Agency Usage/Spend - 2023/2024
Dear Plumpton College,
Do you currently handle all recruitment of temporary and permanent staff in house? If you haven't used any agencies at all in the last 3 years feel free to mention that here and ignore the below questions.
If you are part of a Multi Academy Trust, or a College Group. Is the management of the college/UTC's recruitment handled through the group, or independently?
Do you use a managed service provider for your recruitment?
What is the name of the managed service provider that you use?
How often do you review the usage of your MSP, and when is the next time this will be under review?
What decision makers are involved in the review of your MSP, please give names and job titles.
Do you currently Use a PSL (Preferred Supplier List) if so, what are the names of the agencies on this list?
How often do you review your PSL, is this done at a specific time each academic year/couple of years? When is the next time that the PSL will be reviewed?
What decision maker/s are involved in the choice of agencies for your PSL? Please give names and Job Titles.
In which month did you spent the most on recruitment for each of the last 5 years?
What was your total Spend on recruitment agencies from April 2023 to present? If you believe that some of this information is already published, then please report the total spend for just the 2023/2024 academic year.
What month have you spent the most on recruitment for each of the last 5 years?
Please provide a breakdown of this spend first by both Agency used, and temporary/permanent placement.
Please format this in a table with agency names on the left, then temporary and permanent as the column headings?
Please Provide a breakdown of the Total spend by Month.
Yours faithfully,
Harry Dowling
Dear Plumpton College,
Any updates on a response my original FOI request titled: Agency Usage/Spend - 2023/2024.
Yours faithfully,
Harry Dowling
Dear Harry
I am responding to the request you made on 4th April 2024 under the Freedom of Information Act. The questions you raised and the College response to them are shown below:
1. Do you currently handle all recruitment of temporary and permanent staff in house? If you haven’t used any agencies at all in the last 3 years feel free to mention that here and ignore the below questions.
Most of our recruitment is handled by the HR team. For very hard to fill roles, we may work with a third party.
2. If you are part of a Multi Academy Trust, or a College Group. Is the management of the college/UTC’s recruitment handled through the group, or independently?
N/A Not part of a Multi Academy Trust or College Group
3. Do you use a managed service provider for your recruitment?
No
• What is the name of the managed service provider that you use?
Not applicable
• How often do you review the usage of your MSP, and when is the next time this will be under review?
Not applicable
• What decision makers are involved in the review of your MSP, please give names and job titles.
Not applicable
4. Do you currently Use a PSL (Preferred Supplier List) if so, what are the names of the agencies on this list?
We do not have a PSL owing to the few times we work with an agency, and also the specialist nature of the roles we require help with.
5. How often do you review your PSL, is this done at a specific time each academic year/couple of years? When is the next time that the PSL will be reviewed?
Not applicable
6. What decision maker/s are involved in the choice of agencies for your PSL? Please give names and Job Titles.
Not applicable
7. In which month did you spent the most on recruitment for each of the last 5 years?
Dec 2019, Feb 2020, Jul 2021, Nov 2022, May 2023
8. What was your total Spend on recruitment agencies from April 2023 to present? If you believe that some of this information is already published, then please report the total spend for just the 2023/2024 academic year.
£238,558
9. What month have you spent the most on recruitment for each of the last 5 years?
See question 7
10. Please provide a breakdown of this spend first by both Agency used, and temporary/permanent placement. Please format this in a table with agency names on the left, then temporary and permanent as the column headings?
Agency Temp/Perm Total spend
Search Consultancy Ltd Temporary 125,439
Real Staffing Group - SThree Partnership LLP Temporary 44,549
Morgan Hunt Temporary 41,937
Travail Employment Group Temporary 17,277
Edgware Associates Ltd Temporary 5,846
Hunters Recruitment & Training Ltd Temporary 1,807
Click EMS Ltd Temporary 1,346
Teaching Personnel Ltd Temporary 257
Eight Corp Ltd Temporary 101
Total 238,558
11. Please Provide a breakdown of the Total spend by Month.
Apr-23 May-23 Jun-23 Jul-23 Aug-23 Sep-23 Oct-23 Nov-23 Dec-23 Jan-24 Feb-24 Mar-24
38,371 31,768 40,225 21,515 14,287 19,303 4,384 1,099 1,176 13,204 18,132 35,093
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
Mr Jeremy Kerswell
Principal
Plumpton College
Ditchling Road
Plumpton
East Sussex
BN7 3AE
Please remember to quote the reference number 062324 in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Kind regards
Laura Holt
Clerk to the Corporation
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