Teach

What Teach does

Teach Ltd is a privately held UK educational supply recruitment agency, founded circa 1994 and headquartered in Norwich, that connects schools with qualified teachers, teaching assistants, nursery nurses, and SEND support staff. The company operates across seven counties in East Anglia and the South East (Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Essex) through four regional offices (Norwich HQ, Ipswich, Welwyn Garden City, Chelmsford), supported by field-based consultants who visit schools in person to match candidate attributes to school ethos and culture.

The core product is a placement service spanning day-to-day supply, long-term cover, and permanent recruitment, delivered alongside a digital self-service platform (TeachOnline at teachonline.teach.ac) that handles staff registration, school bookings, and payroll. A specialist sub-brand, Teach Tiny, extends the offering into the early years and nursery nurse segment. The company emphasizes regulatory compliance through REC Audited Education membership and KCSIE-aligned safeguarding (enhanced DBS checks, reference verification, free CPD in safeguarding and Prevent), supplemented by content marketing via the 'Teach Talks' blog and a refer-a-friend/school programme.

Revenue is generated via a transaction-fee model on placements, with usage-based billing such as £14.25/hour for SEN teaching assistants. The go-to-market is sales-led, combining direct field sales to schools, 24/7 phone-based booking, and inbound digital channels. Ownership is private and founder-controlled (with Managing Director Monil Jivraj and Branch Manager Emma Lauder named on company policy documents), with no disclosed external institutional investment, M&A activity, or venture funding.

Name

Teach

Legal name

Teach Ltd

Website

https://teach.ac

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teach Ltd is a privately held UK educational supply recruitment agency, headquartered in Norwich, that places qualified teachers, teaching assistants, nursery nurses, and SEND support staff into schools across East Anglia and surrounding counties via a sales-led, consultant-driven model and an online booking portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Norwich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Educational Staffing Placement Services: The company acts as a recruitment business providing work-finding services to clients (schools) and work-seekers (teachers/education staff). Revenue is generated through placement fees for connecting supply staff with educational settings.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Teach is an educational supply recruitment agency that connects qualified teachers, teaching assistants, SEND specialists, and nursery nurses with schools for day-to-day supply cover, long-term placements, and permanent recruitment across East Anglia and surrounding counties. It operates sector-dedicated desks for Primary, Secondary, SEND, and Early Years, and delivers the service through the TeachOnline portal and field-based consultant relationships. The Teach Tiny sub-brand extends the same staffing model specifically into nurseries and early years settings.

Product overview

Teach operates as an educational supply recruitment agency with a portfolio of products. The core Teach brand provides staffing solutions connecting qualified teachers, SEND specialists, teaching assistants, and nursery nurses with schools across Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, and surrounding regions. The Teach Tiny sub-brand extends services into early years and nursery recruitment. An online portal (TeachOnline) enables staff registration, job searching, and school booking management. The company emphasises matching candidate fit beyond qualifications, taking into account school ethos and staff preferences.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Teach Tiny: Specialist early years and nursery recruitment brand operating as part of Teach Ltd, focused on placing Level 3 Nursery Nurses and early years practitioners in nurseries and early years settings.

Products and services

• Teach Educational Supply Recruitment Core supply teaching and education staffing service connecting qualified teachers, ECTs, teaching assistants, SEND TAs, and support staff with primary, secondary, SEND, and early years schools across East Anglia and surrounding counties. Covers day-to-day supply cover, long-term placements, and permanent recruitment, supported by REC Audited Education vetting and KCSIE-compliant safeguarding.
• Teach Tiny Early Years Recruitment Specialist early years and nursery recruitment division within Teach Ltd, focused on placing Level 3 Nursery Nurses and early years practitioners in nurseries and pre-school settings. Operates as a wholly owned subsidiary brand of Teach Ltd.
• TeachOnline Portal Online registration and management portal where supply staff register, manage profiles, and search vacancies, and where schools book supply cover and request permanent candidates. Also supports payroll services for placed staff.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1000+ teachers placed through Teach.ac
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Nelsons JourneyminorOthersLocal charity partner working with children affected by bereavement. Teach works with this charity as part of their community outreach programme, giving something back to the local community.
• Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)coreOthersGoverning body that regulates Teach. As an REC Audited Education member, Teach upholds the highest industry standards in recruitment, providing compliance framework and reassurance for clients.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Protocol Education: One of the UK's largest education recruitment agencies supplying teachers, TAs, and SEND staff to schools nationally. Directly comparable to Teach in service mix (supply, permanent, SEND) and target customer (UK schools), but at much greater scale.
• Academics Ltd: UK education recruiter placing teachers, lecturers, and support staff across primary, secondary, and SEND settings. Same supply-and-permanent model and education-sector only customer base as Teach, with national coverage Teach lacks.
• Engage Education: UK education recruitment firm focused on supply teachers, ECTs, and support staff. Closely comparable to Teach in service catalogue, target buyer (schools/academies), and consultant-led matching approach.
• Smart Teachers: UK education recruitment agency placing teachers and support staff into schools. Directly comparable service mix (supply + permanent), vetting standards, and school customer base, with national footprint.
• Aspire People: UK education recruitment agency covering teachers, TAs, and SEND staff across multiple regions. Competes head-on with Teach in supply cover, with overlapping school-targeting GTM and digital registration portals.
• CER Education Recruitment: Specialist UK education recruiter for teachers, SEND staff, and teaching assistants. Directly comparable on sector focus (education-only), DBS-led vetting, and multi-region supply coverage.
• Teaching Personnel: UK-wide education recruitment specialist placing teachers and support staff into primary, secondary, and SEND schools. Mirrors Teach's supply-led model and school customer base, with broader national reach and a similar CPD/registration value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• Hays Education: Education arm of global recruiter Hays. Competes with Teach for education staffing, particularly permanent and senior hires, but Hays operates across multiple sectors and has international reach.
• Reed Education: The education division of Reed, the UK's largest generalist recruitment group. Overlaps with Teach on supply teaching and permanent education placements but operates within a much broader staffing portfolio.
• Randstad Education: Education staffing vertical of global recruiter Randstad. Comparable service offering to Teach (supply, permanent, SEND) but part of a much larger, multi-sector staffing platform.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/teach__ac
• Facebookfacebook.com/teach.ac
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teach-recruitment

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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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