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Giving Something Back

18th November 2011

New Directions always looks to be a partner rather than just a business. In Thornbury, a small town just north of Bristol, the company is already a sponsor of The Castle secondary school. Through the Premier Partners scheme, New Directions invests in the school in return for recognition as a supportive community organisation. Now, Martin […]

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Finding Education Support Staff Work

11th November 2011

New Directions Education has been helping Students from the University of the West of England to find work. Members of staff from the Bristol office attended the universities Careers fair to talk to students about the benefits of classroom supply work whilst studying for their degrees. Students were able to discuss a wide variety of […]

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Finding NQT’s Work

New Directions Education’s Bristol branch has been assisting Plymouth Universities NQT’s to find their first teaching post. Branch representatives, Gez Parker, Martin Spoor and Hazel Collins visited the Universities teaching fair and helped students to sign up to New Directions Education ready for their graduation in the Summer. New Directions are always looking for NQT’s […]

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Plymouth University Teacher Fair

21st October 2011

PLYMOUTH initial teacher training students are being given the opportunity to sign up to the New Directions Way. Representatives from the companies’ Bristol Branch will be in attendance at the University’s Teacher Fair. Students will be given the opportunity to sign up as teachers, classroom assistants and ancillary staff to work at schools all over […]

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Bristol Office Welcomes New Starter

7th October 2011

The summer of 2011 saw the Bristol office doing record business, and the company has responded by expanding the Bristol team to manage the increasing demand. Hazel Collins will deal with special schools, pupil referral units and nurseries. Hazel arrives from the Training & Development Agency for Schools, and brings invaluable experience of working with […]

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Bristol Schools Reborn!

In Bristol, the government’s new freedoms in the structure of education are seeing full expression. Two secondary schools were re-born as academies, attached to Cabot Learning Federation: Kingsfield became King’s Oak Academy, and Wyvern Community School in Weston-super-Mare became Hans Price Academy. These academies continue to operate as separate institutions, but are part of the Cabot […]

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Penalty Shoot Out on Tour

15th July 2011

Although the weather has not been kind to school fetes this year, New Directions has! The inflatable penalty shoot-outs have been touring primary schools in Bath and North Somerset, to the delight of the children and the fete organisers. The schools can use these six-foot blow-up goals as a potential money-raiser, or just for fun. […]

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New Directions present awards to Castle School

Castle School in Thornbury is a large comprehensive with ambitious plans for developing its links with local businesses. New Directions has become one of the school’s Premium Partners, and in return for modest sponsorship, the company receives a high profile in the school’s communications. Chris Blake, Secondary Account Manager in Bristol, has developed the link […]

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English Quality Mark

8th July 2011

New Directions Education are proud to announce that we have recently achieved 100% whilst obtaining the English Quality Mark. This outstanding achievement recognises the excellence that New Directions strives for and outlines the ongoing hard work that our offices in England and our Compliance department at head Office maintain on a daily basis. Managing Director of New […]

Bristol news

Giving Something Back

Finding Education Support Staff Work

Finding NQT’s Work

Plymouth University Teacher Fair

Bristol Office Welcomes New Starter

Bristol Schools Reborn!

Penalty Shoot Out on Tour

New Directions present awards to Castle School

English Quality Mark