No cost to your school for our service
There are no recruitment or placement fees when partnering with Letz Live. Your school simply provides accommodation, meals, and a modest allowance to your selected Gap Assistant.
Gap Assistants for Schools
Bringing cultural exchange and diversity to each school and community
Since 2005, Letz Live has partnered with leading boarding and day schools across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand to provide motivated young assistants who enrich campus life.
Our Gap Assistants bring energy, curiosity and cultural exchange — contributing to classrooms, boarding houses, sports, and co-curricular programs.
Letz Live was founded by a former Gap Assistant who experienced firsthand the impact these placements have on both students and schools.
We’ve grown to become a trusted partner for hundreds of schools worldwide, offering a professional, structured program that simplifies recruitment while providing exceptional support for both schools and participants.
Why Partner with Letz Live?
Partnering with Letz Live gives your school access to motivated, carefully screened Gap Assistants from Australia, New Zealand and the UK. They bring enthusiasm, reliability, and a global perspective to your community — all with minimal administration and no recruitment fees.
How it works
Our process is simple, transparent, and designed to make partnering with Letz Live easy. From sharing your requirements to welcoming your chosen Gap Assistant, we handle every step to ensure a seamless experience for your school.
1. Submit Your Details
Complete our Host School Details Form to share your requirements and key attributes you’re seeking in a Gap Assistant.
2. We Recruit and Recommend
Our global team screens and interviews applicants, sending through profiles that best match your needs.
3. You Interview and Decide
You make the final decision. Once confirmed, Letz Live handles the offer and participant onboarding.
4. We Support Throughout
We remain your partner through every step — from placement to pastoral care — ensuring a smooth and successful year for everyone involved.
Become a
Host School
Submit your details, and our team will contact you to discuss how we can support your staffing needs for the year ahead.
Frequently Asked Questions
Below, you will find the answers to some frequently asked questions. If you can’t find the answer to your question please get in touch with our friendly team today!
Does Letz Live choose the Gap Assistants?
Each school makes the final decision on the candidate. Your school will provide the job description & key attributes of a Gap Assistant. Letz Live will interview & send through recommendations. Your school will interview & advise Letz Live of your decision & an offer of placement is then sent. We recruit, you decide.
How does Letz Live know what we are looking for?
We work with you. This is the best way for us to fully understand your requirements. We discuss areas of the school that you would like participants to assist for example, boarding/sports/classroom /junior school/general admin & match these requirements with the skills of the applicant. The final decision is yours.
What support does Letz Live provide?
Letz Live will visit your school throughout the year to meet with line managers and Gap Assistants. We have open lines of communication throughout the placement with full-time staff to assist when necessary.
What occurs at Orientation?
For New Zealand, Australian and the United Kingdom programs, participants engage in a 3 day orientation program prior to their host school arrival.
Gap Assistants will have the opportunity to network with their peers & create a social support team throughout their placement. This is when Assistants will complete their exclusive Boarding School Association Course, which will prepare them for their time ahead at your boarding school. This includes safeguarding your school, job descriptions & workplace landscape.
What is the acceptance process?
Letz Live will interview & send through recommendations. Your school will interview recommended applicants, advise Letz Live on your choice/s & an offer of placement is then sent.
The applicant has 7 days to accept the offer. Once the applicant accepts, Letz Live assists with visa application, organising a seamless end-to-end travel plan, bank account set-up, official training & other necessary administration tasks prior to their arrival at your school.
