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Schools Temperature Check Reveals Positive Attitude to Direct Mail
Jem’s latest ‘Schools’ Temperature Check’ survey looked at schools’ attitudes and reactions to direct marketing from educational resource suppliers. The on-line survey, which was completed during the last two weeks of February by over 3,000 schools, gives a unique...
Jem Education Direct acquired by Menzies Distribution
Jem Education Direct and parent Orbital Marketing Services Group have been acquired by Menzies Distribution, part of John Menzies plc, in a multi-million pound deal. Jem works with publishers of classroom books, educational suppliers, charities and corporates in delivering their schools...
NADINE DORRIES - SHOULD SHE OR SHOULDN'T SHE?
Nadine Dorries’s appearance in “I’m a celebrity get me out of here” has already generated quite a few column inches in the national press. The Jem Education Direct team was keen to find out how teachers felt about her antics and conducted a swift on-line survey with over...
Report Into Budget Impact of Primary Schools Rising Pupil Roll
Jem Education Direct’s (JED) Schools Temperature Check is a regular research campaign among UK schools designed to test their attitude and reactions to various topics, issues and initiatives faced by the sector. The results of these surveys are made available to JED clients in order...
Jem Education Direct previews www.resources4schools.co.uk
Jem Education Direct were at the 2012 Education Show to preview their latest innovation that will provide teachers with access to a wide range of free teaching resource material. Called www.resources4schools.co.uk, it is a completely FREE portal web site that enables teachers, and other...
Visit us at The Education Show
Stand F59, NEC, March 15th - 17th 2012. 2012 will be the first year that Jem Education Direct exhibits at the Education Show, the UK's leading education event for the promotion and development of all learning and teaching. Previous years have seen Jem Education Marketing Services and...
New Litho Capacity
New Litho Press arrives Jem Education Direct's sister company Orbital Print recently took delivery of a four colour SRA3 litho printing press which travelled from its previous home at a printer in Frankfurt and will provide the capacity to handle greater volumes. The Ryobi press is...
Pupil Premium levels 2012/13 announced
The Government has announced that the Pupil Premium is to increase from £488 to £600 per pupil from April 2012. Eligibility will be extended to those claiming Free School Meals at any point in the past six years. This will benefit an estimated extra half a million extra pupils worth...
Jem Education Direct Passes Annual Quality Accreditation
Jem Education Direct (JED) are delighted to have passed their annual ISO BS EN 9001 accreditation audit for the seventh year in succession. Not only was our accreditation successfully renewed ut there were zero instances of ‘non-compliance’. The JED team in Sittingbourne received the...
Two leading brands combine
With effect from 1st September 2011, JEM Education Marketing Services Ltd and Education Direct will combine to form a single trading entity which will be branded: The coming together of these two leading and long-established brands will create a centre of expertise for marketing services...

