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​Did you know that there are over 200 languages spoken in the homes of our schoolchildren in the UK? If you did, then you may find it surprising that many schools don’t have a set strategy for teaching non-English speakers in our classrooms. You don’t have to specialise in teaching English as a second language to meet students for whom English isn’t their first language, so ...

​How many hours do you work a week? If you are a schoolteacher, then it is probably more than you think. Whilst the DfE is looking to reduce the workload that teachers have, its last survey in 2019 still showed that, on average, a teacher worked almost 50 hours a week, which is well above the standard 37 hours worked by many people. Everyone knows that being a teacher is har...

​We are almost at the end of our first month of the academic year, so I thought I would take this opportunity to provide an update on what may have changed in schools. Here is a brief summary of some of the main changes we have seen or heard from schools for this year (following the pandemic!).The need for more SEN TA’sWith so much learning missed, we have seen a big increas...

​As teaching staff and pupils return to school this month, we wanted to reflect on how the COVID pandemic that affected and disrupted so much of the last two school years has impacted the way that SEN children and young people have been taught. This is a subject particularly close to our hearts, as we are an agency that specialises in finding and placing specialists in worki...

​As an Education Specialist Recruitment Company, we want to ensure that we are sourcing the right candidates to meet the needs of your school. In order for us to do this, we will aim to arrange a meeting with you, so that we have a better understanding of the needs and requirements of your particular school. One question we are asked often by schools we visit is how do we ...

As it is getting closer to September, I thought this would be a good time to talk about the importance of keeping in contact with your consultant, whether that is to help us get you compliant for work in an efficient time scale, or to update us with your availability for work. Below I have listed a few reasons we believe communication is so important!We’re here to help youUl...

Envision Education loves putting smiles on our candidates faces, and there’s no better feeling than getting it right when it comes to finding a job! We like to think we’ve done a pretty good job at finding candidates their perfect role, but don’t take it from us – you should hear it from some of our candidates themselves.With hundreds of agencies out there, it’s not always...

​When asked, any member of the teaching staff or SENCO would admit that supporting SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health) is one of the greatest challenges in the classroom. In an SEN (Special Educational Needs School) where there may be many children in a single classroom with these needs, this can be an even greater challenge. In this month’s blog, we look at str...

​Applying for jobs and placing your CV on a job board often means you’re receiving dozens of calls from different recruiters who are keen on discussing different roles with you. But before committing to anything, you might have one simple question – what is the process of signing up with an agency?We get this question asked by lots of candidates, so in this month’s blog, I’l...

Our Core ValuesAt Envision Education, we love our core values, and this set of values really describes in a great way the way we work with our clients, candidates and colleagues alike.We thought sharing our core values with you might be a nice way for you to get to know a bit more about us and what we stand for. We have 12 core values that underpin who we are as individuals ...

​Once you have embarked upon your training to become a teacher – be it via a teaching degree or through further education to attain your Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), one of the big decisions that you will need to make is what age group do you want to teach. Many teachers will go down the primary school route teaching generalist subjects within the National Training Curric...

​With the ever-growing pupil population and a demand for more one-to-one time with children, schools have more than doubled the presence of key support staff in the classrooms over the last few years to a point where over £4 Billion is spent annually on teaching and learning support assistants. What is the role of the Teaching Assistant? Traditionally, a teaching assista...

You might be fresh out of university or have years of experience under your belt, either way Envision Education are here to help. This blog is designed to help you understand what myself and other consultants here at Envision Education will be looking for when you apply for any school based roles, from Teaching Assistants to Admin Support. Here I have listed some of the area...

​When looking for roles, particularly in Education, joining an agency is definitely a good option so that you can have professionals help you with the leg work of applying for jobs for you! But with all the agencies out there, how do you filter through them and choose the right one for your needs? In this month’s blog, I’ll be listing 3 points to look out for when signing up...

​This is it! Your final year at University, and you are looking at career options. Have you considered a career in teaching? Yes, you will have heard that it is a very demanding job, but it is also incredibly rewarding. What other job can you have where you can make a real difference in children’s lives day after day? I don’t have a teaching degree, can I still pursue a c...

​As of 5th January 2021, the government announced that most schools in England would close to the majority of pupils, which of course isn’t our first rodeo since the last school closures in March 2020. However, things have been slightly different this time round in a number of areas, which can answer some of the questions you may have. So, in this month’s blog, I will be add...

​During these unprecedented times, we are all having to adjust and adapt to new ways of navigating through life. Although teaching online may not be a long term commitment, there are chances that some remnant of online teaching will remain once schools re-open. Here are some top tips we have put together, that may help to not only support you in adapting your teaching style...

​When the COVID19 pandemic forced schools to close in 2020, there was a concern about how online learning and classroom teaching could be brought to the masses. This was the year that technology became an incredible enabler of learning as teachers took to Google classroom and Zoom to deliver virtual class lessons, and apps such as Class Dojo became household names for managi...

​Imagine how much easier your teaching role would be if you were able to set standards for appropriate behaviour from the start of the year?Here, we have listed a number of tips that we feel will help you to manage behaviour in the class, whether you are a Teacher or Support Staff:Make sure you are familiar with the behaviour policies and ethos of the schoolBuild relations...

On 31st December 2019, as we welcomed in the new decade, whoever thought 2020 would turn out the way that it has? Just a few days into January and news stories of a flu-like illness spreading across the globe were starting to pick up speed until finally, Coronavirus (or COVID19 as it has become known) arrived on the UK shores. I have never in my life, known a year of s...