From September 2026, academy trusts must procure supply staff through the GCA framework. As a GCA Framework approved supplier, we are proud to support education institutions across the UK with fully compliant, transparent, and cost-effective recruitment solutions tailored to the unique needs of schools, academies, and trusts.
With extensive experience delivering education business support to over 1,000 schools, academies, and trusts, we have developed a deep understanding of school operations and the education sector's unique staffing challenges. As a trusted GCA framework supplier, this expertise allows us to provide reliable, GCA-compliant recruitment support with confidence and complete peace of mind.
Benefit from fast, responsive communication with a dedicated point of contact, helping you fill vacancies quickly and without unnecessary delays.
Develop a long-term relationship with a dedicated team that truly understands your organisation, hiring goals, and workplace culture.
Receive carefully selected, thoroughly vetted candidates who match your requirements, ensuring a higher standard of recruitment and compliance.
The GCA framework includes capped supplier fees, helping schools avoid excessive agency mark-ups and making staffing costs more predictable.
The introduction of the Government Commercial Agreement (GCA) framework will fundamentally change how schools engage with recruitment agencies. While most schools are expected to use GCA-accredited agencies, it’s becoming a mandatory compliance step for academy trusts. It will establish a consistent standard across the sector and provide reassurance that due diligence, safeguarding requirements, compliance checks, and contractual standards have already been scrutinised.
Read moreThe GCA framework (RM6376) is the Government Commercial Agency's Supply Teachers and Education Recruitment framework. It provides schools, academies, and trusts with access to pre-approved recruitment suppliers who meet strict standards on safeguarding, compliance, pricing, and quality, ensuring transparent and cost-effective staffing solutions across the education sector.
A GCA-approved supplier is a recruitment agency that has been assessed and approved to provide staffing through the Government Commercial Agency's framework. Suppliers meet strict standards for safeguarding, compliance, quality, and value for money.
From September 2026, academy trusts are expected to procure supply staff through the GCA framework unless they can demonstrate that an alternative route is fully compliant and offers equal or better value for money. Local authority schools are strongly encouraged, though not required, to use the framework, while independent fee-paying schools are generally not eligible.
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As a GCA-approved supplier, we combine government-approved compliance with a responsive, education-focused recruitment service. Our transparent pricing, rigorous safeguarding standards, extensive candidate network, and dedicated local consultants help schools secure the right staff quickly and with confidence. We go above standard safeguarding requirements, having also been certified as an APSCo+ partner, so you know you're only getting the safest placements.