Slingshot Education Limited

What Slingshot Education Limited does

Slingshot Education Limited is a London-based educational recruitment agency that connects schools with qualified teaching and support staff across primary, secondary, and SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) settings. The firm operates a two-sided service: schools and hiring managers receive end-to-end placement support including candidate sourcing, vetting, and dedicated account management, while prospective teachers gain access to roles in Greater London together with interview guidance, CV support, and compliance assistance. The company is differentiated by an international sourcing capability, actively recruiting teachers from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, and by providing specialized overseas candidate support covering visa guidance, multi-timezone communication, and UK market acclimatization. The firm is a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales, holds membership in the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), and received the 2021 UK Enterprise Award for Most Adaptable Educational Recruitment Services in London. The core technology stack is the ZohoRecruit SaaS platform, which underpins both a self-service Candidate Portal for teachers to manage profiles and apply for vacancies and the internal workflow used by account managers. A Sydney-based operations support office extends the team's working hours and supports international candidate handling. Revenue is generated on a transaction-fee basis, with the company charging placement fees to schools and educational institutions for successful hires; no fee schedules or pricing tiers are publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is sales-led, combining direct engagement with school hiring managers, web-based request forms, and organic content/SEO to attract both school and teacher clients, supplemented by an ambassador referral programme.

Name

Slingshot Education Limited

Legal name

Slingshot Education Limited

Website

https://slingshot-education.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Slingshot Education is a London-based teaching recruitment agency that places qualified teachers and support staff in primary, secondary, and SEND schools, sourcing candidates domestically and from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada on a placement-fee basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Staffing & Recruitment

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Special Education Staffing & Contracted Providers (Paras, Therapists, Specialists) (EDAJAKAL)

Keywords

• Educational recruitment services
• Teaching agency London
• Teacher placement services
• School staffing solutions
• Overseas teacher recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

City Of London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Placement/Recruitment Fees: Slingshot Education generates revenue by charging schools and educational institutions for placing qualified teaching and support staff. The company acts as an intermediary, matching candidates with schools and earning placement fees for successful hires.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Slingshot Education is a London-based teaching recruitment agency that supplies vetted teaching and support staff to primary, secondary, SEND, and nursery schools across Greater London. The company matches qualified UK-based and overseas teachers with school vacancies, charging schools placement fees upon successful hires. It supports both sides with dedicated account managers, safeguarding-compliant vetting (DBS checks, references, right-to-work), and a ZohoRecruit-based candidate portal.

Product overview

Slingshot Education Limited operates as a recruitment services company offering a unified service connecting schools with qualified teaching and support staff in the Greater London area. The core offering consists of two interrelated recruitment services — one for schools and hiring managers, and one for prospective teachers — supported by a web-based portal ecosystem (Candidate Portal) built on the Zoho recruitment platform. The company also provides specialized overseas candidate support for teachers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and other countries, including multi-timezone support, visa guidance, and UK market acclimatization. Services span nursery, primary, secondary, and SEND education levels, covering support staff (teaching assistants, early years educators, cover supervisors, administrators, invigilators) and academic staff (EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, and post-16 educators).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Schools & Hiring Managers Recruitment Services End-to-end recruitment services for schools and hiring managers, providing tailored staffing solutions across nursery, primary, secondary, and SEND sectors. Includes candidate sourcing, vetting (DBS, references, right-to-work verification), trial days for support staff, and ongoing placement support with a dedicated account manager.
• Prospective Teachers Placement Services Career placement services for teachers and support staff seeking roles in Greater London, including interview guidance, CV tips, registration support, DBS check assistance, references, right-to-work verification, and ongoing placement assistance. Covers nursery, primary, secondary, SEND, EYFS, KS1, KS2, KS3, KS4, and post-16 educators, plus support staff such as teaching assistants, early years educators, cover supervisors, administrators, and invigilators.
• Overseas Candidate Support Specialized support for international teachers from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and other countries seeking teaching careers in London. Includes multi-timezone assistance, visa guidance, qualification verification support, international background checks, and acclimatization training for the UK education market.
• Candidate Portal Web-based candidate portal enabling teaching candidates to maintain and update their profiles and apply for vacancies directly. Hosted on the ZohoRecruit platform.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSlingshot Education holds membership with the REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation), demonstrating commitment to industry standards and professional recruitment practices in the UK.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• EduStaff: UK teaching and support staff supply agency with a similar London and surrounding-area focus and core SEND, primary and secondary coverage.
• Teach Plus: UK teaching recruitment specialist placing qualified teachers in schools with a similar self-service portal plus account-manager model to Slingshot.
• Career Teachers: Established UK teacher recruitment agency with primary, secondary and SEND coverage, comparable candidate-vetting and London placement services.
• anzuk Education: Australia-headquartered teacher recruitment firm operating into the UK, competing on the same cross-border AU/NZ/Canada-to-UK teaching talent corridor that Slingshot uses.
• Reeson Education: London-focused teacher recruitment agency placing primary, secondary and SEND staff into schools across Greater London, head-to-head with Slingshot in the same geo and segments.
• Tradewind Recruitment: UK-wide education recruitment agency placing teachers and support staff across primary, secondary and SEND, competing directly for London school contracts.
• Protocol Education: One of the largest UK education recruitment agencies supplying teachers and support staff to primary, secondary and SEND schools nationally, overlapping directly with Slingshot's London teacher-staffing offering.

Broad incumbents

• Pertemps Education: Education staffing arm of large UK staffing group Pertemps, offering teaching recruitment with broader corporate backing and national reach versus Slingshot's London focus.
• Hays Education: Education division of global recruitment firm Hays plc, providing teacher and education-leader staffing across the UK with significant brand and scale advantages.
• Randstad Education: UK arm of global staffing leader Randstad, covering education recruitment at national scale with broader workforce solutions behind it.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/slingshot-education

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 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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