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Managed Service
Partnerships
Reduce spend. Strengthen compliance. Take back control.
32
branches across the group
10,000+
vetted education professionals
99.97%
fill rate vs 93% national average
89%
proven supply spend reduction
Vision for Education's Managed Service Partnership replaces the complexity that can come with managing supply staff across schools and trusts with a single, accountable solution - built specifically for education. Say goodbye to fragmented agency relationships, inconsistent compliance checks and limited visibility which puts pressure on HR teams, finance leads and headteachers and leaders alike.

What is a Managed Service Partnership?

A Managed Service Partnership (MSP) gives you a single point of control for sourcing, vetting and managing your temporary workforce. Instead of managing multiple agency relationships with inconsistent standards and separate invoices, everything runs through one dedicated Vision for Education team. As part of Edwin, our partnership is more than just supply. We take a strategic and holistic view to your workforce giving you full visibility of your supply spend, rigorous KCSIE-compliant processes across every placement, and the administrative burden lifted from your internal staff.
Single point of control
All temporary staffing requests through one dedicated Vision for Education team
KCSIE-compliant processes
Rigorous compliance standards applied across every placement
Full spend visibility
Real-time view of your supply spend via School Portal+
Part of Edwin
More than just supply — a strategic and holistic view of your workforce

How it works

Your temporary staffing requests are all routed through one expert account management team. Every candidate, regardless of role, goes through the same thorough vetting process. Every booking is tracked. Every invoice is consolidated.

Behind the scenes, our School Portal+ platform gives you real-time access to spend data, fill rates, and compliance records - by school, by role, by reason for cover - so your leaders have the information they need to make confident, strategic decisions, not just operational ones.

Why Vision for Education?

Significant cost reduction
Connect Multi-Academy Trust reduced supply spend by 89% after implementing Vision's MSP (September–December 2025). Better visibility drives better decisions.
One dedicated account manager
A single, named contact who knows your trust, your schools, and your standards, managing your entire supply chain on your behalf.
Real-time spend visibility
School Portal+ gives you an instant dashboard view of spend by school, role, and cover reason. No chasing spreadsheets. No end-of-month surprises.
Compliant by design
Every member of staff placed through our MSP meets Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) requirements, with a fully audited supply chain to support your safeguarding obligations.
Fill rates that perform
With 32 national branches and a pool of over 10,000 vetted education professionals, Vision for Education delivers a 99.97% fill rate against a national average of 93%.

What our partners say

How we implement your MSP

We manage the full implementation journey, from first conversation to post-launch review.
Pre-planning
Agree the project team, confirm the plan, finalise contractual terms.
Review your current agency suppliers, engage hiring managers and school leads, agree invoice terms with finance.
Design & build
Onboard your supply chain, set KPIs and compliance frameworks, train your team on School Portal+, build your recruitment plans.
Active account management and rapid response support throughout the transition period.
Post-launch
Dedicated care with weekly supply reviews, focused on hiring manager, worker and school lead experience.
Ready to find out more?
Get in touch with our Managed Service Partnership team to discuss how we can support your school or trust.

Frequently asked questions

A Vision for Education MSP centralises all temporary staffing through one expert team, giving you complete compliance assurance and full visibility of spend across every school you manage.

Schools, multi-academy trusts and local authorities that want greater financial control, reduced reliance on multiple agencies, and a more consistent approach to safeguarding compliance.

Yes, typically through direct hiring prioritisation, GCA Framework pricing, and trust-wide workforce planning that reduces agency dependency. The savings seen by our existing partners have been significant.

School Portal+ gives you live access to spend, compliance, and fulfilment data. Reports are designed to work for both operational leads and board-level oversight.

Emergency supply is covered via pre-vetted talent pools. Permanent vacancies are typically filled within weeks, supported by dedicated sourcing and our national network.

Depending on trust size and the complexity of your existing supply chain, most partnerships are live within weeks to a few months. We manage the transition to minimise disruption and can work at a pace to suit your needs.

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