White Rose Education
A multi-disciplined support function transforming a UK business into an international education hub.
Since 2000, the eLearning industry has seen a 900% growth globally, with the value of the eLearning market estimated to grow to £238 billion by 2025. After the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the demand for online education resources, the need for adaptable resources has had a profound impact on businesses supporting the education sector.
Our Client
White Rose Education is a rapidly growing global business based in Halifax that provides valuable resources for teachers and education providers including scheme of learning materials and supporting materials for assessments and activities. The company was established in 2017 with a focus on mathematics learning under the name White Rose Maths.?
Due to the surge in demand during, and after the pandemic the company expanded its offerings to become a hub of educational resources across multiple disciplines. Globally, their programs are currently in use in 140 countries, and in the UK, they are implemented in 90% of primary schools and 50% of secondary schools.
What did they need?
Faced with the opportunity for exponential growth, White Rose Education needed a recruitment solution to account for seasonal hiring peaks that supported the continuous expansion and evolving hiring needs. The business was experiencing challenges with the speed of rebranding and expanding into multiple departments. This consequently required a recruitment partner that would provide an ongoing hiring solution for both temporary and permanent staff, particularly for administrative support as well as other business support functions for their textbook warehouses, as their business levels surged.
The Solution
Huntress stepped in as White Rose Education's strategic recruitment partner to provide a tailored one-stop-shop solution to meet the unique needs of the education sector. Our approach involves recruiting for attitude-driven roles to ensure a perfect fit in the company's dynamic and niche environment.?
Our team closely collaborated with White Rose Education's CEO and line managers to understand their hiring needs and guide them through the recruitment process. Our efficient process involved targeted shortlisting, recognising the specific experience levels required for candidates, especially in roles where a niche skill set was crucial. With an extensive track record of supporting clients in the education sector, two of which featured in our top 10 clients of 2023, we were able to use our expertise to shape the hiring process.
The Result
White Rose Education, traditionally facing challenges with agencies and quality candidates, found a reliable partner in Huntress. The company now benefits from a steady stream of high-calibre candidates, ensuring growth with the right people. In the absence of an internal talent team, Huntress has become White Rose Education's go-to recruitment partner, playing a crucial role in supporting their growth trajectory, now seeing them work with over 30,000 schools worldwide.
The partnership between Huntress and White Rose Education has led to the expansion of the business across various departments and an increase in the workforce from 7 to 110 employees. One of the significant areas of growth has been in temporary administration support services, as well as supporting the business with long-term hires, including Customer Service teams, Personal Assistants, and Office Managers. All of these roles have played a crucial role in supporting the CEO to expand the business with new branches?.
As a result of this growth, the business has gained recognition as a hub for educational case studies on a global level. By providing efficient and flexible temporary staffing solutions during seasonal peaks, as well as successfully facilitating long-term hires across the company, Huntress has become the preferred recruitment partner for all business support hires. Our client values our ability to listen, offer guidance, and streamline the recruitment process, often reducing it to a single round of interviews for temporary hires.
White Rose Education now benefits from a streamlined recruitment process, efficient hires, and a team that aligns seamlessly with their values and goals. Since partnering with Huntress, the business’ hiring strategy has contributed significantly to their ongoing success and financial year-on-year growth.
7 to 110
Growth in team
30,000+
School supported
90%
Of UK Primaries use their resources
Don’t just take our word for it
Our most recent hires into the Customer Service team have onboarded smoothly and they seem to be integrating into the team and settling in already. We had them on the phones yesterday, which can be daunting at the start, but they performed well! I have very high hopes for them.
They are very quickly becoming trusted team members and are very well thought of. We are so pleased and can’t thank Huntress enough for their support.