Supportive
We’re always here to guide, advise and support — helping clients and candidates make confident recruitment and career decisions.
Founded in 2017, we’re an ambitious and multi-award winning recruitment agency based in the heart of the North West. Operating nationwide, we work with local authorities (on and off frameworks), schools, multi-academy trusts, housing associations and direct employers to help them with their recruitment needs.
We specialise in placing interim, temporary, daily cover, and permanent professionals from entry to board level across a range of sectors, including education, special educational needs, housing, change & transformation, the built environment, and health & social care.
With a team of 60+ staff based at our Preston head office, we’re proud to be recognised as one of the region’s leading employers.
Our consultants bring deep sector knowledge and adopt a consultative approach, enabling us to understand the unique challenges of each client and deliver high-quality, effective hiring solutions. Our track record of industry awards reflects both the standards we uphold and the culture of excellence we have built.
For jobseekers, we offer exclusive education and public sector jobs across the UK on a range of different contract types.
Proudly award-winning
Recruiter Awards
2025 - Best Public/Third Sector Recruitment Agency
2025 - Best Temporary Recruitment Agency
2025 - Best Recruitment Agency Marketing Team
2025 - Most Effective Compliance Operation (Highly Commended)
2024 - Recruitment Agency of the Year
REC Awards
2025 - Best Company to Work For
2025 - Agency Star of the Year - John Shorrock (Highly Commended)
2024 - Temporary Recruiter of the Year - Richard Shorrock
2024 - Agency Star of the Year - Richard Shorrock
The Spencer Clarke Group standard
As one of the region’s top employers in the North West, we offer market leading salaries, attractive benefits packages, and personalised career plans to attract and retain the best talent.
We invest significantly in state-of-the-art recruitment technology, marketing, and branding to enable our consultants to grow and achieve. By supporting and valuing our employees, we empower them to deliver outstanding service to our clients and candidates, enabling the agency to thrive.
We are extremely proud of the hundreds of positive reviews we’ve received on Google, Trustpilot, and Glassdoor. These testimonials highlight our success as a recruitment agency and as an employer.
Building brighter futures
Our commitment to reshaping the recruitment experience extends further than the four walls of Spencer Clarke Group.
We are extremely passionate about transforming the perception of the recruitment industry, supporting our local community and building brighter futures for the children within it.
We are active supporters of multiple charities including Fylde Food Bank, Home-Start Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre and Helping Hearts Fylde. We are incredibly proud of the work we have done to support them and the local community.
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Vision
To positively impact lives by connecting candidates and clients, enabling opportunities for shared success.
Mission
To set the benchmark in our industry, dedicated to exceptional service, and constantly evolving to exceed expectations.
Culture and values
Our ‘10 Points of Culture’ represent our values and how we do business. Our core values underpin everything we do and bi-monthly, we award a Culture Champion who has best displayed our culture.
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Rewarding
There’s nothing better than seeing people thrive. Connecting great talent with the right opportunities is what makes our work worthwhile.
Passionate
We care about what we do and the people we work with. That passion drives us to deliver the best results every day.
Innovative
We’re always looking for smarter, better ways to work — challenging the norm and embracing new ideas.
Hard working
We believe that success doesn’t happen by accident. We go the extra mile to be an agency which surpasses expectations.
Fun
We believe a positive and inclusive environment brings out the best in people. Our team brings energy, creativity and personality to everything we do.
Energetic
We approach every day with enthusiasm, driven by the impact we make through our work.
Dedicated
Whether you’re a client, candidate or employee, we invest time, care and commitment into every relationship.
Creative
Whatever the ‘norm’ is, we look for creative alternatives to find fresh solutions and defy expectations.
Ambitious
In just a few short years, we’re already making big waves in the world of recruitment — and this is only the start!
Matt Byrne-Fraser
Lead Consultant
Education recruitment specialist for
Mainstream schools & EYFSMatching Teachers and support staff with secondary schools where they will thrive is extremely rewarding, especially because educators are so influential to students throughout their teenage years.
Emma Dobson
Managing Consultant
Education recruitment specialist for
School facilitiesSchool support staff are vital to the smooth operation of all education establishments and whether it’s a School Cleaner, Cook or SIMS Administrator, I’m on hand to ensure schools are linked with hard working professionals.
Richard Shorrock
Associate Director
Public sector recruitment specialist for
Local authority SENDIt fills me with pride when a council can completely turn around and enhance their statutory provision through the talent which we supply them with. It’s extremely rewarding!
The Spencer Clarke Group story
With an extensive background in recruitment, in 2017, Managing Director Mike Shorrock took a leap of faith and opened the Spencer Clarke Group doors.
Mike’s vision was clear: to redefine how recruitment should be done, become the agency of choice across the public and private sectors, establish the business as one of the North West’s leading employers, and actively support the local community.
Over the years, and with an incredible team to support him, Mike has more than achieved his vision. With a growing team of 60+ employees, we’ve successfully launched into new sectors, expanded into additional office space, and picked up an impressive haul of industry awards along the way.
