At Step Teachers, we are committed to the highest standards of professionalism, compliance, and ethical practice in recruitment. That’s why we are proud members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) — the leading professional body for the UK recruitment industry.
The REC has been supporting, guiding, and setting standards for the recruitment profession for over 80 years. Its mission is to promote best practice, ensure fairness, and champion quality recruitment that benefits both employers and job seekers.
All REC members are required to follow the REC Code of Professional Practice, which sets out principles of integrity, transparency, and respect.
Our commitment goes beyond corporate membership. We are also REC Audited in Education and have held this status from the very beginning. This means we have undergone rigorous external auditing to ensure we consistently meet the highest safeguarding and compliance standards in education recruitment.
In fact, in 2017 we became the first agency to achieve 100% in the REC online diagnostic, and have gone on to achieve this a further eight times, demonstrating our dedication to excellence.
Being REC members sets us apart from many other agencies. For our client schools, it means you can be confident that every candidate we place has been recruited with the utmost care, professionalism, and compliance. For our candidates, it means peace of mind that you are working with an agency that prioritises your safety, well-being, and career progression — always operating with fairness and transparency.
By choosing Step Teachers you are choosing an agency that doesn’t just meet industry standards but actively upholds and exceeds them.
Marios Georgiou, our Co-founder & Chairman, sits on the REC’s Education Sector Executive Committee and writes, ‘As the professional body for recruitment, the REC plays a vital role in establishing best practice among recruitment agencies. They are determined to not only uphold standards of best practice but to offer SMEs the help and support they need to thrive. Moreover, the REC works hard to represent the recruitment sector by liaising with the party in government to ensure that government policy enables the sector to grow while protecting the rights of workers.’