Nicole Dunbar

I am pleased to provide a testimonial about the support I have received from Nicole Dunbar, recruitment consultant with Engage, since taking up the post of headteacher of Onslow St Audrey’s School in September 2022. I had previously worked with Nicole at St Clement Danes School where I was deputy headteacher (curriculum).  At Onslow St Audrey’s Nicole has helped me successfully recruit five teachers from overseas across a range of subjects.  The calibre of recruits has been high and Nicole and her team provide a good service.  They are always open to how things can be improved and we are currently looking at negotiating a service level agreement with Engage across the Danes Educational Trust to cement our professional partnership.

J. Jones

Headteacher

Rebecca Kingston

Deputy Head

Nicole Dunbar and Madeleine Flaherty were incredibly helpful and supportive in helping me secure a role in the UK. She explained and organised everything for each step in the process. I would highly recommend using Engage.

Justin A.

Teacher

Andrew G.

Music Teacher

Among these difficult times, and my own plans having to shift drastically as a result, Nicole has been amazing at finding me steady work in amazing schools!!

Joshua C.

Teacher

Thank you for finding me a job in the school I currently teach. I am now being made permanent.

Sophie M.

Teacher

I find this agency excellent. Suela immediately supplied me with work and I was put through a thorough and professional process that reassures me as a teacher with a vast knowledge of safeguarding. Nicole and Suela have supported me through the whole procedure of signing up, paperwork to update, and have always been available to me with any queries. I highly recommend this agency as I have 15 years of experience in education and feel supported and fully informed at every stage. Brilliant.

Rachel P

English Teacher

Nicole works tirelessly to support Samuel Ryder with any staffing issues/recruitment that arise. She has provided excellent candidates for daily supply (at a competitive rate) and has also sourced a number of long term supply staff for us. Currently, we have an excellent MFL teacher working here which she recommended to us.  Nicole maintains regular contact and she is personable, polite and professional at all times. She is a pleasure to work with. Long may she continue to help us in these challenging times. 

Ian Bailey

Deputy Headteacher, Samuel Ryder Academy

Engage Education have just sourced the perfect temporary role for me after an extended career break! Suela my consultant found me on the Wednesday and I was employed on the following Monday in a lovely school that ticks all my boxes, it was that quick! Both her and Nicole Dunbar efficiently sorted through all the necessary paperwork to enable me to work, and helped me through the process of setting up my timesheets. I have already attended one of Engage's regular CPD days with another coming up soon. Very impressed so far. Well done Engage!

Lisa M

Music Teacher

Engage and our consultant Nicole Dunbar have proven exceptionally reliable and flexible in solving a number of key long term and short term supply issues for us during the last academic year and into the start of 2019/20. Nicole managed to provide us with a first rate teacher in Science at relatively short notice to cope with a December resignation. The candidate is still with us in September and we hope in time will become a permanent member of staff. At relatively short notice in the summer, Nicole was able to source for the school a young newly qualified Product Design teacher from Australia. What these appointments highlight is Nicole's ability to identify the unique characteristics of the school and client she is dealing with and ensures that rather than providing just anyone the individuals she puts forward are the right fit for the school ethos and context. It is this attention to detail and also the nature of the long standing relationship I have with Nicole, over 6 years now, and the in-depth knowledge she has of the schools she deals with that make her and Engage the almost exclusive agency the school deals with.

Toby Sutherland

Headteacher, St Clement Danes School