Public sector

Transforming the way supply teachers, schools and LAs work together with Supremes automated staffing solution

Supreme Education is active in many parts of the public sector providing a variety of services in the world of education. We plan to launch our service to LAs in the summer term of 2005. Launching our service through an LA partnership will allow temporary teachers to participate in the Teachers pension scheme and be paid according to scale as their permanent colleagues.

The majority of experienced teachers working through many agencies do not get paid to scale, especially towards the higher end of MPS simply because some schools cannot afford the cost of an M6 teacher coupled with an agency fee on top. However, on many an occasion NQTs and other lesser experienced teachers can be paid well above MPS as schools can find the costs more affordable.

Supreme Education simply wants to ensure equality for teachers and best value for schools. Working with an LA together with our recruitment experience and technology will be an excellent partnership for everybody involved.

Our Management Team's Pedigree

We intend to sit down and talk to LAs and schools to talk about the solution that best fits their local needs. One size does not usually fit all, even though some key principles remain constant.

Our management team, prior to joining Supreme Education, have written policies and procedures that have won accreditation from the DfES and additionally secured many preferred supplier agreements with LAs across the country, including the recent Pan-London Agreement.

What LAs, schools and teachers can do together with Supreme Education?

• Agree a standard of service, written into a shared code of conduct, which is set and agreed by local schools.
• Develop a cost effective partnership to provide a fully automated LA Staffing solution to local schools and teachers.
• Share a commitment to provide an unparalleled, best value staffing service.
• Reduce the cost and time schools spend on temporary and permanent staffing.
• Provide extensive and unique reports on all aspects of absence management, vacancies and deployment information.
• Reduce schools and teachers dependency on recruitment agencies.
• Provide a solution to integrate Supreme Education automated technology into your current back office payroll and support function.

Features of the Supreme Education Technology

• No more early morning, lunchtime or after school calls. Schools enjoy the ease of using the Supreme web to record vacancies. All you require is internet access, enter a vacancy and our Supreme system will do the rest.
• No more need to spend your valuable time, energy and resources organising supply cover. Schools can enter subject skills for a vacancy and our staffing system will instantly match those requirements with the most suitable qualified local teacher available.
• You stay in complete control of the replacement staff you require. Schools can request a specific teacher, and the system will work to automate that request (based on teacher availability).
• Schools can view past and future absences and vacancies online via a personalised school diary.
• No more paperwork. Daily reports can be provided on school vacancies, teacher absences and even names of supply teachers working in local schools.
• User friendly system. Immediately accessible and fully supported by Supremes customer services team.

Automated staffing gives peace of mind

• Stringent and transparent vetting procedures give everyone peace of mind. The Supreme system will automatically disqualify teachers and other educators to search for assignments once key security background checks have expired. This will include CRB, List 99, GTC and eligibility to work in the UK.
• Added security: A photo of the local replacement teacher is attached to the vacancy record enabling schools to identify positively the replacement teacher before they arrive.
• A rapid response to all staffing requests. Supply teachers can search for assignments 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Educators can only view positions for which they are qualified to teach.
• Schools will benefit from sourcing teachers through an LA partnership aiming to provide an unparalleled and best value recruitment solution.
• Schools to monitor, analyse and report on absences and vacancies via Supremes absence management functionality available via the web.

We know you will be suitably impressed by...

• Data Security with a leading UK ASP provider.
• Mature Web application with Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR).
• Proven integration plan for local schools and teachers.
• Regular performance auditing and feedback.