Education Recruitment Specialists
About Us
Welcome to Coba Education
Coba Education is a specialist staffing company for schools with offices in Northamptonshire and Bradford.
Coba Education works with Primary, Secondary and SEN schools. Coba can provide teaching staff, cover supervisors and support staff.
If you are a school or you work in schools, contact Coba Education to discover how we can help.
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Apply NowRegister with Us
Thank you for taking the time to register with Coba Education. Please complete this registration process in one session as we only save your submission once you have completed the process. You will need some or all of the following information, please have these documents to hand before you start:
- CV
- Photo ID – Passport or driving licence
- Address ID – Utility bill, bank statement (dated within the last 3 months) or driving licence (if you are not using for photo ID)
- National insurance number – NI card, P60 or P45
- Proof of eligibility to work in the UK – Birth certificate, passport, VISA, biometric permit
- Qualification/training certificates
- Enhanced DBS certificate on the update service (if you do not have one we can arrange this for you)
About Us Meet the Team
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ADRIANNE ROBINSON
Primary
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SARAH MORGAN
Secondary
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Zoë Farran
Northampton Office
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Karen Thomas
Northampton Office
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Lewis Ward
Northampton Office
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Martin Chamberlain
Northampton Office
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Fiona Lennard
Northampton Office
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Mel Almond
Secondary
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Poppy Bedden-Jackson
Northampton Office
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Amy Pepper
Primary
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Emily Singlehurst
Secondary
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Lucy Tyrrell
Primary
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Brooke Gillingham
Secondary
ADRIANNE ROBINSON
Adrianne joined us straight from school in 2007 and has been an asset to the company since she started. With over 17 years’ experience as a Staffing Specialist Adrianne is now a Team Leader for the Northampton primary desk.
Fact: Adrianne is a mum of two, who loves spending time with her children and has more recently become a bit of a DIY enthusiast having transformed her family home!
SARAH MORGAN
Sarah joined us in May 2018 and is now Team Leader of the Secondary team. With a background in Sociology and Psychology, she began in healthcare recruitment before moving into education. Sarah enjoys fast-paced environments and has gained her Cert RP and ILM Level 5 qualifications.
Fact: Sarah enjoys being active in her spare time, she grew up playing county golf being coached by her Grandad. She is also obsessed with her Cockapoo Hugo.
Zoë Farran
Zoë joined as Compliance Administrator in April 2023, working alongside the Primary & Secondary team vetting our teaching staff. Zoë has a degree in Primary Education and has a Masters in Psychology.
Fact: Zoë and her family love the NfL and can be found celebrating game days in their respective teams shirts! Her ideal weekend is a day at the cricket with her husband, then a game day feast with her family.
Karen Thomas
Karen has been with Coba Education since it began, running the back office and compliance team. Karen is extremely family orientated, married to Colin since 1999 and has two beautiful daughters Jessica and Amelia. Karen loves nothing more than spending time visiting local food festivals and walks as often as she can with her 83 year old Dad, Lawrie.
Fact: Karen loves gin and currently has over 40 different bottles in her collection.
Lewis Ward
Lewis joined us in March 2018 as our Finance Apprentice. He has now completed his AAT level’s 2 & 3 and the CIMA certificate level qualification. Now he is our Finance Officer and is working towards completing the rest of his CIMA qualifications.
Fact: In his spare time Lewis is a big Liverpool FC fan and is also an avid collector and reseller of limited edition trainers.
Fiona Lennard
A dedicated member of the Coba team, Fiona has been working at Coba since 2013. As Head of Finance she has achieved her CIMA (specialised management accounting qualification) qualification. When she is not wrestling her dog, Rupert, out of muddy puddles in her spare time, you will find her hosting Mexican-themed nights with friends or perfecting the art of sourdough with her husband, Anthony.
Fact: Fiona loves badminton and is known for her “mean smash”
Mel Almond
Mel has recently joined Coba in December 2023 as part of the specialist secondary staffing team, alongside Sarah and Brooke. Mel has 16 years of teaching experience across Further Education, SEND and alternative education settings. Mel’s favourite pastime is simply spending as much quality time with her husband, 2 daughters and 2 dogs as possible. This quite often tends to be standing in a muddy field watching all 3 of them compete in Cross country running events.
Fact: If Mel was a contestant on Mastermind, she believes her specialist subject area would be Boybands from the 1990’s
Amy Pepper
Amy has recently joined the Primary Team at Coba, working closely with Adrianne. Amy has previously worked as an estate agent across Northamptonshire and Leicestershire and really enjoy working in a client facing role helping people.
Fact: In Amy's spare time she loves traveling to different countries and going on country walks with her cocker spaniel Nala.
Emily Singlehurst
Emily joined Coba secondary team in September 2024. Emily's previous role was in weddings and events. When she's not working she enjoys spending time with her family, going to the gym and taking ceramic classes as well as socialising with friends.
Fact: Emily is fluent in sign language
Lucy Tyrrell
Lucy has recently joined Coba in September 2024 as part of the specialist primary staffing team, alongside Adrianne and Amy. Lucy has 6 years experience in primary education and has studied Early Childhood Education at University. Lucy loves building relationships and spending time with her husband and two children.
Fact: Lucy is a keen skier and sailor and loves spending her holidays either on the slopes or sailing the seas of the Solent.
Brooke Gillingham
Brooke is thrilled to join the Coba Education team on the secondary desk. With a background in Acting, and a wealth of experience, having worked with hundreds of secondary schools nationwide promoting understanding of various complex social issues. Brooke is particularly excited to connect with new teachers and schools, bringing her passion and energy connecting great educators with amazing opportunities.
Fact: Brooke's spare time often involves thinking up clever strategies to prevent her mischievous whippet, Bodhi, from making an early dash home.
What our clients say Testimonials
Coba are our supply agency of choice because they have some great Teachers and support staff on their books. They are always available to help, especially last minute and provide a friendly, personable service.
Queen Eleanor Primary Academy, School
I really appreciate that you know your supply staff and try really hard to match our needs to the right staff. I appreciate that Coba staff are friendly, professional and willing to pull out all the stops when needed to find us the right staff.
Purple Oaks Academy, School
Coba always provide us with excellent supply staff. Whether we ring them first thing in the morning, or have planned cover, Coba are able to help. Staff are very friendly and it’s great having a dedicated consultant to work with. Their rates are competitive and we would be more than happy to recommend them.
St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School,
Coba understand how important continuity of supply staff is for us, and always do their best to book staff who have been with us before. Once staff have been booked, we receive email confirmation, containing all of the details needed for our Single Central Record.
Hartwell Primary School,
My contact at Coba is always friendly, consistent and helpful. Coba remember details about our school; who suits us and who doesn’t. They almost always supply us with the staff we need and let us know in plenty of time if there are any problems. Definitely our ‘Go To’ number 1 agency
Magdalen College,
What do we like about Coba – Well first of all there I nothing we don’t like! Coba is a local friendly business who do their utmost to meet our schools needs and to provide them with a suitable supply teacher, be it short term or long term, who will come into school and do their very best for the pupils. I would not hesitate in recommending this company to work in colleagues.
Myrtle Park Primary School,Our Supply Teaching AgencyOur Supply Teaching Agency
Coba Education believes in working closely with schools and teachers to provide the best supply teaching agency service possible.
- We want to deliver a fair, ethical and quality driven service
- We want to understand your individual needs
- We want to make sure you get the most out of our supply teaching service
- We want to be your first choice for supply and long term teaching jobs.
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