Local Area SEND Inspection
The Local Authority has written to schools to inform them that the Devon local area is expecting a Local Area SEND inspection in the autumn term. Thi...
6th Jul 2026
Devon Association of Governance
Fresh Start
A school is given a ‘Fresh Start’ when it is closed and reopened on the same site under the normal school reorganisation procedures. Schools eligible for Fresh Start must be in Special Measures, serious weaknesses, subject to a formal LA warning or (for secondary) achieving less than a 15% rate of pupils gaining at lest 5 A*-C GCSEs over three years from March 2000.