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21st December 2020
Christmas News 2020
This term has been like no other in our 26-year history of supplying Teachers and Teaching Assistants to Primary Schools. Who could imagine adding class bubble, self-isolation and pandemic to our daily vocabulary? Normally at this time of year we would send Christmas cards. This year we have made the decision to contribute to the […]
Read more16th December 2020
December 2020
We have seen a very busy end to this term and lots of assignments being booked for next term. We look forward to 2021 and are keen to continue to build our Supply Team to meet the increase in demand from our client schools. Thank you for the referrals of new Teachers, Teaching Assistants and […]
Read more10th November 2020
November update
We are continuing with usual business hours during lockdown 2 as schools have remained open. There is a steady demand for day to day supply Teachers and Teaching Assistants and we are here to support our Supply Team and Client Schools with any queries. Do you know anyone looking for a Teaching Job in Birmingham? […]
Read more8th September 2020
The return to schools
Schools are back and lots of children are enjoying seeing their friends and having some sort of normality and many teaching staff are enjoying getting back to work. There is also lots of apprehension and recent reports have highlighted that the situation with coronavirus is still very delicate and the virus, sadly, is still out […]
Read more3rd September 2020
The office is open from 7am to 6pm
With the full reopening of schools, we are back to full hours and placing Teachers and Teaching Assistants into local Birmingham schools. It’s good to be back.
Read more28th April 2020
Covid 19 -Update
We hope all our ESL family; supply team, office team, school staff, leadership and pupils are well. We do not know how long this period of uncertainty and whole school closures will last, we hope that you all stay healthy. We are conscious that schools, school staff and some of our supply team are supporting the […]
Read more20th December 2019
Christmas News 2019
This has been a difficult term with the sad death of our founding Director, Dorothy, but she would want us all to move forward and have a lovely Christmas Break. The cold weather has not struck yet; just never ending rain. When term starts on the 6th January 2020 this could change, a significant drop […]
Read more25th October 2019
Half Term Holiday
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our supply team members, client schools and pupils a very enjoyable half term break. The office will be closed on Monday 28 October 2019. On the following dates the office will operate between 9.00am and 3.30pm: 29 October 2019 30 October 2019 31 October 2019 […]
Read more22nd October 2019
Survey Results
Earlier this term we carried out a survey to establish what qualities you seek from your agency. To summarise; The majority of respondents were supply teachers, 57%. The top 5 attributes you seek are; friendliness, regular contact, honesty, professionalism and locality of work. The preferred method of communication is a combination of all methods but […]
Read more17th September 2019
Funeral Arrangements for Dorothy Dakin
Following the sad death of Dorothy Dakin we would like to thank you all for your lovely messages, they have been of great comfort to the Dakin and ESL Family. The funeral arrangements are as follows: Monday 14th October 2019 @ 11.30am Lodge Hill Crematorium Weoley Park Road Birmingham B29 5AA Afterwards all welcome […]
Read more12th September 2019
Sad ESL news
We regret to inform you that our founding Director, Dorothy Dakin sadly passed away on 10th September 2019 at 3.30pm. In the words of her son; “She was awesome. She had the strongest sense of justice of anyone I know, always supporting the vulnerable rather than the powerful. She lived a life helping others, and […]
Read more30th August 2019
Term Dates 2019 to 2020
Term Dates 2019 to 2020 Autumn Term 2019 Term Starts: Monday 2 September 2019Half Term: Monday 28 October 2019 to Friday 1 November 2019Term Ends: Friday 20 December 2019 Spring Term 2020 Term Starts: Monday 6 January 2020Half Term: Monday 17 February 2020 to Friday 21 February 2020Term Ends: Friday 3 April 2020 Summer Term […]
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