Holidays & New Year Opening Times

During the Christmas period, the office will be open as normal. However, we will be allowing our staff to have a well earned break

between the 23rd December and the 1st January (inc).

Our usual on call service will continue to run throughout the holiday period.

As the holidays drawer closer

Time flies… no sooner do we have Happy

New Year, Easter, EID, Halloween, Bonfire

Night and here we are again at the close of

the year.

We continue to be at the forefront of

Education Recruitment in Yorkshire, fulfilling

1000’s of requirements on a Short/Long term

& Permanent basis and supporting Primary,

Secondary, SEND & FE settings throughout

the Region.

We are really proud to be the first Employment

Business to achieve “Child Friendly

Ambassador” status with the local authority.

As a business, referrals from school leaders

and candidates continues to be our best

source of new business opportunities and

candidates. Your valued feedback is amazing

and it’s good to know that you acknowledge

we go that extra mile to get you the right team

member or ideal role.

The “Collective Six”, our multi service offering,

is delivering real results and economies of

scale to schools. Please speak to your key

account contact for further details.

All that remains is to thank our amazing

teaching and support staff for your hard work

and our loyal clients for your business

opportunities.

We look forward to our continued partnerships

in 2018

Thanks from

Pete - Managing Director

Christmas 2017 Newsletter

Thank you to all our new

and current partners

2017 brought new partnerships with

Child Friendly Leeds, Candlelighters,

Feefo and the Health & Wellbeing

Service (read more on page 2). Our

2016 partnerships with Temple Newsam

Learning Partnership Trust, Active

Schools Leeds, Ahead Partnership and

Leeds City Council, go from strength to

strength and will continue to do so over

2018.

Thank you to all of you for your

ongoing support.

Charity & Community Support

2017 has been very ’eventful’ for the Academic Appointments family.

We have been invited to help out at many charity and community events

including school sports days, fairs and charity collections!

We take our corporate social responsibility extremely seriously so al-

ways do whatever we can to help raise a few quid here and there.

In the year 2017 we raised a total of £966.15 for charity, financed

two local food bank collections, donated numerous raffle prizes

and supported at a number of school events including sports

day, school fairs and open evenings.

Charity Partnership

September was the start of our Charity Partnership with

Candlelighters and we are delighted to say we have

already raised a whopping £267 in just three months!

Child friendly leeds ambassador

In November we announced we had been successful in

our application to become Ambassadors for Child Friendly

Leeds! Our pledge is to uphold the '12 Wishes' made by

children and young people of Leeds with a particular focus

on 'Wish Number 6; Children and young people are treated

fairly and respected'.

We are extremely delighted to be part of the aim to make

Leeds a better place for everyone growing up and

particularly to address the issues and challenges that can prevent children and young

people realising their potential.

Academic Appointments take our corporate social responsibility seriously so it made

perfect sense to become an Ambassador and do whatever we can to support our

community.

Farewell for Now…

This month we say a sad but happy farewell to our

Primary Coordinator - Melissa, as she begins her

maternity leave but don’t panic, she’ll be back!

Melissa, we wish you the very best with your new

baby and cannot wait to meet he/she when they get

here!

Colleague Council

In August we launched the newest addition to our events

list. Colleague Council invites our candidates to have

their say! Each term the topic changes and attendees

are sent an agenda and copy of the minutes. So far we

have discussed ‘Our online presence’ and ‘Customer

Service’.

The next one will be held on Thursday the 21st

December in our board room and aimed at CPD,

followed by our Christmas social event ‘Mince pie and a

Mingle’ - All are welcome!

Doncaster office birthday!

In September the Doncaster office turned “one” and to celebrate, three

members of the management team; Pete Riley (MD), Matthew Walkley

(Sales Manager) and Danni Johnson (Marketing Manager), delivered party

bags, baked goodies and birthday cards to

schools across Doncaster!

Thank you to all who have helped us achieve this

huge milestone in what we know will be the first of

many!

The office wouldn't exist without the support of our

schools and candidates! Thank you!

