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13th October 2026
September news 2026
Well, the first month of the academic year has been a busy one here at ESL. With the introduction of Benedicts Law becoming mandatory from September, where all staff working in schools have to have annual allergy training, we have been making sure our supply team are fully compliant with allergy safety and facilitating training […]
Read more8th August 2026
July news 2026
July saw a rather hot end to the academic year with heat waves continuing from the previous month; we were very grateful to our wonderful teachers and teaching assistants for pushing through and creating ways to help keep children cool whilst continuing with their learning. At the end of the academic year we undertook various […]
Read more6th June 2026
June news 2026
Well June was a scorcher which saw some school closures and very hot classrooms. Our team are so flexible during these periods and we really appreciate their commitment and professionalism. We were proud to get the result from the Fair Work Agency (FWA) who visited us for an inspection in May. The FWA is a […]
Read more2nd June 2026
May news 2026
May was a short but very busy month with lots of advance and day to day bookings for our teachers and teaching assistants. We appreciate the dedication and flexibility of our supply team as always. The last week of May was half term and what a scorcher it was. It was good to see our […]
Read more30th April 2026
April news 2026
We had a lovely start to April with the Easter holidays, we returned to the office feeling rested and ready for the start of the summer term. Following feedback from some of our client schools and supply team members, we introduced a WhatsApp for Business account, we have found it a useful communication tool, our […]
Read more27th March 2026
March news 2026
This month, we were grateful to be invited to the Church of England Schools Senior Leadership Conference where the theme was ‘Flourishing’. We did think that there was another local agency who would have been well suited to that theme but as a recruitment partner to the diocese schools, we were pleased to be in […]
Read more9th March 2026
February news 2026
In January we presented at a local primary school consortium meeting which has led to taking on an additional client school for supply needs. We are constantly looking for ways to develop client school relationships and add to our portfolio to provide our supply team with variety and additional opportunities. We are also looking for […]
Read more3rd February 2026
January news 2026
We had a steady start to January which also saw a rare snow day for many schools across the Birmingham and surrounding regions. Thank you to our wonderful Teachers and Teaching Assistants for your understanding. We made it into the office but as our supply team had been monitoring school’s websites, social media etc. our […]
Read more18th December 2025
December news 2025
It’s been a busy month with lots of illness within schools and within our own supply team unfortunately. We hope people are feeling better. We’re sure everyone is ready for a break and counting down to the end of term. We have had some fantastic new supply team members join us this term who have […]
Read more2nd December 2025
November news 2025
November flew by in a flash and ended up rather cold, some areas saw snow flurries… we really hope there won’t be any school closures this winter but with our unpredictable climate who knows. Our cold weather protocol would involve passing on any communications from schools as a matter of urgency and we ask our […]
Read more23rd October 2025
October news 2025
It’s been a busy month in the office with the launch of our new website which offers new features for our supply team and our client schools. New functions for our supply team include: Calendar – lists upcoming assignments which can then be linked to personal calendars on phones etc Resources – where policy documents […]
Read more23rd September 2025
September news 2025
September has been a busy month for new supply team member registrations. We have some superb new teachers and teaching assistants as part of the ESL family and we look forward to working with them going forward. The month started slowly and has built up steadily as the back to school germs have got together. […]
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