AI that fills bookings faster, eliminates compliance risk, and protects your margins — even as framework caps squeeze tighter.
Supply teaching runs on a rhythm no general-purpose CRM understands.
Schools call three agencies at 6:30am. The first to confirm a compliant teacher wins. Your CRM makes you click through five screens while the competition sends a confirmation.
One expired DBS placement. One Ofsted inspection. That's all it takes to lose 40% of your contracts.
AWR parity, umbrella costs, framework caps — by the time your accounts reveal the problem, you've been losing money for months.
Every AI feature solves a specific operational problem. No buzzwords.
Hard blocks on expired DBS. Automated verification via DBS Update Service & Right to Work APIs.
Real margin at point of booking — AWR, umbrella fees, framework caps all factored in.
Automatic qualifying week tracking with cost impact calculations.
Booking confirmations and reminders where teachers actually check — via Meta Cloud API & Twilio.
Built for 6:30-9:00am. Every unfilled booking with AI-ranked matches.
One-click booking — compliance, margin, notifications, all in one action.
Schools request cover, track confirmations, approve timesheets. Agency-branded.
Mobile-first. Bookings, availability, timesheets, compliance docs.
11-stage Kanban for permanent and fixed-term roles.
Classroom to payroll without re-keying. Anomaly detection built in.
Trusts want one agency to manage everything — fill rates, compliance, cost control — within capped margins. AirDesk gives you the dashboards, SLA tracking, and multi-site management to be that agency.
| Capability | General CRM | AirDesk |
|---|---|---|
| Data model | Generic candidate/job/placement | Understands schools, Key Stages, subjects, terms, safeguarding |
| Matching | Keyword search, maybe basic scoring | AI-weighted scoring across compliance, history, distance, subject, margin |
| Compliance | Configurable checklists, warnings | Hard blocks, automated verification, API integration, audit-ready |
| Speed | 5+ screens to make a booking | Single-screen booking with one-click confirmation |
| Margins | Reports after the fact | Real-time visibility at point of booking, with AWR factored in |
| School experience | No native portal, or a bolted-on one | Integrated portal, branded to your agency, that schools actually use |
| AI | "AI-powered" label on existing search | Purpose-built AI for CV parsing, matching, email generation, video analysis |
| Video interviews | Third-party bolt-on, if any | Built-in question banks, timed recording, AI analysis, subtitles, agency branding |
| MSP capability | Spreadsheets and manual reporting | Native MSP dashboards, SLA tracking, multi-site management, client reporting |
| Framework rate caps | No awareness — margins calculated blind | CCS/DfE rate caps factored into real-time margin calculations |
| Education knowledge | None — you teach it everything | Built-in understanding of UK education recruitment from day one |
Every screen, every button, every workflow in AirDesk is designed to pass this test. We build AI that reduces clicks, saves time, and prevents mistakes. That's it.
Not a beta — AirDesk is a working platform handling real bookings. We're partnering with a select group of agencies before wider release.
We'll be in touch within 48 hours to schedule a demo.
No commitment required. We'll show you the platform and you decide.