational charity.
This is booked in exactly the same way. If the teacher is employed for a longer period of time and being expected to plan then we support the teacher getting paid at a fair rate for the work they are doing. We expect this to be at their main scale point.
If you have a permanent position you need filling and would like to advertise the job, then use our handy function through the app to connect with all our teachers! (coming soon)
We have a rigorous vetting system, that is in compliance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education. This is then sent to you digitally for your Single Central Record. The information will include a photo, so that you can cross check the teacher as they book into school. All our vetting is done by staff who have completed the Safer Recruitment training.
Safeguarding Check-list:
– Identity
– Right to Work
– Verification of professional qualifications (including overseas qualification equivalency)
– Enhanced DBS and/or overseas police check
– Barred List check
– Medical physical and mental assessment
– Prohibition from teaching check
– Discqualification by Association declaration
Check out our map which shows a radius of the supply teacher we have working for us. Currently we are operating in the South East. However if your school is out of that radius, please contact us as we are always keen to work with schools in new areas.
Referenced and checked
Safeguarding is at the top of our agenda. All our teachers are fully vetted through our rigorous systems before they are allowed to start work. These checks include;
- Identity
- Right to Work
- Verification of professional qualifications (including overseas qualification equivalency)
- Enhanced DBS and/or overseas police check
- Barred List check
- Medical physical and mental assessment
- Prohibition from teaching check
- Discqualification by Association declaration
- Professional references
In addition we constantly gather feedback on candidates on the platform as they work with customer schools, giving you an up to date picture of how other schools have rated them
Get in contact
Email us
info@hivesupplyteachers.co.uk
To register your interest as a school or supply teacher please fill in the contact form or drop us an email. We’ll be in touch shortly with information on how you can get started with Hive.
By teachers for teachers
We are not your normal recruiters – we are teachers and leaders in education. We know what schools need and what teachers want, because we are teachers who work in schools!
Our aim is to do the best for the schools and teachers we serve. Happy schools and teachers, mean that they have happy children who learn well.
Where we cover
Here is a map of the areas that we currently have schools looking for teachers. Don’t see your area? – contact us and let the Hive support you.
- Area 1
- Area 2
Get in contact
Email us
info@hivesupplyteachers.co.uk
To register your interest as a school or supply teacher please fill in the contact form or drop us an email. We’ll be in touch shortly with information on how you can get started with Hive.