Wrexham news

Macmillan Coffee Morning 2013

27th September 2013

New Directions Education is supporting the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning for Macmillan Cancer Support. The Wrexham team along with people across the UK and further afield, will be holding a coffee morning where all donations on the day are made to Macmillan trust. In 2012 115,000 people signed up to coffee morning and raised a record […]

Teaching Assistants Honoured for Achievements

2nd September 2013

A group of 29 Classroom assistants from all over North Wales have been honoured for the excellent work they have performed supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Dyslexia. The staff were presented with awards at the Nant Mawr Centre in Buckley in a special awards ceremony. Teaching Assistants from Denbighshire, Conwy and Flintshire and from various settings including primary, secondary and specialist […]

Heart Radio Station Visits New Directions Wrexham

16th August 2013

The Heart Angels attend some of the biggest and best events around the region and they have recently visited our branch in Wrexham to celebrate the office move and success. During the visit, The Heart Angels had a tour of the teams newly converted offices and supplied the Wrexham team with some goodies from Heart […]

Former Head Teacher Gets on his Bike for Charity

24th July 2013

A retired head teacher has pledged his support to raising vital funds for leading cancer charity Beating Bowel Cancer.  Rob Ratcliffe, who lost his own son Jonnie, aged just 28 to the disease five years ago will take to his bike along with thousands of others to complete the ‘Ride London’ challenge. This ‘Ride London’ […]

‘Elvis’ visits Oldford Infants

23rd July 2013

Oldford primary school in Powys held their annual sports day, the sports day was held in the last week of term. During the week there were lots of competitive races with winners being awarded gold medals.  This year however Oldford Primary welcomed a special visitor to the sports day, none other than Elvis impersonator, Rev […]

Fun Day at Christchurch Primary, Rhyl

18th July 2013

Over the last week of term Ysgol Christchurch in Rhyl has been having action packed week of events, including a penalty shoot-out competition between the classes of years 3/4 and year 5/ 6. During the day, the pupils of Ysgol Christchurch battled it out to win a medal which was donated by New Directions Education with eight worthy winners […]

Ensuring Education in North Wales is all set for September

10th July 2013

A leading Welsh supply teaching agency has held an open day for education personnel to register their interest in work for September 2013. New Directions Education, based in Wrexham has opened their doors to talk about vacancies for the 2013-2014 academic year to a flurry of applicants. Jenna Whittam, Branch Manager for the team spoke […]

St Peter’s Primary School Summer Fair Success

8th July 2013

New Directions Attend St Peter’s Summer Fair On Saturday July 6th, St Peters Primary School in Rossett held their annual summer fair and New Directions attended the event to show continued support for schools in the Wrexham area, as they took along their penalty shoot-out to help raise money for the school. Staff, parents, friends […]

Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Conference – Venue Cymru Llandudno

2nd July 2013

Sam Pilling, Account Manager and Robert Ratcliffe, Business Development Officer from New Directions Education attended the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) conference last week at Venue Cymru Llandudno. The conference was an opportunity for members of ASCL involved in the North Wales Education sector to meet and discuss pertinent topics. The conference this year focused […]