SANZA Teaching Agency

What SANZA Teaching Agency does

SANZA Teaching Agency is a London-based education recruitment agency founded in 1999 that places teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff into schools across all London boroughs. The company sources candidates from both the UK and international locations (Australia, New Zealand, and Canada), positioning international recruitment as a core differentiator versus domestic-only competitors. It is a subsidiary of the Abaco Recruitment Group and operates as a sister company to Tradewind Recruitment, sharing group-level brand recognition, policies, and back-office resources.

The agency's product surface consists of three parallel placement services (Teaching, Teaching Assistant, and Support Staff), delivered via a dedicated-consultant model where individual consultants work personally with both schools and candidates to match vacancies. Placements span daily supply, long-term, and permanent roles. A value-add layer includes an exclusive partnership with The National College providing 2,500+ free CPD courses to placed staff, and a Refer a Friend program offering £100 per successful referral. Distribution is via the sanzateaching.com website job portal, direct consultant outreach, and a Partnerships team for school relationships.

The business model is transaction-fee based: schools pay for placement services (permanent placement fees and daily supply mark-ups) on a PAYE-only basis with no umbrella company intermediation, and candidates are paid weekly aligned to national pay scales. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company has no disclosed funding, no headcount data, and no AI/technology platform; it operates as a traditional service-led recruitment business with safeguarding, DBS, and REC-aligned compliance as a trust prerequisite for school clients.

Name

SANZA Teaching Agency

Legal name

SANZA Teaching Agency

Website

https://sanzateaching.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SANZA Teaching Agency is a London-based education recruitment agency, founded 1999 and part of the Abaco Recruitment Group, placing teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff (sourced from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) into schools across all London boroughs via a dedicated-consultant model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Staffing / Recruitment

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Support Temp Staffing (Substitute/Non-Teacher) (BPACACAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Education Direct Hire (Teachers/Administrators) (BPACAFAI)

Keywords

• Education recruitment services
• Teacher staffing
• Supply teaching
• School support staff
• Permanent teacher placement

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Education Recruitment Services: SANZA Teaching Agency generates revenue by placing teachers, teaching assistants, and support staff into London schools. The company acts as an employment agency/business, charging schools for providing work-finding services. Revenue comes from placement fees for both temporary (supply) and permanent positions in schools.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SANZA Teaching Agency is a London-based education recruitment agency that places teachers, teaching assistants, and school support staff into London schools. The agency sources candidates from the UK and internationally (Australia, New Zealand, Canada) and offers temporary (daily supply), long-term, and permanent placements. Dedicated consultants work personally with both schools and candidates to match vacancies, supported by a website job portal and formal client terms agreements.

Product overview

SANZA Teaching Agency operates as an education recruitment platform providing staffing services to London schools. The core offering consists of three parallel job placement services: Teaching Job Placement, Teaching Assistant Job Placement, and School Support Staff Placement. These are complemented by the National College CPD Partnership (providing free access to over 2,500 professional development courses for placed staff) and a Refer a Friend incentive program. The company also offers dedicated partnership services for schools seeking supply or permanent staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teaching Job Placement Services
• Teaching Assistant Job Placement Services Recruitment service placing teaching assistants and learning support assistants in London school roles, including general TAs, SEN teaching assistants, and higher-level teaching assistants (HLTAs). For schools needing support staff and for TAs seeking school roles.
• School Support Staff Placement Services Recruitment service for non-teaching school roles including administrators, technicians, kitchen staff, receptionists, and leadership positions such as headteachers and assistant headteachers in London schools.
• Schools Partnership Services Dedicated partnership service for London schools providing vetted supply and permanent teaching and support staff, with dedicated consultants who assist in finding suitable candidates across all educational disciplines. Schools can arrange a partnerships phone call or visit through a dedicated service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,500 CPD courses available through The National College partnership
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• The National CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExclusive partnership with The National College providing all SANZA teaching staff free access to over 2,500 CPD courses, webinars and resources. The National College is a leading provider of online CPD courses for educators and has won 14 major awards. This partnership allows SANZA to offer enhanced professional development to candidates at no cost.
• Tradewind RecruitmentcoreOthersSANZA Teaching Agency is part of the Abaco Recruitment Group and is a sister company to Tradewind Recruitment. Tradewind is described as one of the UK's leading education recruiters. Both companies share resources, policies, and branding for certain documents (Carbon Reduction Plan, Safeguarding Policy, etc.).
• Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)minorOthersSANZA and Tradewind operate under the Recruitment and Employment Confederation industry guidelines and best practices.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Protocol Education: UK-wide education recruitment agency supplying teachers, TAs, and support staff to primary, secondary, and SEN schools. Closest direct competitor with similar supply, long-term, and permanent placement offerings and overlapping London footprint.
• Career Teachers: UK-wide education recruitment agency placing teachers and support staff across primary, secondary, and SEN. Comparable full-service education staffing proposition with London as a core market.
• Flourish Education: Bristol-origin education recruitment agency with London expansion, placing teachers and TAs on supply and permanent contracts. Comparable services and competitive overlap in the London supply market.
• Engage Education: UK education recruiter specializing in teacher and support staff placements with strong London presence. Comparable in services (supply, long-term, permanent) and target school segments.
• Smart Teachers: London and Home Counties-focused education recruitment agency placing teachers, NQTs, TAs, and support staff. Comparable niche focus, daily supply/permanent split, and school partnerships model.
• Tradewind Recruitment: Sister company under the Abaco Recruitment Group; one of the UK's leading education recruiters placing teachers and support staff nationally. Directly comparable in model (B2B education staffing) and overlapping candidate pool.

Emerging players

• Zen Educate: Tech-enabled education staffing platform reducing fees by cutting out agency markup. Represents the emerging digital-disruption vector for traditional agencies like SANZA, targeting the same London schools.

Broad incumbents

• Reed Education: Education division of Reed, one of the UK's largest recruitment groups. Operates broadly across education staffing with larger scale and technology investment; competes with SANZA for London school contracts and candidate supply.
• Adecco Education: Education division of Adecco Group, a global staffing leader. Provides education staffing at scale across the UK including London, competing on volume contracts and PSL positions with schools.
• Hays Education: Education arm of Hays, a global recruitment plc. Focuses more on senior and leadership education roles but competes for school staffing budgets and senior candidate flow in London.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/sanzateachinguk
• Facebookfacebook.com/sanzateaching
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sanza-teaching-agency
• Instagraminstagram.com/sanzateaching

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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