News and Reviews
Keep up with the latest educational events/ news locally or nationally.
School/ National Initiatives coming up Jan/ Feb 2026.
UK Race Equality Week 5th-11th Feb
Safer Internet Day 10th Feb.
Children's Storytelling Week 9-13th Feb
Children's Mental Health week 9-13th Feb
Random Acts of Kindness 17th Feb
Big Schools Birdwatch
Local publications:
The blog focusing on the history of Green Lane in Belper (our new home, when we relocate) has been featured as an article in the Reflections magazine for January. It’s lovely to see Claire’s School Solutions in print.
Reviews by our schools/ staff.
Everyone needs praise and recognition for a job well done. Here we will post ‘pockets of praise’ which have been passed onto us from our schools or staff, either about Claire’s School Solutions or the staff we send into schools, or the schools themselves.
Thank you to our staff:
Charlotte has been to cover our school a few days since the start of the school year and we always get positive feedback from the staff she works with. Our school started using Little Wondle this school year and it was a great help to the classroom she covered because she knew it well and that was a massive relief to the TA she was working with as the school was still getting to grips with it.
Tilly did an AMAZING job. Thank you so much.
Can we say thank you to Steve, not only is he brilliant and handles the class really well, on Friday in the snow he was one of the first members of staff through the door!
It was lovely to see Ingrid as she covered a placement here last year and was brilliant, she knew exactly what to do with our year 2’s again when she covered here on Thursday.
Georgia has been to our school a few times now and her supply visits have always been so positive. Georgia just settles in and gets on with her cover, the children across all year groups really enjoying having her, as do the staff. Thank you Claire’s and Georgia for making supply cover such an easy process!
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve just been chatting with the Teaching Assistants who are working with Steve Burley today and they could not speak more highly of him. Apparently, the children are responding extremely well to him and the class have had a great day!
Thank you for sending us another great supply teacher 😊
Thank you to our schools:
Denby Free is such a lovely little school. In the collective worship they had on Tuesday the kids were saying some incredibly adorable things about belonging and feeling loved. The school just has a really lovely feel to it.
Maddie 🙂 2025
“Pennine Way Juniors is one of the nicest schools I’ve been to, I’m having a lovely day – thank you. The head showed me round at the start of the day and it’s very supportive in each class I’ve been in. I’d love to come back. It’s so lovely to visit a school where the staff are all lovely and we can manage the behaviour. Such a positive environment. “
Gemma 2026
Thank you to Claire's:
When I first came to you a year and a half ago, I really wasn’t sure what I was going to do as I couldn’t see a way for me to remain in education. Yet, now, I’m officially starting in a school where I can see myself thriving for years to come. Your friendly guidance and support, alongside sending me to lovely schools along the way, has helped me to rebuild my confidence and regain my passion for teaching! I am homestly not sure where I would be today without you! THANK YOU so much! I do/ will always recommend you as the BEST supply agency ever!
Alice x 2025
It was lovely to meet you today. Thank you so much for helping me to feel at ease and welcome!
Denise x 2025
Well I’ve been a supply teacher for a few months now (there was a transitional period before leaving my old work where I was doing both) and I have to say I’m really enjoying it! I’m enjoying seeing lots of different ways of doing things, meeting new friendly faces, and getting to teach a lot of foundation subjects in addition to maths and English (which is very reassuring, having a child in the state school system). I’ve loved teaching French! We really do have some excellent local schools with absolutely wonderful students and staff! Being 10 minutes from home most days is a game changer too, I didn’t realise how much the sometimes 1 hour + each way commute was impacting on my mind until I no longer had to do it! I miss the staff and students at my old school but I’m glad I took this scary step into the unknown.
Maddie 2025
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