Preston Recruitment Agency attains quality mark in supply teachers' selection

Step by Step Education Ltd, a specialist education recruitment agency based in Preston has been awarded the DCSF/REC Quality Mark.

This accolade demonstrates that they have achieved the highest standard of recruitment selection and vetting of supply teachers.

The Quality Mark forms an integral part of the continuing work by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the trade body for the UKís recruitment industry, whose members must abide by a Code of Professional Practice.

Step by Step, based in Lytham Road, Fulwood offers services in education recruitment across Lancashire and Cumbria.

The agency was founded in January 2008 by Phil Doyle and has quickly gained a reputation for offering an excellent service to schools and nurseries throughout the region. Phil, a qualified teacher, has spent the past eight years dealing with Lancashire schools recruitment needs as well as providing a service to supply teachers based throughout the region

Phil Doyle who is Step by Stepís Managing Director said: ìIím extremely proud and delighted that we have been awarded the Quality Mark. It is recognition of Step by Stepís high standards of recruitment and vetting and gives increased confidence to our schools and nurseries that our standards are of the highest in the industry.î

Kevin Green, Chief Executive of the REC, said: ìStep by Step is to be congratulated for excelling themselves in reaching the optimum standard for recruiting supply teachers. This standard is becoming increasingly recognised within the industry as guaranteeing effective and ethical provision of supply teachers who are so crucial to the lifeblood of schools.î

Supply teachers make an increasingly important contribution to the smooth running of schools. At the same time, it is essential to ensure that the supply staff that are being placed within the schools are of the required standard and have been correctly vetted by the agency supplying them.

Within this context, the Governmentís Quality Mark Scheme plays a crucial role by providing a recognisable quality threshold and by promoting high standards in the provision of supply teachers.