To establish a genuine user at the other end of an email, Step Teachers require a professional email address.
A professional email address will typically mean that the referee has an email address that belongs to the company/establishment they work/volunteer for.
All our employees at Step Teachers/Class Act Teaching Services will send emails from either @stepteachers.co.uk or @classact-teaching.co.uk. This is a professional work account and not a personal private-use account.
Private use accounts are often referred to as email providers that provide typically free email services. The following list is a few examples of where anybody can create an email account.
- Gmail
- Hotmail
- Outlook
- iCloud
- Yahoo
- BTInternet
- AOL
With the nature of free email accounts in that anyone can create one, unless it can be supported with a professional website registered over a significant period of time, Step Teachers won't be able to use it to approach your referee.