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New Directions Donation for Ignite TSA School

28th March 2018

New Directions Education have this week visited St Bernard’s Catholic Primary School to present the team there with some sponsorship to support their objectives for the rest of the academic year. St Bernard’s Catholic Primary School is part of the Ignite TSA group based in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire. The school is part of a […]

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So you think your school run is bad?

27th March 2018

We are all guilty of having a moan about the school run journey. During which we are constantly getting stuck in traffic or undergoing issues with the public transport causing our travel time to nearly double and making us late for the rest of the day. The change in weather can also have a huge […]

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New Directions Attends Learning Partnership Event in Cardiff.

New Directions Education recently had the pleasure of attending and exhibiting at the Learning Partnership Wales event at St David’s hotel. The session was aimed primarily at Headteachers with focus on the theme – Facing the Future with confidence, courage and creativity. Delegates enjoyed discussion from two keynote speakers – Floyd Woodrow MBE DCM, a […]

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Our commitment to continuous professional development continues…

22nd March 2018

New Directions Education works to align support to our candidates and clients beyond the recruitment service we offer. We are dedicated to the development of our staff and we want to ensure that the schools we work with benefit from the best supply across the UK. Howard Burge, National Director for our organisation explains more: […]

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Dolls are for girls and Lego is for boys

When we were younger we all had naive ideals of what we wanted to be when we grew up; Astronaut, Famous Footballer, Cowboy or Fairy Princess. As we got older our dreams would probably change slightly to; Doctor, Engineer, Policeman or Scientist. But how much were our decisions affected by the stereotypical environment we grew […]

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In a digital world, are our children becoming detached from reality?

14th March 2018

In 1995 less than 1% of the world population had access to the internet. Fast forward to 2016 and approximately 40% of the entire planets occupants have the world at their fingertips. With almost half of the world accessing online materials – there is no defined explicit common user. From silver surfers to tactile toddlers […]

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New School Build for Ysgol y Berwyn

7th March 2018

On Tuesday 13th February Gwynedd Council’s cabinet met to consider a recommendation to issue statutory notices on the proposal to establish a Welsh Medium 3-19 Learning Campus with community status on the current Ysgol y Berwyn site, in Bala with a scheduled opening on 1st September 2019. A spokes person for the planning team said, […]

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Are your children addicted to Social Media?

26th February 2018

Since the release of the first social media platform, ‘Six Degrees’, in 1997, Social media has taken the world by storm. Everyone uses it from multi-million pound companies, the general public, celebrities and even the Queen. It can be a very useful and tool where you can communicate with friends you might not see regular, […]

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Go Green Week 2018

20th February 2018

Go Green Week ran from the 12th-16th February 2018, it is organised by People & Planet who are highlighting the climate crisis we are facing and the reliance we have on fossil fuels. People & Planet are demanding that banks put a stop to financing fossil fuel extraction which drives the climate crisis and repeats […]