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Team Manchester’s Macmillan Morning

26th September 2014

This Morning team Manchester had the pleasure of attending Hodge Clough Infant Schools Macmillan coffee Morning. For the event Amanda Stothard had baked some beautiful cupcakes decorated with blue and orange butter cream to represent New Directions company colours. Hodge Clough Infant School were delighted with New Direction’s donation to the cake sale. Lauren Cassidy, […]

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FREE NQT Seminar in Swansea

22nd September 2014

New Directions Education is the preferred or contracted supplier of staff to over 20 boroughs or local authorities across the UK. In 2012 our team became the preferred recruitment partner of choice to the Welsh education system in 18 boroughs. We strive to ensure that we place our candidates first time, every time. If you […]

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New Directions Education – International Division

1st September 2014

New Directions Education International Division covers all things recruitment for the overseas education community. We spoke with Louise O’Hanlon and Emily Tune – Account Managers for the team about the growth of the business and plans for international travel… Can you tell us about why the International Team was put together? New Directions has been in […]

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Teacher Perspective: My Favourite Event in the School Calendar

28th August 2014

We asked a handful of teaching staff – what is your favourite event in the school calendar… It has to be the annual school show that our drama department works so hard to produce every Christmas time. It is lovely to see the hard work and dedication pay off after seeing both teachers and students […]

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New Directions Chairman Takes the #Icebucketchallenge

New Directions co-founder and Chairman Jeff Tune has this week accepted the ice bucket challenge set to him by daughter Emily Tune. Jeff, who is a long time supporter of charities including the NSPCC performed his challenge yesterday evening. In turn, he nominates Gary Williams (Director of Business Development for New Directions Education) Howard Burge […]

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Teacher Development: What can new and experienced teachers learn from each other?

27th August 2014

One of the best ways for new and experienced teachers to integrate, sharing their collective experiences, is through mentoring. New teachers can have feelings of doubt and are at pains to admit mistakes they might make. When you enter a new profession it is easy to panic when you think you have made an error […]

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In the Spotlight: Top tips on raising confidence in students

Some students will breeze through their education with a natural ability for learning. They soak up every piece of information fed to them and will rarely struggle throughout their academic lives. However learning does not come naturally to every pupil and, whilst some encounter little resistance when taught, others struggle to grasp abstract concepts or […]

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New academic year – how to make your students feel welcome

Do you remember the feeling you had at the end of the summer holidays? The new school year is approaching fast and you are filled with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. You are happy to be seeing the friends you have missed through the summer, but you are a little nervous about what to […]

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New Directions Candidate – One in a million…

26th August 2014

In July this year New Directions Education filled our one millionth day of cover. In celebration, we awarded both the school and the candidate involved an iPad in recognition and thanks of this achievement. This week we met with Helen Dawson, a modern foreign languages teacher who was working in Llanishen High School at the […]