Sunderland-based Premier Teachers Raises £100K Funding to Develop its Education Recruitment Platform

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Sunderland-based Premier Teachers Raises 100K
Funding to Develop its Education Recruitment
Platform
Premier Teachers, a specialist education
recruitment company based in Sunderland, has
raised a 100K investment to fund the development
of its recruitment app. The company secured the
funding from angel investor Gary
Dewhurst. Founded in 2013, Premier Teachers
provides teachers and support staff to schools,
colleges and academics across the North East of
England and beyond. It is run by teachers and
provides a very personal service to teachers and
schools. The company provides staffing solutions
for both permanent and temporary roles, and has
teaching assistants, HLTAs, teachers, lecturers
and staff for executive and leadership
roles. Premier Teachers aims to provide staff
with the right personality and mix of skills and
experience to have an immediate impact from day
one. The company offers free training, expert
advice and support, help with CV, career
planning, and more. Commenting on the funding and
explaining the company's new app, Mike Donnelly,
Founder of Premier Teachers, said,
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"This 100K investment was absolutely critical as
we had taken the product as far as we could and
were unable to access the necessary funds to make
it a viable product. It is a simple and scalable
tech solution to address a nationwide shortage of
teachers in a profession that has missed
government recruitment targets for secondary
school teacher trainees for the seventh year in a
row." Premier Teachers has developed a
technology-based permanent recruitment solution
for both teachers and schools. It allows teachers
to apply for multiple posts via mobile and
schools to securely access the profiles of
teachers and support staff looking for permanent
or fixed term roles in the North East. The online
portal is free and provides cutting-edge
technology to enable schools to reduce
recruitment costs and save time. The new app,
which is said to be still under development, is
set to undergo testing next month and is
scheduled to be launched later this
summer. Expressing his excitement and the reason
for investing in the company, Gary Dewhurst
said, "I'm excited to be investing in Premier
Teachers and its app as it offers a simple
solution to ease the chronic shortage of
teachers. I have three children in education and
have seen first-hand the challenges that both
teachers and schools face in recruiting the right
people. I value education highly and that is my
main motivation behind this investment."
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Premier Teachers also provides details of the
latest teaching job vacancies in the North East.
Teachers who are looking for a placement in a
school, college or nursery in the region can sign
up and find their perfect teaching job. About the
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