compliant recruitment solutions through approved education frameworks.

Randstad is an approved partner on the DfE-backed GCA framework, offering a compliant hiring route for local authority schools and fulfilling the mandatory procurement requirements for single and multi-academy trusts (MATs). Approved on both Lot 1 and Lot 2 until April 2029, we offer complete workforce flexibility.

• Lot 1 (Direct Supply): Work directly with Randstad to fill individual staffing gaps with fast, direct access to high-quality temporary, permanent, and fixed-term educators.
• Lot 2 (Managed Service Provision): Appoint Randstad as your single strategic partner to manage your entire workforce ecosystem, utilising our bespoke hiring technology, electronic timesheets, and supply chain management.

The framework provides the following benefits:

• Framework-regulated caps on our supplier margins protect your budget, while ensuring educators receive competitive pay to attract top talent.
• Build long-term workforce stability by transitioning our temporary workers to your permanent staff at zero cost after 12 weeks (with 4 weeks' notice).
• Total peace of mind with candidates who have passed rigorous, DfE-approved evaluation processes and safeguarding checks.

As an approved supplier on this DfE-recommended open framework, Randstad provides UK educational institutions with a streamlined, compliant route to access our specialist consultancy and operational support.

• Fully adheres to the Procurement Act 2023, protecting your procurement process.
• Because Randstad is already a pre-vetted supplier, you can completely bypass lengthier, resource-intensive tender processes.
• Running from 2026 to 2034, this open framework allows our services to seamlessly adapt to your institution’s changing needs over its 8-year lifespan.

Partnering with us through the CPC aligns your hiring with social value, as surplus framework funds are reinvested directly back into the education sector.

Randstad is on the following Lots for CPC:

• Lot 1 - Temporary and Permanent Staff – Academic – FE/HE
• Lot 2 - Temporary and Permanent Staff – Academic – Schools and Academies
• Lot 3 - Temporary and Permanent Staff –Support Staff– East Anglia
• Lot 16 – Master Vendor

Partnering with Randstad through the Value Match framework gives UK schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) a compliant, purpose-led procurement route. Procured in collaboration with HEART Academies Trust, this framework streamlines your recruitment across both educational and operational roles while driving cost savings and sustainability.

• Use Randstad to source high-quality educational personnel (teachers across all subjects and phases, TAs, cover supervisors, and admin) as well as non-educational staff (facilities management, operations, and site teams).
• Gain absolute peace of mind with candidates who have undergone strict screening and comprehensive background checks to ensure total compliance.
• Take advantage of framework-regulated pricing designed to deliver savings, helping you free up vital budget for frontline learning.
• Sustainability & Social Value: Meet your environmental targets. This framework actively measures and reduces carbon emissions, seamlessly helping your school align with Department for Education (DfE) sustainability goals.

Randstad are on Lots 1 and 2 for Value Match.

Agreement ID: C493282.

Harris is currently 55+ academies. It is an open, centralised portal system designed to streamline how recruitment agencies engage. The framework manages permanent recruitment, (FTC) and supply staffing.

• Established by Harris,  but it is completely open for other multi-academy trusts, local authority schools, and various UK public sector bodies to use.

• It provides a transparent, compliant, and technology-driven process to standardise agency pricing, improve safeguarding, and eliminate heavy administrative burdens like repetitive form-filling. Everything is ran through the portal and the schools have little to no communication via the agencies.

  Randstad are on the following lots for Harris: 

• 2 - Classroom Teaching (i.e. permanent and FTC)
• 3 - Supply Teaching (short term cover i.e. sickness/absence)
• 4 - Classroom Support & Pastoral
• 5 - Administration & Operational
• 6 - Digital, Data and Technology
• 8 - Finance & Audit
• 9 - Human Resources
• Lot 3a: Executive and Management Level Staff- Temporary
• Lot 3b: Executive and Management Level Staff- Permanent
• Lot 5: Master Vendor

Randstad awarded across all 7 lots.

• Lot 1: Non-Specialist Role
• Lot 2: IT Roles
• Lot 3: Commercial Roles
• Lot 4: Executive/Senior Leadership Roles
• Lot 5: Medical/Veterinary roles
• Lot 6: Academic roles
• Lot 7: Recruitment One-Stop Shop

Access pre-negotiated, transparent agency margins and the reassurance of working with a fully accredited, audited agency.

Rapidly fulfil staffing needs across your organisation using our latest technology, bypassing the need for long-form procurement cycles.

Source everything from temporary supply teachers and teaching assistants to senior leadership, pastoral and SEND support, and school maintenance staff.

We can provide a Managed Service (MSP) to take full responsibility for the sourcing, engagement, and administration of your entire non-permanent workforce.

Benefit from clear visibility on pay and charge rates, including transparent temp-to-perm fees to help manage your long-term budget.

Receive detailed reporting to track trends, spend, and compliance at a department, school, or Trust-wide level.

Every framework placement is backed by rigorous safeguarding checks (aligned to KCSIE) and specialist candidate training.