Welcome to Kelly Educational Staffing

Who are we?

Kelly Educational Staffing® (KES) was born in the United States in 1997 and is now one of the world's largest providers of Education Recruitment Solutions. The success in the United States led us to continue the great work of our colleagues into the United Kingdom and we launched here in 2001. We have a strong workforce and with the support of our parent company, deliver innovative solutions to schools here in the UK.  

Our aim is to ensure complete customer satisfaction by not just meeting our clients' expectations but by exceeding them. The team of specialist consultants are on hand daily to help, guide, advise and assist you with all your recruitment needs.

Whether you have a position that is permanent, part time, full time, day to day or long term, with the experience and knowledge of our candidates and of the local marketplace, we will find the right specialist for you.

At KES, each school is assigned to a personal consultant who works in tandem with you to ensure that we match the skills, experience and personality of our candidates to the culture and ethos of your school.

Choose your own Specialist Solutions

Being a part of a large brand means there are many benefits we can pass onto our customers. Whatever the role you are seeking a solution to we have a specialist on hand to help you.

• Our KES team work with all education specialists including Teachers, Cover Supervisors, TA's, HLTA's and Nursery Nurses
• Kelly Services can help with any office roles including administrators, reprographics, HR and reception
• Kelly Scientific and Kelly Engineering can support in providing technicians and tutors
• Kelly IT can provide assistance with IT technicians, database managers and web designers
• Toner Graham, our specialist finance division can support you with finance directors, business managers, bursars and accounts staff

Why are we different?

KES promises to provide you with support and guidance as you manoeuvre through the challenges of replacing and recruiting new team members. We want to ensure that you not only benefit from our expertise but from our commitment too.

• We understand the inconvenience that missing a team member can have - we will act quickly and be honest in our ability to meet your needs.
• We know on occasions you may need assistance at short notice - we are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• We stay up to date with skills shortages and constantly network, advertise, recruit and meet teachers to ensure we have a solution to your key recruitment needs.
• We appreciate that using a multitude of suppliers can be confusing, so once assigned to a consultant they will act as your liaison with all other Kelly divisions to offer a total recruitment solution.
• We believe that choice is vital to your selection process, by using our local presence and national network we will always select the best available specialists to match your needs.
• We recognise how time consuming long-term and permanent recruitment and selection can be, so we will select and shortlist our candidates, prepare your interview packs, feedback unsuccessful candidates and manage the offer process with the successful candidate.
• Like you, we take safeguarding very seriously and our thorough interview process, which includes a competency based interview, ensures only the best quality candidates are introduced to your school.
• We value your time and understand how precious it is, and ensure that our systems are swift, with on-line timesheets and electronic vetting checklists for your single central record.