Candidate of the Term Winner

This year we have actually awarded 6 candidates with our Candidate of the Term award!

In July to support National Supply Teachers week, we asked schools across Yorkshire to

nominate a candidate for their hard work and determination, and decided rather than one

winner, this term we’d have four - one from each sector! Congratulations to all our Candidate

of the Term winners! You are all well-deserved winners and ambassadors for Academic

Appointments!

This terms’ winner was Kellie-Taylor White, one of Academic Appointments Special Needs

Teachers.

Kellie was nominated by Headteacher Tony Phillips at The Priory Centre:

“Without a second’s hesitation Kellie-Taylor

White. Since the day Kellie has started with us

she has been a ball of enthusiasm and energy,

she has risen to the challenge of teaching in a

difficult scenario with extremely challenging

students and hasn't wavered. She has taken on

a whole curriculum area and has delivered to

an exceptional standard. She weathered an

OFSTED inspection with humour and grace

and didn't shy away from having them see what

she did in the classroom, (She could have done

as a supply member of staff). She is always

looking for ways to improve her own practice,

and the contributes time and thought to whole

school issues, she listens to advice and

guidance in what is a new environment to her,

takes it on board and actions it effectively. She

has a positive work ethic, often being among

the first in ensuring she is set for the day. The

net effect is I have a highly effective teacher in

a classroom delivering high quality teaching

and learning. She is a real asset to our team.”

Academic Appointments would like to thank all the schools for their nominations and for

taking part in ‘Candidate of the Term’, and of course to Kellie and the rest of the nominees

for all the hard work and dedication!

2017 has been a very busy year in the Academic

Appointments team!

2 weddings, 2 babies and 1 engagement!

Baby austin

Emma, Secondary Coordinator and her partner Tom

welcomed Austin into the world on the 11th of August,

weighing a healthy 9lbs 1oz.

Big brother Ethan is loving his new role, although he’s still

learning how to share - bless!

Baby ella

Senior SEND Consultant; Liam Ffrench became a daddy for

the second time in January when his fiancé Megan gave birth

to the beautiful Ella on the 31st. Excited big brother Archie

couldn’t wait to have a cuddle!

The Johnson wedding

Our Marketing Manager; Danni and now husband

Matthew tied the knot on May the 13th.The whole

team joined in the festival themed celebrations at

The Engine Shed in Wetherby!

The Halls wedding

In July, Senior Secondary Consultant Richard, and his now

wife married in the company of close family and friends at St

Helens Church, followed by a small reception at Denton Hall.

ENGAGEMENT EXCITEMENT

Scott, Secondary Consultant, whisked his partner Gemma off for a

surprise weekend in Dublin! Little did she know it was also starting

with a surprise proposal! Scott set the scene in the kitchen of their

new home and managed to lure Gemma in the room by pretending he

had burnt his hand on the iron. Poor Gemma rushed to his aid but was

greeted by her favourite song playing and Scott down on one knee!

Old romantic! Despite the shock and confusion Gemma said YES!

Easter Card Competition Winner

The winning design was by Rebecca, aged 17 from North West

SILC Benton Park. Liam, our Senior SEND Consultant and Alisha,

Marketing Executive were given the opportunity to present

Rebecca with her framed certificate and stationery hamper, who

was extremely happy that she had won - well done Rebecca!

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our

schools and pupils who took part in our competition.

Christmas Card Competition Winner

The winning designs were created by Imran, aged 17

at Southfield Path Vocational Centre and Joshua,

aged 10 from Springwell Primary Academy.

We would like to take this opportunity to say thank

you to our schools and pupils who took part in our

competition. We look forward to presenting the

winners with their framed certificates and stationery

hampers!

An Exciting New Chapter has Begun

As some of you may have seen in the media, in May 2017 Academic

Appointments received investment from new partners - Solingen.

This partnership marks the start of a new exciting chapter in

Academic Appointments’ 12-year history, one which will see

extensive opportunities for all involved.

There will be no big changes, we will remain the same Academic

Appointments we have been since 2004, the only thing you will

notice is that we’ll get even better at what we do, and quicker.

