Provide Education

Name

Provide Education

Legal name

Provide Education

Website

https://provide-education.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Staffing Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPACACAM

Education Support Temp Staffing (Substitute/Non-Teacher)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Staffing & Temp Agencies (Generalist)

SECONDARYBPACAFAI

Education Direct Hire (Teachers/Administrators)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Permanent Placement & Direct Hire

Keywords

• Education staffing
• Supply teachers
• School recruitment
• Teaching assistants
• SEND support staff

Headquarters

HQ city

Barnsley

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary/Supply Staffing Placements: Provide Education earns revenue by placing supply teachers, teaching assistants, and school support staff into temporary, long-term, and permanent roles at schools. Schools and education establishments pay for staffing services across daily supply, fixed-term, and permanent contract placements. Rates are quoted per day or per hour based on role type and candidate experience. The agency offers weekly payroll for placed candidates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Provide Education is an education recruitment agency that places qualified teachers, teaching assistants (TAs), cover supervisors, and SEND support staff into primary, secondary, SEND, early years, and further education schools across Yorkshire and the East Midlands. Placements are offered on a daily, short-term, long-term, and permanent basis, supported by a 7-day-a-week extended-hours service and a multi-branch local office network.

Product overview

Provide Education is a recruitment agency platform offering education staffing solutions for schools across Yorkshire and East Midlands. The core offering is supply teachers and school support staff recruitment, operating under the Operam Education Group network which includes multiple sub-brands: The Education Specialists, Teachers UK, Key Stage Teacher Supply, First For Education, Bridge Education Recruitment, Provision Recruitment, Horizon Teachers, Choice Teachers, and Bespoke Education. Additional services include tutoring programmes through the National Tutoring Programme and FFT Lightning Squad partnership, leadership recruitment via Operam Education Leadership Recruitment, Early Career Teacher (ECT) support, CPD training partnerships, and a candidate portal for job management. The company also holds approved status on the Leeds City Council Framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Provide Education Supply Staffing Daily, short-term, long-term, and permanent placement of qualified teachers, teaching assistants, cover supervisors, and support staff to primary, secondary, SEND, early years, and further education schools across Yorkshire and the East Midlands.
• Operam Education Leadership Recruitment Permanent executive search and recruitment service for head teachers, deputy heads, and senior education leaders at schools, multi-academy trusts, and education organisations.
• National Tutoring Programme (delivered via Operam Education Tutoring) School-accessible tuition programme providing structured small-group tutoring to pupils, delivered through tutors sourced and managed by Operam Education Tutoring.
• FFT Tutoring with the Lightning Squad FFT Tutoring with the Lightning Squad, a structured literacy catch-up tutoring programme for pupils, delivered by tutors sourced through Operam Education Tutoring.

Quantifiable outcome

• 143 candidate reviews with 4.4–4.5/5 service rating
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Northorpe Hall Child and Family TrustcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Provide Education has an exclusive partnership with Northorpe Hall Child and Family Trust, a West Yorkshire-based charity specialising in the emotional wellbeing of children, young people, and their families. The partnership provides bespoke CPD training for placed staff, including courses on mental health, anxiety, ADHD, behaviour as communication, self-harm, attachment theory, self-esteem, the teenage brain, autism, and emotionally-based school avoidance. Delivered online via Teams by wellbeing Learning and Development Lead Helen Parker. Provide Education offers registered candidates a 20% discount on these courses.
• Leeds Mindful EmployerminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Provide Education is a Leeds Mindful Employer, part of a network that brings local employers together to champion positive mental health at work. The network was established in 2013 and puts Leeds at the forefront of initiatives to promote workplace mental health and wellbeing.
• Leeds City CouncilcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2026Provide Education has been re-awarded a place on the Leeds City Council Framework for over 10 years. This approved framework status enables Leeds schools and trusts to procure staffing services through Provide Education as a pre-approved, compliant supplier. It reflects confidence in the quality, compliance, and consistency of the agency's service.
• Child Friendly LeedsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Provide Education is a Child Friendly Leeds Ambassador, supporting the city's ambition to make Leeds the best place for children and young people to grow, learn, and thrive.
• CPD Online CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2024Provide Education partnered with CPD Online College to offer registered candidates access to a wide range of safeguarding, wellbeing, and subject-specific CPD courses. Candidates receive a 40% discount on all courses. CPD Online College has spent decades supporting the personal development of education professionals.
• National Tutoring Programme / Fischer Family Trust (FFT)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2022Provide Education, through its Operam Education Tutoring division, is approved by the National Tutoring Programme and partners with the Fischer Family Trust (FFT) to deliver the FFT's 'Tutoring with the Lightning Squad' — an evidence-based literacy programme for primary school pupils in Year 1 to Year 5 across all regions of England. The programme is government-approved and guarantees results underpinned by outcome data reporting.
• Operam Education GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Since 2017, Provide Education has been part of the Operam Education Group, a network of education recruitment agencies covering the North and Midlands. The Group includes brands such as The Education Specialists, Teachers UK, Key Stage Teacher Supply, First For Education, Bridge Education Recruitment, Provision Recruitment, Horizon Teachers, and Choice Teachers. Membership provides shared best practice, expert development and management, and links to a broader network.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Protocol Education: National UK education recruitment agency placing teachers, TAs and support staff into primary, secondary and SEND schools. Closely comparable in core supply/permanent model and multi-sector coverage, though operating at greater national scale than Provide Education.
• Aspire People: Mid-sized UK education recruitment specialist placing teachers, TAs and support staff across the Midlands, North and South East. Very similar operating model and regional branch footprint to Provide Education.
• Provision Recruitment: Nottingham-based Operam Education Group sister brand specialising in further education (FE) recruitment across the Midlands. Comparable model and parent group, narrower FE-only focus but directly comparable unit economics.
• First For Education: West Midlands education recruitment agency (also part of Operam Education Group alongside Provide Education). Same parent group, near-identical service model, overlapping but distinct geographic territory.
• Tradewind Recruitment: UK education recruitment agency supplying teachers, support staff and SEND specialists across primary, secondary and SEND settings. Comparable model, with somewhat stronger London/South focus but overlapping Midlands and Northern coverage.
• Teachers UK: Operam Education Group sister brand placing education staff into East Midlands schools. Same parent, same operating model, immediately adjacent geography — effectively the group's East Midlands counterpart to Provide Education.

Emerging players

• Zen Educate: Tech-enabled UK education staffing marketplace that connects schools directly with vetted supply teachers and TAs. Disrupts traditional agency model by cutting out the agency layer — represents a structural threat rather than a like-for-like comparable.

Broad incumbents

• Teaching Personnel: UK's largest specialist education recruitment agency with nationwide branch network and similar supply/permanent/SEND offerings. Direct competitor in supply staffing but at materially larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Reed Education: Education arm of Reed, the UK's largest generalist recruiter. Provides supply, permanent and SEND staffing into schools; competes head-on with Provide Education in regional markets but benefits from parent group scale and cross-sector placement capability.
• Hays Education: Education division of global recruiter Hays. Places teachers, leaders and support staff into UK schools and FE colleges; competes with Provide Education in the secondary and leadership recruitment segments.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/a
• Xx.com/provide_edu
• Facebookfacebook.com/provideedu

Compliance4 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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