Prospero Teaching Anmeldelser 

Extremely disappointing experience with Prospero Teaching. Registration took ages and I had to send the same documents many times to different people. Pay was very low, promises were not kept, and there were not enough suitable shifts. Communication and support were poor, and I felt my time was wasted. I would not recommend this agency.”

Ive Been with prospero since December 2025 ive had a fantastic experience so far
Charlotte is amazing shes always there if I need to know something she very supportive & helpful ,I haven't had to worry about work ,shes found me a school long term which im really enjoying 😃

My consultant Emma is amazing. She is extremely helpful and always does exactly what she says she will, which is refreshing. The feedback I also get from the parents of my students is that she is lovely to deal with.

I highly advise staying away from teaching agencies, especially Prospero Teaching. I would honestly rather clean toilets with my PGCE/QTS than work for them. I truly believe Prospero have no jobs and all they do is play around with applicants to kill time.

Out of all the teaching agencies I've registered with, this one has been by far the most unprofessional and frustrating. They've been dragging their feet with my registration since June 2025. First, they claimed my references hadn't been received, even though my referees assured me they had sent them. Then, I found myself going back and forth, submitting various documents and completing different courses. Both a consultant and a compliance workrr told me everything was fine, except for the references. I made several attempts to have them sent again, and my referee from Oman even sent me a copy of the email they sent to Prospero.

Finally, after months of waiting, the consultant admitted they had received the references, which he said he'd forwarded to compliance. Yet, weeks went by without any response or progress. Eventually, the consultant said he’d sent an urgent email to the new compliance officer to speed things up—but I never heard back, so I had to keep calling.

Eventually, I got an email from the new compliance worker asking for a list of documents again as previous ones were out of date, pulling me back to square one. This wouldn't be the case if they had been more professional. Anyway, I submitted these again, only for her to request absurd additional documentation, like proof of my early education from over 40 years ago and requesting further confirmation of employment dates from my referee again. And here we go again.

It’s all just a game. I’m starting to doubt they even have any real work or anything else to do in there office. I do keep getting fake emails from the organisation about vacancies. At this point, I seriously question whether these vacancies are even legitimate. Just don't waste your time with Prospero or other agencies. Get a minimum pay job elsewhere.

I have had 2 racist experiences with this company one in 2022. I halted the interview because she was talking to me like a toddler and shusshing me with her hand. As a mixed race person, i think and I wonder, if she would behave like this to my white family members? Probably not, because i have observed racist behavior all my life.

More recently, they shared incorrect details on my DBS, then accidentally shared an email to me from compliance she used defamatory and racist descriptive language.

When i made a complaint: guess what ? They gas lit me even with email proof. Compliance and complaints are one of the same. Stick together and be racist. Complaints even quoted human rights jargon. Which was in contradictory to their process and behavior.

I hold 5 degrees distinction level and finishing a PhD in human rights (funny that). 17 years as a teacher. To be attempted to be demonized in 1 hour. The hard work i have put in to my career. This "bitchy and immature" company can not touch. Looking forward to completing my PhD so i can expose breaches in human rights in the work place.

I can barely discuss the toxic racist culture i have been subjected twice now. Incidentally, why are all the staff of a certain age, white females with the same condescending tone of fake authority?

Black and brown students, teachers and professionals - save yourselves - stay away ! Know your worth and walk away. Be more successful than them!

Terrible. Basically no work despite falsely telling you there’s loads to get you on their books. Compliance process is laughable. They clear you for work only to bombard you months later demanding extra information. The agents are so rude and unapproachable.

Pay isn’t correct often and also as others have said beware of the positive reviews- only a handful will be genuine most are fake due to made up incentives to get you to write something positive. There are much better, more professional agencies. Avoid this one.

Extremely poor communication and professionalism.

I worked as a Teaching Assistant for Prospero Teaching from January 2025, and was twice dismissed without notice — once due to “budget changes” and once because the school wanted a female assistant instead. Both times, I found out after travelling to the school.

Calls at 6 a.m., last-minute assignments, no proper support, and now — no payment for my last shifts (around £400, pending since mid-September).

I’ve tried to resolve this privately, but after six weeks of empty promises, I feel obliged to warn others. This level of disorganisation and disregard for staff wellbeing is unacceptable, especially for an agency with such a strong public reputation.

I’ve had such a positive experience with Prospero Teaching. They found me a temp-to-perm position almost immediately in a school that I absolutely love. The communication has been excellent from the start — always supportive, professional, and quick to respond. I’ve always been paid on time, and any questions I’ve had have been answered straight away.

A special mention to Matt at the Southampton office, who has been brilliant to work with, but I’ve also spoken to a few other team members and they’ve all been great too. I’d highly recommend Prospero Teaching to anyone looking for work in education, and I wouldn’t hesitate to use them again in the future if my circumstances ever change.

Very poor customer service and professional standards. I registered on Prospero a few months back, but it is a waste of time. The recruitment company just doesn't take calls whenever I call regarding a job to talk to the consultant. Either the calls are not attended and go to voicemail, or even if we write emails, they are of absolutely no use.

The employees at Prospero were professional, communicate and helpful. I highly recommend Prospero to any international teachers looking to teach in London, England.

An update as I suspect the high ratings are from Incentives indirectly. It makes no sense for the amount of work you would have to put in without any guarantee of actual work. Zero hours contracts vibes.

Adverts galore everywhere attempted to check out from a tutoring point of view. Rates are appalling, expect you to pay for a DBS (that's another joke of a system) and do not have any work anyway. Waste of time and effort. No thank you.

It’s good agency to work with I am working with them since past 2 years have great experience
Bobbie, Gift , Terry all my agents are really good and supportive

I've been working with Prospero for a few years now. In general they are reliable and pay on time.
Where they could improve, is getting tutors the amount of work they need in a timely fashion.
Interaction with Prospero people is smooth and professional.
My main wish is that they find work for tutors more efficiently.

I was shocked at the level of unprofessionalism I encountered. Communication was inconsistent and often dismissive, leaving me frustrated and uncertain about what to expect. Instead of taking responsibility for mistakes, the attitude was careless and unaccountable.

Basic professionalism—such as timely responses, respectful interactions, and clear follow-through—was completely lacking. This kind of service shows little regard for employees' time or concerns, and it reflects very poorly on the business.

You are encouraged to write positive reviews for this company with the promise of incentives that never arrive, so be mindful of all the positive reviews on this company. For an education recruitment agency, there should be compassion and empathy, however this was not the case, and the recruiters seem more interested in their commission rates than the actual employees.

Even worse is when you leave, and they take forever to give you a reference, the compliance team where completely unhelpful, and gave three different reasons as to why the reference process took so long with no real accountability.

They also have a phone system in which they can see your number calling though, and will point blank ignore your call and not make any contact even after leaving a voicemail, and if you are lucky enough for them to reply/send an email they purposely leave their name off at the end so you have no true record of who you are in contact with!!

I cannot recommend them and strongly advise others to look elsewhere.

The patience of one of the consultants,who did not give up on me waiting on me through compliance.

The experience for onboarding with Allegria was great. she was supportive and guided me through the process.

Allegria held my hand through the whole process. It was a gift to have her as my consultant as she kept me posted every step of the way. There was never a moment where I didn’t know what to do or where to go. Thank you for being diligent, efficient and simply great.

Initially, I found the entire onboarding process long and tedious, but once I got past that hurdle, I really loved working with Prospero! Allegria was very helpful and supportive.