Working with Solingen will enable Academic Appointments to take on

ambitious growth plans to add further service offers and create new

opportunities.

Mo Parkin will remain in the business. Mo has put her heart and soul

into everything we do here at Academic Appointments and so we felt

it was important to let everyone know that as much as she is entitled

to rest, she has no intention of going anywhere. Mo will take on a

new role as our Executive Chairperson, she will work alongside the

management team to provide support and guidance and who knows

she may even fill the odd booking so you may just get a call.

Pete Riley has been promoted to Managing Director, a positive

decision which everyone in the business supports. Pete is an

experienced Primary Chair of Governors, many of you who operate

in the West Leeds cluster or Leeds Schools forum will know him.

With this knowledge and his dedication to Education, he is well-

placed to lead the team into the

future.

We hope you will join us in

congratulating Mo on her

success of the last 12 years

and continue to support her,

Pete and all the team at

Academic Appointments in this

exciting development phase.

New Recruits & Promotions

2017 has welcomed four new recruits to Academic Appointments and seen the

award of three well-deserved promotions! Congratulations to all!

Kerry is our newest recruit having only just joined the SEND team

here at Academic Appointments in October 2017. Having a

background in volunteering with children in care and a real

passion for working with young people, combined with two years

of recruitment experience, she is ready and waiting to help our

SEND specialists find their next position.

When she’s not at work, Kerry keeps herself busy by going to the

gym and is interested in travel, having worked on a cruise ship a

few years ago.

Helen - Joined in

April as Enable

Consultant

Claire - Joined in April

as Business Manager

for South Yorkshire

Liz - Joined in

January as Primary

Consultant

Liam -

Promoted to

Senior SEND

Consultant

Lisa -

Promoted to

Assistant Head

of Recruitment

& Safeguarding

Alisha -

Accepted a

permanent role

as Marketing

Executive

The first agency to use Feefo! Feefo is an independent online review system which allows our schools and supply

staff to complete reviews generated by Feefo and not us. The reviews are then live on

our website for all to see! Yes it is risky but we are confident the Academic

Appointments team provide an excellent service and after all how can we improve if

we don’t know where to start.

Academic Appointments have given me

back my confidence and appreciation of

teaching. Thanks must go especially to

Olivia and the SEND team for opening

doors that I never would’ve gone through in

the past. All of you are amazing. Thank

you.

Thank you to Liz, Melissa, Liam, Olivia and the rest of the team at Academic Appointments. I

always felt I was valued, appreciated and was part of a team. I can’t wait to start my

permanent role within my school. However, I will never forget the valuable experience gained

from working with such a professional agency. Highly recommended.

Definitely recommend. Lauren was

amazing. I would 100% recommend her

and this company. Lauren made moving

jobs so easy. She found me a position that

suits me, negotiated my pay and was

genuinely helpful and lovely during the

entire process.

Highly Recommend - Academic Appointments are a pleasure to work with! They make life

easier by getting to know the schools needs and matching the supply teachers to suit.

Excellent personal service, trustworthy, honest and value for money. Highly recommend!

Standard of teachers tasked with

our bookings is always high. Our

contact Julia consistently

exceeds our expectations

ensuring candidates are a good

fit for our school.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR….

RECOMMEND A FRIEND REFERRAL SCHEME!

Recommend a friend/colleague or school to

Academic Appointments and receive a £50

Love2Shop voucher or a FREE day of TA cover*

Email their details to:

marketing@academicappointments.co.uk

*T&Cs apply

Direct Dials to the Department you Actually Need

SEND 0113 390 1009

SECONDARY 0113 390 1015

PRIMARY 0113 390 1017

GUIDANCE 0113 390 1008

ENABLE 0113 390 1011

PROGRESS 0113 390 1006

CANDIDATE, COMPLIANCE & SAFEGUARDING 0113 390 1003

MARKETING 0113 390 1004

QUALITY MANAGER 0113 390 1002

FINANCE 0113 390 1000

Thank you for

reading - we wish you

all the happiest

holidays and a very

prosperous new

year!