Free recruitment tools for schools
Nine free tools for school leaders, business managers and HR: cost a post, budget the pay award, benchmark local pay, write the job description and run a safer recruitment process.
Budget and pay
True cost of a staff member
Work out the full employer cost of a school post in 2026/27: salary, employer pension (TPS or LGPS) and employer National Insurance.
Pay award budget calculator
Add staff counts by pay point to cost the 2026/27 teacher and support staff pay awards, with on-costs. No names are stored.
Headteacher pay group calculator
Turn pupil numbers into the STPCD unit total, headteacher group (1–8) and the 2026/27 leadership pay range.
Local pay benchmark
See what other schools near you advertise for the same role: median and range from SchoolJobs adverts, shown only with 20 or more adverts.
Recruiting
Recruitment cost comparison
Compare a recruitment agency fee, another job board and SchoolJobs adverts for the same school vacancy.
Job description & person specification generator
Generate an editable job description and person specification with safer-recruitment wording, then turn it into a free advert.
Advert health check
Paste your job advert to get a score out of 100 and the top fixes: pay, hours, dates, safeguarding and safer recruitment wording.
Safer recruitment and interviews
Ready to advertise?
Standard adverts on SchoolJobs are free for every school, trust and nursery, with Quick Apply and Google for Jobs.
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