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We’re incredibly proud to announce that Smile Education has achieved a perfect 100% score in our latest APSCo Compliance+ Audit.

The government is exploring significant reforms to how children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are supported in schools. At the centre of this are potential changes to Education, Health and Care Plans (EHCPs).

In this short discussion, Katy Rees, Managing Director at Smile Education, is joined once again by independent safeguarding consultant Adele Gladman to unpack some of the safeguarding lessons that could be learned from the thought-provoking Netflix drama Adolescence.

Smile Education has announced a new partnership with Elston Hall Learning Trust, providing dedicated short- and long-term staffing support for their six primary academies across Wolverhampton and Walsall.

The Chancellor announced the government’s budget for 2025-26 at the end of October. What does this mean for schools, and how can Smile Education provide support?

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that a familiar face has rejoined the Smile Education team!

The Smile Education team are delighted to announce that we’ve passed our latest APSCo Compliance+ Audit with a score of 99%! As members of APSCo, we are audited each year to ensure we are upholding a high standard of safeguarding compliance. We’re immensely proud of our amazing team, who have worked tirelessly to make this possible and always put safeguarding at the heart of everything they do.

Shireland Collegiate Academy Trust, who are one of our partners at Smile Education, have welcomed Newfield Park Primary School in Halesowen to its family of schools.

This year, we thought we’d celebrate the talents of the children at our schools by hosting a Smile Christmas card competition! Take a peek at some of our favourite entries in this blog...

Have you heard the news? We have teamed up with Sheffield Wednesday FC Community Programme to organise Soccer Stars football tournaments for SEN students across South Yorkshire.

Smile Education, a leading education recruitment agency based in Birmingham City Centre, has shared news of their inclusion in the first list of the UK’s Leading Recruiters, in a report released by the Financial Times.

We have some fantastic news to share: Smile Education, an award-winning education recruitment agency, has expanded its horizons to South Yorkshire! With our head office rooted in the heart of Birmingham and our recent expansion to the North West, we're thrilled to continue our journey northward by opening an office in Sheffield

We’re so proud to announce that we’ve achieved 100% in our latest APSCo Compliance+ Audit!

Halesowen College has awarded Recruitment Resourcer Chelsea and Smile Education “SWAP Employer of the Year” in this year’s Employer Awards.

We've got some great news! Smile Education have expanded, and are now hiring for Teaching Roles, Teaching Assistant Jobs and more across Greater Manchester.

The East Midlands is home to thriving cities and picturesque country views making it a great place to not just teach but live too.

From October 1st 2022, the way we are required to conduct right to work checks has changed. We’ve detailed the new changes and how this may affect you when registering or re-registering with us.

We are so proud to announce that we are the winners of Recruitment Company of the Year 2022 at the APSCo Awards for Excellence.

After the prime minister’s announcement about easing ‘Plan B’ measures, you might be wondering what this means for you and our schools. Here is everything you need to know.

We are delighted to announce that our Charity of the Year for 2021/2022 is Help Harry Help Others. 

In a bid to spread some holiday cheer, we have trawled the internet to find some Christmas cracker jokes that only teachers would find funny. Enjoy! 

We are so excited to announce our partnership with Smart Works Birmingham.

We are so proud to have achieved 99.5% in our 2021 APSCo Compliance+ audit.

We are really pleased to announce that we have signed the Mental Health in Recruitment Awareness to Action Pledge.  

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with The Albion Foundation the charity behind West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

An update on the furlough scheme from Smile Education.

Michael, primary recruitment consultant at our sister company, Smile Leadership, and spoken word poet shares his thoughts on the power of poetry in the classroom. 

Safeguarding is something that as a business, we take very seriously. Not only are all of our staff safer recruitment trained, we are also an APSCo Compliance+ accredited agency.

Everything you need to know about self-isolating from whether you should to how long for.

As it’s Black History Month, we wanted to do a special spotlight on those from the black community, both past and present, that have influenced and changed education for the better.

We are proud as punch to say that we achieved 100% in our 2020 APSCo Compliance+ audit.

If you missed our COVID and Schools Q&A or just want a refresher you’ll find all the questions and the answers in this blog.

Do you have to wear a face mask in school? Here is the latest information. 

Blended learning is a term that has been thrown around a lot lately but what is it and what are the benefits to students and teachers?

So, just what will the new normal in schools when they reopen? We’ve broken down the main guidance from the Department of Education (DfE) for you.

As its childrens book week this week we thought it was a great opprtunity to share 5 of the team at Smile Educations favourite childrens books with you.

During our most recent APSCo Compliance+ audit in October 2019, we are very proud to say that we achieved a score of 99%.

It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science and to celebrate we thought we’d take a look at some of our favourite and most influential women in science throughout history.

2019 is officially over and 2020 has begun but while we are still getting used to writing and/or typing 20 instead of 19, we wanted to take a look back over the past year and more importantly say thank you.

We are so thrilled to announce that this year we are the winners of the CSR Initiative of the Year award 2019!

We are proud to announce that we have just opened our very own Cannock office! 

We sat down with Anna, one of the headteachers from the Erdington Schools Collaboration, to find out more about how the collaboration works. 

A shout out to all the caretakers, cleaners, administrators, IT technicians, subject technicians and exam invigilators out there who make our schools better places.

Teachers inspire us in many ways and primary school teacher, Chrystel is no different. Except it’s not just her lessons that are inspiring children, it’s her astonishing weight loss journey.

We are really proud to have officially launched our residential division. 

Each year we ask all of our schools, teachers and support staff for their opinions on Smile and we are pleased to say that we have received some great feedback this year. Here is what they had to say...

We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the CSR Initiative of the Year in the APSCo Awards for Excellence 2019.