Friday 17th July 2015

In the Weekly News Update on Friday 22nd May and Friday 3rd July, we told you about the summer promotion we’re running in association with Chewits. To date the joint partnership has gained regional and national press exposure with the help of Olympic medallist Darren Campbell. And there’s more to come, the promo will appear in 19 regional Archant papers next week and will feature on TV in association with the Express newspaper, both campaigns are set to reach millions of people across the UK. We estimate the combined value of all this activity will be well over £100,000.

Next week, the Chewits Summer promotion will appear in 19 regional newspapers plus feature in a national TV campaign (see article). This huge brand exposure presents you with a massive opportunity to grow your customer base.

This questionnaire is to be used as part of your impact report linked to ‘improving attitude towards PE and sport’. The evidence from your questionnaire will prove your worth in the children’s eyes to the school.

To complete the questionnaire simply share your personalised questionnaire link which can be found in this spreadsheet, with all class teachers and ask them to ensure all children complete every question. Please ensure you test the link before sending on to your schools.

A franchisee has secured a one year contract from September worth £100,000 with just a single school. This year, the highest school spend has been £88,000 to date.

Beckers Green Primary School in Braintree, Essex.

Congratulations to licensee Tony Life for supporting Beckers Green during June’s National School Sport Week. This lucky school have won an inspirational visit from an Olympic athlete in the new school year. More importantly, this will strengthen Tony’s relationship with the Headteacher, provides him with a fantastic case study and referral opportunities.

To view the winning entry again, simply click on the play button.

Based on your feedback, training courses are now grouped into your network regions, making it easier to see the training that’s going on in your area.

Business owner and 100 Club member, Stuart Bartles-Smith tells us how James Ashford has inspired him to create a new positive mindset, resulting in a huge impact on his business...

“Following the day at St George’s Park, I initially left thoroughly inspired but still thinking the process will be a slower one than all of those video clips that started coming in every day with amazing success stories. I didn’t really feel that it had had the immediate business related impact that it may have had on some despite James Ashford being my new hero and having to watch most of his YouTube clips!”

Golden Mile Director, Karl Fox has spent two days this week strategically planning and researching the potential of expanding Premier Education Groups Physical Activity brand. Watch this space!

Payments received are now a 50/50 split between BACS and cheque, at the start of the year it was 80% cheque, 20% BACS. We are currently working on other methods to help assist you with this.

By September 2016, it will become mandatory to have completed or be working towards the Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Learning in PE & School Sport or hold a qualification of a higher or equivalent value.

Learners do not need to complete the PESS Level 2 as prerequisite to complete the Level 3, but they must hold a Level 2 physical education or sport related qualification.

Premier Performing Arts have made some updates to the website, making it easier for your customers to use. Have a look now at premierperformingarts.co.uk and see if you can spot the new branding and navigation...

Premier Performing Arts will be running the new Drama Product and Delivery Training Workshop on the 10th August. Contact Frankie as places are running out fast!

The details of the next complimentary online training hosted by Skills & Compliance are:

Training Framework - Minimum Operating Standards (MOS) to Apprenticeships
Date: Thursday 23rd July
Time: 11:00am – 11:45am

The training is free. Simply visit the online store to secure a place.

To view our products and courses at premier-educationshop.com you will have to login first.

Premier Performing Arts Creative Director, Frankie Worthington has been working with licensees over the last few weeks to implement simple changes in their business to ensure more efficiency and provide outstanding customer service.

As an additional support tool, Frankie will be providing a ‘Let’s Rock ‘n’ Roll’ support session every 2 weeks starting from Monday 20th July at 10am.

The law on workplace pensions has changed. Every employer with at least one member of staff now has new duties, including putting those who meet certain criteria into a workplace pension scheme and contributing towards it.

This is called automatic enrolment. It’s called this because it’s automatic for your staff – they don’t have to do anything to be enrolled into your pension scheme. But it’s not automatic for you. You need to take steps to make sure they’re enrolled. Please find attached the ‘how to guide’ from The Pensions Regulator.

We thought you would find it useful to create a Weekly News Update archive housing previous newsletters from this academic year.

‘Read more’ to catch up on any news you may have missed.