Luca Education places permanent teaching and support staff into primary, secondary and SEND settings across the UK. One named consultant, written briefs, candidates vetted properly before they reach your inbox.
"Luca took the time to understand our SEND provision before sending anyone. The candidate is still with us a year later."
Education recruitment depends on care, compliance and continuity. Here is how we hold the line on all three.
Right-to-work, DBS, prohibition checks, references and qualification confirmation. Done before the CV reaches the headteacher's desk.
A 30-minute call about the school, the year group, the team mix and the must-haves. We send back a written brief to confirm.
Day-7, day-30 and day-90 check-ins with both sides. Issues caught early usually do not become problems.
Permanent classroom, leadership and support staff for state-maintained, academy and independent settings.
EYFS through to Year 6. NQTs and experienced QTS classroom teachers.
Subject specialists across core and foundation, KS3 to A-level.
SENCOs and teachers for SEMH, ASD, MLD and PMLD provisions.
Level 2, Level 3 and HLTAs across primary and secondary.
Long-term cover roles for schools running planned absence cover.
Heads, deputies and assistant heads for primary and secondary settings.
Subject leaders and curriculum leads in maths, English, science, MFL and humanities.
Early years practitioners, room leaders and EYFS leads.
Lead and assistant invigilators for GCSE, A-level and internal assessment windows.
SBMs, finance leads, HR and operational managers for academies and trusts.
The same approach for an EYFS practitioner or a deputy head. Written, paced, checked.
30 minutes on the phone about the school, the team, the brief and the timeline. Written brief returned for sign-off.
We approach the network and active candidates. Vet, interview, rank. You receive three to six properly checked candidates.
We coordinate the offer, notice period, start date, induction. Counter-offer pressure handled before it lands.
Day-7, day-30 and day-90 follow-ups. The placement is only successful if the staff member is still in seat at term end.
Education hiring is its own discipline. The shortlist matters less than the fit. The wrong Year 5 teacher does not get unwound by the next staff meeting. The wrong head of maths costs a school a cohort. We work hard to get it right first.
Every candidate has DBS, prohibition list, qualification and reference checks completed before introduction. We are safer recruitment trained and audit-ready. That is the floor. Above it sits the cultural fit, the team mix, the conversation about behaviour policy and SEND provision that makes a placement actually stick.
If the salary band is below market for the role and the location, we will say so before we start, not after the offer is rejected. UK education pay bands move every year and the right calibration up front saves a wasted fortnight.
Permanent placements only. State-maintained primaries, secondaries, academy trusts, SEND specialist provisions and a small number of independent settings. We do not run supply desks and we do not run nursery group placements. One consultant per school, end to end.