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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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)
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About Us Meet the Team
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ADRIANNE ROBINSON
Primary
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LAURA BELL
Secondary
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SARAH MORGAN
Secondary
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EVE ROBINSON
Primary
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Emily Mabbutt
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
ADRIANNE ROBINSON
Adrianne joined us straight from school in 2007 and has been an asset to the company since she started. With over 13 years’ experience as a Staffing Specialist Adrianne is now a Senior Staffing Specialist 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!
LAURA BELL
Laura first worked for Coba in 2008 until 2012 when she moved out to Dubai with her family. After 7 years in Dubai Laura is now back in the UK and excited to be back working with Coba on the secondary desk alongside Sarah. Laura enjoys a client based role and building relationships with both teachers and schools.
Fact: When Laura isn’t immersed in marvel madness with her boys at home, she enjoys finding her Zen, practicing daily yoga and walking with Bodie, her Romanian Rescue pooch.
SARAH MORGAN
Sarah joined us in May 2018 and works alongside Laura on the secondary desk. Sarah studied Sociology and Psychology at university, then found her feet in healthcare recruitment after she graduated. Sarah loves working in a busy environment building relationships with staff and clients which is why she wants to further her recruitment career.
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.
EVE ROBINSON
Eve joined us in 2018 and looks after the Bradford Office as well as Northampton's primary desk alongside Adrianne. Eve studied Events Management at The University of Northampton and then started work at a Recruitment Company which she loved. After a couple of years she decided to change roles and find a job that would utilise the skills she gained whilst studying for her degree. Luckily for us, her passion for recruitment never left her and so she decided to look for a suitable opportunity where she could return to the industry. Eve loves a customer focused role and enjoys the contact she has with our schools and teachers.
Fact: Eve enjoys spending her free time exploring new places with her family and going for country walks with her Bulldog, Bronson.
Emily Mabbutt
Emily joined us this year in May as a Trainee Recruitment Consultant and now works alongside Sarah and Laura on the secondary desk. Emily studied Fashion but has always been inspired by her mother’s passion for education, working as a Teacher which led her to a career change this year. Since joining Coba, Emily has enjoyed school visits meeting clients and helping organise the Summer Party to thank our hard-working teaching staff for their loyalty and support.
Fact: Emily loves fashion and enjoys going to the fashion capital, London in her free time to shop and socialise with friends, exploring new restaurants and bars!
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 81 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.
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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