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About Kent-Teach

Why
  • To ensure that the children and young people of Kent get the best start in life by supporting the recruitment of quality teachers in Kent schools.
  • To address the shortage of teachers in Kent by actively promoting Kent and its schools nationally as the choice for quality teachers to develop their career.
How
  • By providing a cost effective recruitment platform for schools to advertise vacancies as well offer help and advice to customers regarding recruitment.
  • By building brand awareness through social media, good content, networking and nationwide campaigns to continuously drive traffic to the website.
  • By staying ahead of recruitment trends to offer innovative and bespoke solutions to specific recruitment needs.
What
  • A cost effective recruitment platform for Kent schools which allows them to advertise their vacancies nationally via the Kent-Teach website, and social media.
  • Source teaching talent and attract teachers to Kent via recruitment fairs, nationwide advertising campaigns and raising brand awareness on social media.
  • Provides a resource hub for existing and aspiring teachers via the website, blog, forum and social media.
  • Provides professional advice and a reliable service for teachers, schools and individuals regarding recruitment, advertising and general queries concerning education in Kent.

Meet The Team

Jess Orgill-Barnes

Jess Orgill-Barnes

Kent-Teach Team Leader
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I joined the Kent-Teach team in September 2022 having just spent 5 years working as a primary school teacher in Kent. I worked in KS1, as well as KS2 and although I loved teaching, I decided it was time to try something else. With a background in Education and having used Kent-Teach throughout my teaching career myself, I was excited when the opportunity to work with them came up. At Kent-Teach, I will be supporting the team in promoting Kent-Teach, as well as supporting with marketing, design and implementing change across the platform. I will also be working with the wellbeing team, implementing training and learning sessions to schools. I am passionate about staff and pupil wellbeing and I am excited about the projects we have coming up in the near future.

Nikita Woodley

Nikita Woodley

Wellbeing and Employee Retention Advisor
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I joined a fantastic team of education and recruitment specialists in 2019 having previously worked closely with schools supporting their recruitment and retention of teachers. My position at Kent-Teach rapidly developed due to my findings in staff turnover discussions. It became apparent that positive staff wellbeing and culture was fundamental for retaining school staff and so I began to place more focus on wellbeing support in general. At the start of 2021, we created The Kent-Teach Wellbeing Team who partner with schools supporting senior leaders with their staff wellbeing initiatives. Our advice for organisations is to start small by offering your staff a voice to have open and honest conversations. We encourage schools to make changes slowly and promote wellbeing as a holistic approach using the four pillars– Mental, Physical, Financial and Social.

My specialisms are building partnerships with schools and sharing best practice for reinforcing positive staff culture and wellbeing in the workplace. Having been a Secondary teacher in Kent, I have first-hand experience working within a school environment. I’m passionate about educating our future generation and inspired to fight the teacher shortage crisis in my county. I’ll be your first point of contact if you require any assistance with staff wellbeing, it would be a pleasure to hear from you.

Rebecca Duncan

Rebecca Duncan

Education Recruitment Advisor
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I joined the Kent-Teach Team in 2016 having previously worked in Cantium's HR team dealing with school HR and payroll queries. I work across all areas of Kent-Teach including advertising, marketing, administration and leadership recruitment. I enjoy working in such a varied role and I love speaking to our school customers and Kent-Teach members on the phone, over email and via our social media channels. So, if you have a question about using the website, need some help recruiting to your vacancy or if you are simply interested in the products and services we offer, then please get in touch!

Louis Boreham

Louis Boreham

Business Administrator
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I joined the Kent-Teach team in March 2020 as an Apprentice, only recently leaving school, I felt I was able to offer an understanding of schools as it was still fresh in my mind. I completed my apprenticeship in September 2021, and I am now a fully qualified Business Administrator. My role in the Kent-Teach team is to offer support to other members of the team, handle the Kent-Teach inbox, answer the phone, set up school accounts, create microsites, support with additional features and advertising. I also occasionally write blogs and our monthly candidate newsletter.

Megan Waters

Megan Waters

Digital Marketing Executive
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I joined the Kent-Teach team in 2022 to create and manage the company's social media content across all platforms, along with making videos and contributing to our blog. I have a passion for media editing and digital marketing; having worked and studied in those areas previously. So, at Kent-Teach I can channel all my creative energy and knowledge into spreading the company's services and values far and wide! Take a look at our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube & LinkedIn pages for advice, news, inspiration, competitions, top tips, and more!

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