Quality Mark

ITN Mark Education - Quality Mark Accredited

ITN Mark Education have held the Quality Mark accreditation since its inception in 2002 and have been reaccredited every two years, in 2009 we were proud to achieve 100% in our audit. Kevin Green, Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, which manages the Quality Mark scheme, commented: “ITN Mark 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.”

What is the Quality Mark?

The Quality Mark accreditation was launched in July 2002, as a joint initiative between the Department for Education and the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) to help drive up standards for everyone in the sector. The Quality Mark sets minimum standards for agencies and Local Authorities (LAs) to reach in areas such as the way they recruit and interview supply teachers, the way they check and manage their performance and the way they stay at the forefront of changes in the teaching sector.

Maintaining standards in education recruitment is vital and the benefits of the Quality Mark to LAs, agencies, supply teachers and the schools that they service are immense. Schools and teachers deserve high quality agencies and this scheme helps both schools and teachers be confident about the agencies they use. It gives increased confidence to schools, parents and pupils that staff supplied through agencies are recruited properly and have ongoing support. For agencies and LAs it provides both assurance and official recognition that the highest standards of recruitment practice are being adhered to; and teachers will be assured that they have selected an accredited and reputable service.

Supply teachers make an important contribution to the smooth running of schools and the raising of standards. The Government values their contribution and wants to ensure they are recruited and managed well, to allow them to give their best to schools.