Axcis

Axcis recruits special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) staff for mainstream schools, special schools and alternative provisions across England and Wales. It offers short-term, long-term and permanent staffing, and its candidates include teachers, teaching assistants, therapists and school leaders. The settings it serves include pupil referral units and hospital schools.

The company was established in 2001 and has its head office in central London, with offices across the UK. Its London office works with schools in London and the Home Counties. Axcis says many of its consultants are former teachers or school support staff. It trades as Axcis Education, operated by OR Education Limited, and is part of the Edwin group, alongside Vision for Education, Edwin People and Commando Joe’s.

Applicants go through checks that conform to DfE requirements. The company offers training courses, including Team Teach, Safeguarding in Education Level 2 and Autism Awareness, to its candidates and to client school staff. It has a professional partnership with nasen, the National Association of Special Educational Needs.