Dunbar Education

What Dunbar Education does

Dunbar Education is a UK-based, independently owned education recruitment agency founded in 2016 by two brothers from a family of teachers. The company specialises in placing qualified teachers, Early Career Teachers, teaching assistants, SEN support staff, cover supervisors, and school leaders into UK primary, secondary, and SEND settings. It serves a dual-sided market: schools and Multi-Academy Trusts seeking compliant, vetted staff on a flexible basis, and educators seeking permanent, long-term, short-term, or daily supply roles.

The core product is a UK-wide teaching jobs portal with role-specific sub-products (Teacher, Teaching Assistant, SEN Support, Cover Supervisor, Leadership) and regional sub-portals covering London, the South East, East of England, West Midlands, East Midlands, and other UK regions. The platform is a job board rather than a technology product in the platform-as-a-service sense; there is no disclosed API, AI/ML feature, or proprietary matching algorithm. The technical stack underpins candidate application and vacancy posting workflows but the firm's value creation is driven by consultant relationships, sector expertise, and safeguarding compliance rather than technology differentiation.

The business model is transactional placement fees: schools pay for successful candidate placements, with supply teacher daily rates of £145-160, SEN support rates of £85-120, and leadership roles paid to scale with TLR allowances. The go-to-market is sales-led, combining direct outreach to school leadership with SEO and content marketing to attract candidates. Customer segments include both individual schools and large Multi-Academy Trusts (United Learning, BMAT, EMAT, Shireland Catholic Academy Trust, Advantage Schools), with partnerships covering 500+ schools and over 10,000 cumulative placements since founding. The company is privately held with no disclosed external funding, parent entity, or acquisition activity.

Name

Dunbar Education

Legal name

DUNBAR EDUCATION

Website

https://dunbareducation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dunbar Education is an independently owned UK education recruitment agency founded in 2016, placing teachers, support staff, and school leaders into 500+ primary, secondary, and SEND schools nationwide on a transaction-fee model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Recruitment Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Academic Tutoring Services (Subject-Specific & General) (EDAJALAA)

Keywords

• Education recruitment services
• Teacher staffing agency
• School recruitment solutions
• Teaching job placement
• School workforce staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Milton Keynes

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Placement Fees: Dunbar Education generates revenue by placing teachers and support staff into schools. The company acts as an intermediary between educational institutions seeking staff and educators seeking employment. Revenue comes from schools paying for successful candidate placements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Dunbar Education is an education recruitment agency that connects UK schools with qualified teachers and support staff. The company operates an online job board where schools post vacancies and educators upload CVs, while providing personalized recruitment services across daily supply, short-term, long-term, and permanent placements. Founded in 2016, the agency specializes in EYFS, Primary, Secondary, and SEND recruitment and has placed over 10,000 educators with 500+ schools nationwide.

Product overview

Dunbar Education operates as an education recruitment agency offering an online job board platform with specialized sub-products for different teaching and support roles. The core Teaching Jobs Portal serves as the main interface for job seekers, supported by role-specific sub-products including Teacher Jobs, Teaching Assistant Jobs, SEN Support Jobs, Cover Supervisor Jobs, and Leadership Jobs. Geographic-specific portals provide localized job listings across UK regions including London, East of England, South East, West Midlands, and East Midlands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teaching Jobs Portal Core online job board platform that allows UK schools to post teaching and support staff vacancies and enables educators to search, filter by region/role/subject, and apply for positions across the country.
• SEN Support Recruitment Specialized recruitment service for Special Educational Needs support roles including 1:1 SEN Support Assistants, ASD Support Assistants, SEN Teaching Assistants, SEMH and PMLD roles, with daily rates ranging from £85-120 per day depending on specialization.
• Leadership Recruitment Recruitment service for senior leadership positions in UK schools, including Head of Department, SENCo, and other management-level roles, with compensation on a paid-to-scale basis plus Teaching and Learning Responsibility (TLR) allowances.
• Cover Supervisor Recruitment Recruitment service for cover supervisors and secondary supply teachers who manage classrooms during teacher absences, with daily rates of £145-160 per day for secondary supply teachers and cover supervisors.
• Teaching Assistant Recruitment Recruitment service for teaching assistant positions across primary and secondary schools, including EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage) teaching assistant roles supporting classroom instruction and student development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 10,000 successful placements since founding
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Advantage SchoolscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMulti-academy trust partner utilizing Dunbar Education for teacher and support staff recruitment across their school network.
• BMAT (Barking and Dagenham Multi-Academy Trust)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMulti-academy trust partner for education recruitment services across schools in the Barking and Dagenham area.
• EMAT (Education Mutual Academy Trust)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAcademy trust partner receiving recruitment support from Dunbar Education for staffing needs.
• United LearningcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational education group partner utilizing Dunbar Education's recruitment services across their school portfolio.
• Shireland Catholic Academy Trust (SHL)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMulti-academy trust partner receiving teacher and support staff recruitment support.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Reed Education: Specialist education division of Reed, a major UK recruitment group, placing teachers and support staff in schools nationwide. Operates the same agency model with broader corporate backing.
• Hays Education: UK arm of Hays plc's education recruitment practice, supplying teachers, leadership, and support staff to schools and MATs. Closely comparable in services and client base, with materially larger scale.
• Teaching Personnel: One of the largest UK education recruitment agencies, supplying teachers, TAs, and support staff to primary, secondary, and SEN schools. Directly comparable business model, customer base, and delivery mechanism to Dunbar Education.
• Protocol Education: UK-wide education recruitment agency providing teachers, TAs, and support staff across primary, secondary, and SEND schools. Highly comparable in operating model, role coverage, and target customers to Dunbar.
• Aspire People: UK education recruitment specialist covering teachers, TAs, SEN, and school support roles. Operates a similar direct-to-school and direct-to-candidate placement model across multiple regions.
• Academics Ltd: UK-based education recruitment agency placing teachers, TAs, and SEN support staff in primary, secondary, and special schools. Highly comparable business model and customer segment.
• TimePlan Education: UK education recruitment agency supplying teachers, cover supervisors, and support staff to schools. Overlapping service offering and supply-led recruitment model.
• Spencer Clarke Group: UK recruitment group with a dedicated education division placing teachers, TAs, and SEND staff in schools. Comparable in agency model, role categories, and target schools.
• Veritas Education: UK education recruitment specialist covering primary, secondary, and SEND staffing. Direct competitor in the same niche of education-only agency work.

Broad incumbents

• Pertemps Education: Education arm of large UK staffing group Pertemps, placing teachers and support staff alongside broader commercial and industrial recruitment. Comparable education offering, but as part of a much larger multi-sector staffing business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dunbareducation
• Facebookfacebook.com/dunbareducation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dunbar-education

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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