Staffing firms including Randstad, Reed Specialist Recruitment, and Prospero have been put on a centralised roster for head teachers to use when struggling to recruit British staff, reports the Evening Standard with data from research group Tussell. Each of the bidders will be paid up to £1.4 million for their work. Unions in the UK say that many new teachers are leaving the profession with the majority citing high workloads. A spokesman for the Association of School and College Lecturers stated, “A lot of schools are looking to New Zealand, Canada and South Africa and recruiting directly, but that is not cost-effective. It is logical to have a national system.” The education department contracts for the staffing firms include offering “acclimatisation” help, reflecting the difficulty many teachers have with the working conditions in some UK schools.