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Success isn’t a finish line.
Not at Humly.
We have the most downloaded supply education app in the UK (and the world). But we never stop going, moving, building, growing, challenging, changing, updating, ideating, pushing, next-stepping, and striving.
And we never will.
Why?
That’s what it takes to keep empowering supply educators. That’s what it takes to keep providing schools and nurseries seamless access to great supply teachers and nursery nurses anytime. And every time.
Because if there’s more we can do for our educators, schools & nurseries, then there’s more we will do.
No victory laps. Just next laps.
So here’s what’s new, what’s better, and what’s next at Humly
Supply Education is a brilliant way for teachers and nursery practitioners to have a work-life that fits any life-life.
It offers freedom, flexibility, and variety. And, at Humly, it comes with full-career control.
What supply education doesn’t offer? Guaranteed pay … until now, that is.
With Humly Express Bookings, supply educators can have guaranteed income – without sacrificing their freedom, flexibility, and variety.
Humly Educators can find, choose, and book Express Bookings in the Humly App on days they want to work. No long-term commitments. No muss or fuss.
And if we can’t find them work, their bank account won’t be able to tell the difference.
You get paid
Guaranteed pay at a full day-rate regardless
Matching roles
Roles that fit your preferences and competence
Reasonable commute
The shortest possible commute time, max 1 hour
In September 2024, we announced the purchase of our first London-based supply agency, Future Education.
In April 2025, the future is here, and it’s called Humly London.
And we’ll start bringing the Humly Way of Supply Education to London educators, schools, nurseries, and the biggest supply education market in the world.
Ready. Steady. Gå.
There is no such thing as a supply educator.
There are many – multiple variations of supply educators depending on the sector, long-term vs short-term vs permanent, length of experience, etc.
And we aren’t doing our job or fulfilling our mission of empowering educators to work in schools and nurseries if we aren’t meeting and exceeding all of your needs.
To that end, we’re introducing a new Long-Term Track for all Humly Educators whose primary goal is to find a long-term job.
Humly Educators will receive a personal engagement specialist who proactively works to help secure your perfect role (again and again) and stay connected via weekly check-ins.
But we’re also revamping our Short-Term Availability feature to improve our understanding of when and where our short-term educators want to work. All so we can send opportunities that aren’t just good matches but perfect ones to educators who actively want them.
Supporting this will be weekly empowerment calls to ensure our next-gen systems have a next-gen service.
“We want to truly empower our educators, ensuring you feel seen and valued. We know that access to great job opportunities is everything, so let’s start by making that experience the best in the world. We believe a mix of a user-friendly app plus first-class personal service will accomplish our shared goals,” said Humly Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Kristoffer Persson.
It’s technology with a human touch.
We just completed our annual survey, asking all 4,421 active, working educators twenty-one questions to grasp what they really think and feel about Humly.
About our App. Our service. Our ability to meet and exceed their needs.
It’s a close, hard look in the mirror. And it’s vital.
We have a game-changing vision for supply education. But it’s useless if we’re deaf to the needs of our educators.
This survey is one way we listen.
“We will never stop investing in the tools and processes that our educators say they need. True empowerment is having consistent access to great jobs, having ownership of your time, having a smooth digital and personal experience, and feeling seen, safe, and part of a community that values you,” said Persson.
And now it’s time to act.
