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Swimming as a Life Skill in Schools

5th February 2018

Swimming is often described as a ‘life skill’. Swimming and water safety is currently included within the national curriculum (in England), with the objective being that all children should be able to leave primary school with the ability to swim and how to stay safe in the water. Source: Swim England. Swim England also reports […]

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Today New Directions Educations is celebrating the 206th birthday of Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens was one of the greatest literary artists of the 19thcentury and is still beloved today by many. Charles Dickens was born Charles John Huffam Dickens on February 7th 1812, in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England. At just 12 years […]

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Winner Announced: Christmas Card Design Competition 2017

14th December 2017

This year New Directions have had their youngest ever winner in their annual national Christmas card design competition. Oliver Thomas, who is just three years old from Ysgol Greenfield School in Merthyr, was announced as winner of this year’s competition at a school assembly last week. Greenfield is a specialist school in Merthyr and provides […]

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Christmas Card Design Competition 2017

24th October 2017

We are delighted to announce the launch of our annual Christmas card design competition. The competition is open to the entire education community across the UK. How to enter: Simply design your Christmas card on the template provided, fill in the details and return back to us by either post or email. The template can […]

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New Directions crowned: Best in Education & Domiciliary Recruitment – UK

8th March 2017

New Directions are delighted to be awarded ‘Best in Education & Domiciliary Recruitment – UK’ in the 2017 Business Excellence Awards, the first award of 2017. This comes after already being shortlisted for a number of awards this year, including being announced as a Cardiff Life Finalist for a second year for Best Company. Industry […]

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Big Up Blaenau Gwent – a blog by Gary Williams

3rd February 2017

New Directions Education has worked with schools across Blaenau Gwent since 1999. Our team have nurtured brilliant relationships with the entire community in order to understand their supply needs and the type of staff they need to nurture their students. The region as a whole has often had a spotlight on it regards employment ratios, […]

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Christmas Card Competition Winner 2016

16th December 2016

Ten year old, Niamh from Darrenlas Primary School based in Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taf has won first prize in a national Christmas card design competition, run by New Directions Education. The competition which is now in its 16th year is open to the whole education sector across the UK and received over 1000 […]

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A Blog – Howard Burge speaks out about Bullying #antibullyingweek

14th November 2016

Trying to be top dog or leader of the pack is something that has been prevalent in the civilized world since it began. Human nature leads some of our brilliant species to want to claim the top spot as leader of the race, some by virtue of honesty and integrity, and some by less scrupulous […]

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Christmas Card Competition 2016

29th September 2016

New Directions Education are delighted to announce the launch of our annual Christmas card design competition. The competition is open to the entire education community across the UK. How to enter: Simply design your Christmas card on the template provided (download here), fill in the details and return back to us by either post or email. […]

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Swimming as a Life Skill in Schools

Where will your next story take you….

Winner Announced: Christmas Card Design Competition 2017

Christmas Card Design Competition 2017

New Directions crowned: Best in Education & Domiciliary Recruitment – UK

Big Up Blaenau Gwent – a blog by Gary Williams

Christmas Card Competition Winner 2016

A Blog – Howard Burge speaks out about Bullying #antibullyingweek

Christmas Card Competition 2016