Part of our HR & People agents
AI agents for HR teams in education
Actionist is an AI automation tool whose agents operate the apps your school or college HR team already uses, from chasing DBS renewals by spreadsheet to an agent that flags each expiry weeks ahead.
Education HR teams get back the hours lost to screening, compliance chasing, and September starter paperwork.
AI Employees for Education HR & People in 4 simple steps
Manual Time
We'll go over where you currently waste your time doing manual tasks.
Actionist Automations
We'll show you exactly how Actionist can automate these manual tasks.
Your Benefits
How much time and money you'll save by onboarding AI agents.
Easy to use
We'll show you how easy it is to enable AI across your business.
Where you spend your time
We know how your week actually goes
- Applications read against the vacancySubject, level and qualification checked on every CV, so the shortlist is ready when panels are.
- Safer recruitment, fully evidencedDBS, right to work and references tracked per hire, with the single central record kept current.
- September starters ready on day oneAccounts, induction, handbook and mentor sorted before the new term and the new cohort arrive.
- Training that never silently lapsesSafeguarding, first aid and CPD expiry dates caught weeks ahead, not at an inspection.
- Absence recorded the same dayReturn-to-work paperwork and absence history kept tidy, with patterns visible to the HR lead.
- Leavers handled cleanlyNotice dates, access removal and exit feedback tracked against the term-time deadlines.
And hundreds of other tasks you do manually..
An agent can take a lot off your team's plate. Take a look below to see the time and cost you could save by adding AI agents to your Education HR & People team's day.
Where the hours go
Teaching vacancies cluster around term dates, so a head of department waits weeks for a shortlist while applications pile up in the inbox, and a good candidate accepts another school's offer first.
An agent reads each application against the vacancy criteria as it arrives and drafts the fit notes, so the shortlist is ready for the panel before the closing date.
The single central record is updated by hand from DBS emails, reference letters and ID photocopies, and one missing date can stand out in an inspection months after the person started.
An agent tracks each pre-employment check per hire, drafts the chasers, and flags any row with a gap, so the record is complete the day the person starts.
September brings a cohort of new teachers who each need accounts, a mentor, a handbook and a safeguarding session, and the paperwork is assembled in the last frantic week of August.
An agent builds each starter's induction checklist from the offer, flags what is missing two weeks ahead, and drafts the welcome pack for approval.
Safeguarding certificates, first aid cards and CPD hours all expire at different times, and the matrix is only checked when someone remembers or an inspector asks.
An agent reads the training matrix on a schedule, flags every expiry weeks ahead, and drafts the rebooking requests so nothing lapses without HR knowing.
Actionist Will Automate
What one automation looks like
A week with your Education HR & People agents
Some of the apps for your Education HR & People team
Some of the apps your agent operates for your HR team. Hundreds more are in the Actionist App Store.
Your Agent wakes up Automatically whenever something happens
Your agents watch the apps you already use and act the moment something happens, usually within about a minute, handle it based on your instructions, 24/7.
When a new application lands in the recruitment inbox or Recruitee, the agent reads the CV and covering letter against the subject, level and qualification criteria within about a minute and logs a fit note. It never rejects anyone: the shortlist and every reply to a candidate are drafted and wait for the HR lead's approval.
Your benefits
Where the time goes back
What you do manually today
What your agent runs for you
- Recruitment240 min / weekReading every application before the panel can meet
The HR officer opens each teaching application by hand, scores it against a printed criteria sheet and builds the shortlist late on a Thursday.
Recruitment Agent0 minFit notes and shortlist drafted as applications arriveAn agent reads each application against the vacancy criteria and logs a fit note, so the shortlist pack is with the department head well before the closing date.
- Safer recruitment120 min / weekUpdating the single central record by hand
DBS emails, reference letters and ID copies are typed into the register one at a time, and the gaps only show up in a spot check months later.
Safer recruitment Agent0 minChecks tracked per hire with gaps flaggedAn agent tracks every pre-employment check, drafts the chasers for approval and flags any blank in the record before the person starts.
- Induction100 min / weekSetting up the September cohort in one frantic week
New teachers need accounts, handbooks, mentors and a safeguarding session, and the HR lead assembles them from scratch in the last week of August.
Induction Agent0 minStarter checklists built from the offerAn agent opens each starter's checklist at offer and flags what is missing two weeks before the start date, with the welcome pack drafted for approval.
- Compliance and CPD110 min / weekRemembering to check the training matrix
Safeguarding, first aid and CPD records live in one spreadsheet that gets checked when someone remembers, so certificates lapse without anyone noticing.
Compliance and CPD Agent0 minExpiries flagged weeks aheadAn agent reads the matrix on a schedule, lists every certificate due to lapse, and drafts the rebooking requests for HR to approve.
- Absence and leavers130 min / weekChasing absence forms and leaver checklists
Absence reasons arrive by text, email and form, return-to-work forms are forgotten, and leaver tasks sit across three people's inboxes.
Absence and leavers Agent0 minOne record for absence and one list per leaverAn agent logs each absence the same morning, drafts the return-to-work form and tracks every leaver task, with HR making the decisions.
What that's worth
Calculate what your team saves
Based on typical team usage: the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~7 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.
How easy it is to use
We'll do all the heavy lifting for you.
From entering your website address to having a working AI team, no effort from you.
- Step 1
Enter your website
- We'll research your business
- Automatically configure everything for you
- Step 2
Actionist Auto
Optional- Watches you work
- Creates your agents, workflows and schedules
- Step 3
Marketplace
- Hundreds of apps, plus agents and workflows
- Pre-configured by other users
- Step 4
Invite your team
- We'll automatically onboard them too
- Focus on the things that matter
Enter your website URL for a personalised demo
See exactly what Actionist would automate for your business.
You stay in control
An agent working with staff files, safeguarding records and candidate details has to earn trust before it is allowed near them. You see everything it touched, you approve anything that reaches a candidate or colleague, and every decision stays with a person.
Replies to applicants, reference requests and reminders to colleagues are written and held for your sign-off. Nothing goes out on its own unless you widen that yourself in Approval Modes.
The agent screens, schedules and chases. Who is shortlisted, hired, cleared to start, disciplined or let go is a decision for a person, never the agent.
Anything touching a safeguarding concern, a health condition or a welfare issue is routed untouched to the designated lead. The agent does not summarise, judge or triage it.
Every record it read, every field it updated and every draft it wrote is logged, so an inspector asking how the single central record was kept can be shown exactly what happened.
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Frequently asked questions
Does our HR team need to be technical to use Actionist?
How do we get started with an HR agent for our school or college?
How do we make a customised agent for how our HR team works?
How quickly can we set Actionist up for HR work?
Our HR system or applicant tracker has no API. Will it still work?
Will it reject a candidate or contact someone without HR checking?
Who owns our staff data, and is it used to train AI models?
What happens with safeguarding concerns or health information?
Can it keep up during peak recruitment season or the start of term?
See an agent screen a teaching application and flag a lapsing DBS
Book a free demo and watch an Actionist agent read a real application against your criteria, build the shortlist, and flag a certificate expiring next month, end to end.