ECT Recruitment

Connect with the UK’s best new teachers

UK talent. International opportunities. One specialist partner.

DfE-accredited British Schools Overseas have a unique opportunity to recruit talented Early Career Teachers from the UK and support them through UK Government-recognised statutory induction overseas.

Finding the right candidates, however, can be costly and time-consuming. Traditional recruitment routes often involve substantial advertising costs, individual placement fees and lengthy recruitment processes, with no guarantee of reaching teachers who are genuinely interested in beginning their careers internationally.

The ESP ECT Brokerage Scheme offers a smarter, more joined-up approach direct from the DfE’s sole specialist Appropriate Body for ECT induction overseas.

A direct route to UK-trained teaching talent

Through our established relationships with universities and Initial Teacher Training providers across the UK, ESP connects British Schools Overseas directly with high-quality trainee teachers and ECTs seeking their first teaching position.

Each year we speak to over 1000 Early Career Teachers interested in starting their teaching career in one of the very best British international schools.

As the Department for Education’s sole specialist Appropriate Body for ECT induction in BSO schools, ESP can support your school throughout the complete journey, from promoting vacancies and identifying candidates to onboarding successful recruits and overseeing their statutory induction.

Taking your vacancies directly to candidates

Your vacancies can be:

  • Promoted directly to trainee teachers through our partner universities

  • Advertised through university careers services and specialist job boards

  • Showcased at face-to-face and virtual recruitment events across the UK

  • Featured in ESP-hosted virtual recruitment sessions

  • Shared with ECTs actively seeking opportunities overseas

  • Supported by your school videos, recruitment packs and promotional materials

This targeted approach helps your school reach candidates who are actively considering beginning their teaching careers internationally.

Your dedicated recruitment partner

Every participating school is assigned a named ESP Account Manager who will work alongside you throughout the recruitment process.

Your Account Manager will:

  • Work with you to identify your current and future ECT vacancies

  • Develop a targeted UK-wide recruitment strategy

  • Promote your school and available opportunities

  • Source and identify suitable candidates

  • Support candidate sifting and shortlisting where required

  • Facilitate virtual introductions and recruitment sessions

  • Provide post-offer onboarding support as appointed ECTs prepare to join your school and begin their statutory induction

Whether you are seeking one ECT or building an entire cohort, you will receive personalised support from a team that understands both international recruitment and statutory ECT induction.

Everything you need to recruit ECTs without placement fees

The ESP ECT Brokerage Scheme provides unlimited ECT recruitment support for one straightforward annual fee.

Your annual package includes:

  • A named ESP Account Manager

  • Support with all your ECT recruitment requirements

  • Promotion of your school as an ESP-recommended British School Overseas

  • Direct promotion of vacancies through ESP’s partner universities

  • Advertising through university job boards and careers services

  • Exposure at virtual and face-to-face ECT recruitment events across the UK

  • ESP-hosted and facilitated virtual candidate sessions

  • Opportunities to share school videos, recruitment packs and vacancy information directly with final-year trainee teachers

  • Access to ESP’s pool of ECTs seeking statutory induction opportunities overseas

  • Candidate sourcing, sifting and shortlisting support where required

  • Post-offer “What to Expect” onboarding for appointed ECTs

  • No individual placement fees for ECTs recruited through the ESP pool

Unlimited recruitment.

One annual fee.

Whether your school is recruiting one ECT or building an entire cohort, the annual fee remains the same.

£3,500 per year for DfE-accredited British Schools Overseas

£2,500 per year for British Schools Overseas with current AoBSO membership

There are no additional placement fees for ECTs recruited through the scheme.

Recruit with confidence

The ESP ECT Brokerage Scheme gives your school a direct route to motivated UK-trained teachers, reduces recruitment costs and provides specialist support throughout the process.

It is a modern, cost-effective recruitment model designed specifically for DfE-accredited British Schools Overseas and delivered by the organisation uniquely placed to connect recruitment, onboarding and statutory induction.

Find your next generation of teachers:

Recruit. Support. Retain.

Give talented Early Career Teachers the opportunity to begin their careers in your school, supported by the specialist organisation that understands both statutory induction and the British Schools Overseas sector.

To discuss your school’s recruitment requirements or join the ESP ECT Brokerage Scheme for, contact Liberty Taylor-Hopkins on liberty@espeducation.co.uk.