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100% Visibility of School Agency Staff Use Without Disruption
100% Visibility of School Agency Staff Use Without Disruption Across academy trusts, agency staffing is one of the most scrutinised but least consistently visible areas of spend. Trust leaders are not looking for new processes; they are looking for clearer oversight...
How AvailabilityGrid Transforms School Supply Cover: Real‑Time Availability, Lower Costs, and Better Staffing Control
Improve school staffing with real time availability, reduced admin, cost control, and seamless agency collaboration by using AvailabilityGrid
The Eastern Education Show 19 June 2025 with Schools AvailabilityGrid Supply Staff Collaboration
The Eastern Education Show 2025 – Schools Supply Staff Collaboration - Register Here Schools attending the Eastern Education Show 2025 19th June 2025 opportunity to guide the school’s supply staff collaboration. The collaboration is designed for schools to improve...
Top 10 Reasons Headteachers go online to choose preferred supply teachers
Top 10 reasons why Headteachers go online to choose preferred supply teachers Headteachers & Cover Managers feel much better choosing supply teachers who know their school, the children, policies & procedures themselves. Supply teachers familiar with the...
Hidden costs of LA, Academy Trust talent pools for supply teachers
Hidden costs of Local Authority, Multi Academy Trust Talent Pools for Supply Teachers & Non-teaching staff Creating and running a successful local authority or multi academy trust supply teacher and non-teaching supply talent pool is challenging. Talent pools are...
Face coverings reduce risk for supply & teaching staff
The Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi recommends face covering for pupils staff and visitors in Year 7 & above Department for Education recognise high absence & issue of availability of supply staff The Department for Education is looking at steps and measures...
Back to school – supply teachers and part-time workers when are you available?
Back to school - supply teachers and part-time workers when are you available? Sharing availability for supply teachers and learning support assistants with preferred schools and agencies is often a painful and necessary process. It’s difficult because there are many...
Is your school reducing its Covid-19 staffing risk?
Schools manage their own pools of external supply staff, they know and like from the agencies they prefer working with to reduce Covid-19 infection risk.
How are Supply Teachers getting the work themselves?
It’s been a long time coming and now it’s here. There are plenty of supply teachers who have their preferred schools they like to work with regularly. These are normally schools within a sensible range of the supply teachers’ home and the teacher is familiar with. In...
Supply teachers getting more work
"I'm available now" for Supply Teachers Supply Teachers How easy is it to consistently let all your contacts know you are available for work? How easy is it to let all your contacts know that you are available on specific days and times in the future too with just...