SALFORD SUPPLY DESK LTD RETAINS DFES QUALITY MARK

July 2011

Salford Supply Desk has once again been accredited with the Dept for Education QUALITY MARK having achieved a 100% compliance with the Quality Mark Standards.

This re-accreditation formally acknowledges Salford Supply Desk’s commitment to achieving and maintaining the highest standards in education recruitment practice.

The Department for Education Assessment Team stated that “The award acknowledges the dedication and professionalism that go into ensuring these stringent standards of compliance are met on a daily basis. In maintaining the standards, SALFORD SUPPLY DESK IS A CREDIT TO THE REPUTATION OF THE INDUSTRY.”

The staff at Salford Supply Desk are passionate that supply teachers should make an important contribution to the smooth running of schools and the raising of standards .

Salford Supply Desk’s Managing Director, Brian Roebuck, said: “I’m extremely proud and delighted that we have been re-accredited the Quality Mark. It is recognition of Salford Supply Desk’s high standards of recruitment and vetting and gives increased confidence to our schools that our standards are of the highest in the industry.”

Kevin Green, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which manages the Quality Mark scheme, said: “Salford Supply Desk is to be congratulated for excelling themselves in reaching the optimum standard for recruiting supply teachers. This standard is becoming increasingly recognised within the industry as guaranteeing effective and ethical provision of supply teachers who are so crucial to the lifeblood of schools.”

Supply teachers make an increasingly important contribution to the smooth running of schools. At the same time, it is essential to ensure that the supply staff that are being placed within the schools are of the required standard and have been correctly vetted by the agency supplying them.

Within this context, the Government’s Quality Mark Scheme plays a crucial role by providing a recognisable quality threshold and by promoting high standards in the provision of supply teachers.

Alison Cain, of Thornleigh Salesian College, Bolton, Lancashire, commented that: “Salford Supply Desk has provided us with some of the best quality teachers that we have ever come across. You can tell the personal touch is used when they are recruiting & interviewing teachers. The Office staff are efficient and always have the schools best interest at heart.”