MAD Recruitment

Take the headache out of finding the right people for your school

Rachel Hadley-Leonard founded MAD Recruitment to provide something different from traditional education recruitment.

Specialising exclusively in Marketing, Admissions and Development roles, Rachel works alongside Heads, Bursars and Governors to determine what skills, experience and structure a school truly needs before a search even begins. She then manages an end-to-end recruitment service, helping schools define roles, design team structures, identify talent, assessing and shortlisting candidates, providing interview design and panel support and securing outstanding appointments.

With a reputation built on discretion, honesty and deep sector knowledge, Rachel has helped schools across the UK appoint exceptional senior leaders who deliver growth, strengthen stakeholder engagement and make a measurable impact.

This end-to-end, tailored service includes:

  • Consultations to explore vision and direction of travel for role

  • Creation of role advertisement and job description in conjunction with relevant parties. Advice on positioning.

  • Support with advertising of role within sector recruitment space, professional membership bodies and other appropriate spaces

  • Targeted and extensive MAD Recruitment searches and approaches in association with trusted partners

  • Preparation of interview questions and tasks in conjunction with School

  • Applicant sift

  • First round telephone interviews, feedback and presentation of successful first round candidates

  • Attendance at & advice and feedback on, second/final round interviews

  • Liaison between candidate and School for appointment offer

  • Feedback to unsuccessful candidates, where requested

  • Follow up service where required

Some of our happy customers…

  • “Invested from the outset, Rachel was quick to understand our needs and worked closely with myself and the Head to help develop a detailed job description for an exciting new role within the Foundation. She then used her extensive network of contacts to provide an interesting and varied short list of candidates. Her insight during the interview process was invaluable and led to an outstanding individual being appointed.”

    - Bursar | The Aldenham Foundation

  • “The whole RHL experience has been a massive relief to know that our recruitment process is in safe hands and that Rachel is doing all the heavy-lifting”

    - Headmaster | The King’s School, Gloucester

  • “I was made aware of Rachel and RHL Consulting by a colleague in the education sector who described her as the best in the business when it comes to recruiting either marketing or admissions staff for schools. He was not wrong. From the outset it was not only an easy but also an enjoyable experience. Rachel is extremely knowledgeable and diligent, knowing the type of school I work in and then researching the school and the market around us to ensure a best fit.”

    – Bursar | Co-ed Independent School

  • “Thank you for your tireless efforts on our behalf here at Loughborough. Your trusted insight and expertise have not only helped secure a great appointment, but you have saved the panel and our in-house HR team a huge amount of leg work. Thank you for the investment you have made in building relationships with the candidates, and for supporting the successful candidate’s journey too - we’d be very happy to work with you again."

    - COO | Loughborough Schools Foundation

Competitive, affordable and realistic fee model

Trusted and valued partner organisations to broaden search/reach