School Staff
Looking for your next teaching or teaching assistant role? Look no further. We specialise and succeed in finding teachers, TAs and nursery nurses work in schools and nurseries local to them across the Midlands and Greater Manchester.
Why choose Smile Education as your supply teaching agency?
Dedicated consultant
We won't pass you from pillar to post. All of those who register with us are assigned a dedicated consultant to support them through the registration process, job search and beyond. We know our partner schools and the areas we work in inside-out so can match you with a setting that best suits your skills and personality.
Exclusive jobs in local schools
During our 12 years in education recruitment, we have built longstanding and mutually beneficial relationships with local schools that enable us to give you access to exclusive jobs that you won't hear about anywhere else. So, you get first dibs on the very best jobs that local nurseries and schools have to offer.
Training
All of those who register with us are given the opportunity to take part in both free and discounted training to enhance their skills and CVs. Some of the training that we currently offer includes emergency paediatric first aid, first aid for mental health and Team Teach Training.
On-going support
Our team will be by your side every step of the way to ensure that your experience with us is stress-free. We are just a phone call or email away and will do our utmost to answer any questions you might have. In addition we have a number of online resources available on our website to support you with your job search, interview and what do do when you get the role.
Get paid on time and to scale
All of our teaching staff are paid in line with the Department for Education's teacher's pay scale so, you won't be losing out by working for an agency. Furthermore, our in-house finance team work hard to ensure that you are not only paid correctly each week but that you are also paid on time.
Social & Networking Events
Registering with us gives you invites to exclusive virtual and in-person events throughout the year. These events give you the opportunity to not just learn but to also network with other teaching and non-teaching professionals.
Our registration process
In order for us to find you work in a school near you, you'll need to register with us. This is a 5 step process which follows APSCo Compliance+ guidelines and requires you to successfully complete our all of necessary compliance checks. Below we have outlined each of the steps so you know what to expect.
Your Smile journey will start with a phone call where we’ll ask you about the type of work you’re looking for and your experience working with children. We'll also take the time to tell you about opportunities currently available in our schools and nurseries. During this call, we'll conduct pre-interview safeguarding checks. Providing this goes well, you'll be invited to an online video interview at a day and time that suits you.
We'll send you an email confirming your interview date, time and link to Microsoft Teams. It will also contain a list of original documents that you will need for the interview - you can see them all here. You will then receive a second email inviting you to begin our online compliance process. This typically takes around 20 minutes to complete. It’s really important you complete this in order to move on with the process. To find out more about the registration process, take a look at our 'what to expect' blog.
You will then meet with our team for a video interview. During the online interview, you'll meet with your consultant who will verify all your original documents.
We use our interviews as an opportunity to get to know you better - to find out about your experience, skills, what you like and don’t and how far you are willing to travel for work. This helps us to find the best school for you.
Following your interview, we will then collect your references, DBS, and some other items to ensure that we have everything we need to make you compliant. If there is anything, we're missing you may be required to meet with us again, either through video call or face-to-face. For more information about what happens after your interview take a look at our blog.
You are now compliant and able to work in any of our schools or nurseries (dependent on experience) across the Midlands or Greater Manchester! From this point on your consultant will be in touch regularly to offer you vacancies that we have available. However, in the meantime do feel free to browse our jobs and see if anything catches you eye. You can also sign up for job alerts here.
I have been working for Smile since early October and my experience has been fantastic. I have received training in safeguarding and classroom management that was very informative and free of charge. Working for Smile allows me the flexibility and support to have a fantastic work-life balance that suits me. I would recommend (and have recommended) Smile to friends and family as it's a great company to work for.
Shane
Absolutely outstanding company to work for. I couldn’t fault them - always have work when I’m available, always paid on time, just fantastic! I even received a wedding card from Nicola Emma & Hannah, who have all been excellent throughout my experience with them. What a lovely personal touch!
Rose Hannah
Got me the long term work I’d been needing all academic year in an instant. For example, I’d only got halfway through my application before they offered me two interviews! Much better than my other agencies that had begun to neglect me. Terrific agency with very polite and friendly staff.
Sam Jones
Smile education is a great agency to work with. I’ve been fortunate to have worked with wonderful people who have always been attentive and to the type of work I’ve been interested in and have found me a school that meet my needs. Noreen has been amazing, she's listened to what I've needed and given me placements that fit in with my family/lifestyle. I’ve recommended them to many colleagues. If you’re looking for work I’d definitely give them call and register.
Jaina Patel
Have had a great experience with Smile. Eamon is genuine and great at communication. He's found me a great place for my NQT year. The communication and support from Eamon has been much appreciated.
Hannah Fairfield
Having worked for other local agencies, I was finally pleased to find a professional team who were supportive of my specific needs. Following daily and weekly roles, Smile found me a great long term role which lead to a full-time permanent contract.
Lyndsey Dicken
I registered with Smile on the very day of my graduation and I have been with them since. It has now been 2 years and I haven't needed to join with any additional agencies, as they provide me with so much work! Over the 2 years, I have had the pleasure of working with Kash. He is so professional, understanding and has pushed me out of my comfort zone which has allowed me to gain confidence and to develop in my profession.
Selina Raja
Smile Education is a brilliant teaching agency to work for. Right from the beginning of the process from my interview, organising my DBS and work schedule to now with communication about my daily work, they are professional, caring and efficient. There is always lots of work for me in a wide variety of settings, which has enabled me to develop my teaching skills and experience. Their communication is perfect, always aware of work and where I need to be.
Sophie Lounds
I have worked as a supply teacher for Smile Education for 6 years now. I have stayed this long with them because I really like them. They are not like other agencies. When you join them you're not just an employee, you are a member of the Smile family and they are always there at the end of the phone for you. I have no need to go to any other agency because Smile always gets me the work.
Bernadette Hawan
Smile has been nothing but good to me. Sending me into schools in my local area, and helping me stretch my professional boundaries. When I didn’t get a full-time post in September, they offered me regular work, and kept offering me full-time work if I wanted it! They cannot help enough, and I would recommend them to anyone!
Harry Draper
Love working for Smile! I’ve worked with another company before this and got absolutely no work, Smile is the complete opposite. Would recommend anybody that wants to work with a teaching agency to get in touch.
Liam Humphries
I have worked for Smile for a few years now and they are amazing. The communication is good and they find me lots of work. Smile is a good agency because they genuinely care about their teachers and put on Christmas parties and send us Christmas cards and end of year cards etc as well as hosting a yearly family fun day, which no other agency does. I feel these little personal touches make me feel like part of a family rather than just another supply teacher on their books.
Laura Clive- Parker
I have worked for Smile for 12 months. Mary is brilliant and always offering lots of work. They listen to the type of school you want and never try to push work that isn't suited to your needs. I am very happy working for them.
Claire Stokes
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Smile Success Stories
We’ve been working in recruitment for a long time (over 10 years to be precise) and we have some great stories to share about the teachers and other school staff that we’ve helped over the years.
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