The Government Commercial Agency (GCA) and the Department for Education (DfE) have approved The British Institute of Recruiters as an Accreditation Body under the GCA Supply Teachers and Education Recruitment Framework Agreement RM6376. The framework requires supply agencies to hold independently audited accreditation from an approved body. From today Agency Members can add the Education Supply Certification from their dashboard.
What it is. An online audit of a supply agency’s safeguarding policy, its safer recruitment procedure, a director’s declarations and six worker files, read line by line against the checks Keeping Children Safe in Education requires before a worker starts. The outcome is issued within ten working days of submission, and the certification runs for two years with a free declaration at twelve months. What is read and what the outcome means are at ior.org/education-supply-certified.
What a school sees. Every certified agency is listed at ior.org/education-supply and shows Education Supply Certified, with the date it runs to, on its verification page at ior.org/verify. An agency that has applied shows as in progress from the day it applies. If a supplier you use is not listed, send them the register page.
What to do now. An Agency Member adds the certification from the dashboard in one click. An agency that is not yet a member starts with its company name at ior.org/agency-membership, and the BIOR team calls within one working day. Schools and trusts can read how to check a supplier at ior.org/education-supply-certified.