News, Events and Training

It is our intention on this page to keep you informed of any current Premier Education News stories, provide you with details of any social events planned and finally to keep you up to date with Professional Development course dates for your diary.

KILIMANJARO UPDATE Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Alistair McCrone, MD, climbed Kilimanjaro this summer to raise funds for the 5 Stars Appeal in Manchester.  He presented Sarah North from the charity with a cheque for £1000 at Premier Education’s 10 Year celebration at the Manchester Monastery on Friday 7th October.  Well done Alistair!

Premier 10 Celebration Awards and Charity Dinner Monday, October 17th, 2011

A big thank you to everyone who attended our 10 year celebration last Friday 7th October at the Manchester Monastery.  A great time was had by all and we raised £600 on the night for the 5 Stars Appeal and the Monastery itself.  Congratulations also to all of our nominated candidates.

AWR-Agency Worker Regulations Monday, October 3rd, 2011

What is AWR?

As you may be aware the AWR Agency Worker Regulations come into effect on 1st October 2011. The regulations are designed to protect agency workers from being mistreated and to give them equal working rights as permanent employees in the same role, with the same hirer. Some entitlements such as access to facilities and access to vacancies are eligible for workers from day 1- others such as pay and other basic working conditions come into effect after a 12 week qualifying period.

We along with other education recruitment agencies have received guidance relating to the implementation of AWR and are in the process of making arrangements to facilitate these new guidelines. We will advise you in due course of any further developments.

CPD Course – What Makes a Good Lesson? Revised date Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Our next CPD is organised for the Saturday 14th January 2012 at The Premier Inn Trafford West (Formerly the Tulip Inn) on Old Park Lane, Trafford M17 8PG.

The title of the session will be ‘A Focus on Teaching and Learning. What Makes a Good Lesson?’ and will be delivered by Pritiben Patel a Supply teacher and Educational Consultant.

We especially welcome all NQTs , newly registered teachers and teaching assistants.

If you would like to attend please could you confirm your interest by contacting Clare, Emma, Dan, or Alistair on 01625 538568 or 01204 498942 or at enquiries@premier-education.co.uk

Further details will be forwarded in due course.

KILIMANJARO TREK FOR CHARITY Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Premier Education helping to staff schools in the Greater Manchester area, and to raise funds for the Five Stars Appeal,  Alistair McCrone, our MD, is taking part in a sponsored trek to the top of Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world. Makes a change from his usual holiday in the Orkneys!

The Five Stars Appeal is a local Manchester based charity committed to helping children with life threatening illnesses and has just completed the Five Stars Scanner Appeal providing a much needed MRI scanner for the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.

Alistair sets off on 5th August and if you would like to sponsor him please visit his Just Giving page at http://www.justgiving.com/alistair-mccrone.  The money raised will be presented to the charity at an event on the 7th October 2011.

If you would like further information about the charity you can check out their website at http://www.fivestarsappeal.co.uk