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08/04/2020: Union Advice for School Staff
07/04/2020: Child Protection Safeguarding Policy Changes
06/04/2020: COVID-19 DfE School Guidance – 05 April 2020
01/04/2020: Information about how pupils will be assessed for GCSEs and A-levels to be published next week
31/03/2020: DfE Governance Update 25 March 2020
30/03/2020: COVID-19 DfE School Guidance – 29 March 2020
26/03/2020: Business continuity and holding virtual meetings Guidance for governing boards and clerks - 26 March 2020
26/03/2020: Governors: New Ofsted inspections ‘rushed’ and reports ‘patronising’
25/03/2020: Devon County Council Children’s Social Services Inadequate
24/03/2020: Devon Coronavirus Advice from DCC and Babcock LDP
23/03/2020: COVID-19 DfE Guidance on School Closure – 22 March 2020
19/03/2020: The budget and education
18/03/2020: The NGA on who decides
17/03/2020: COVID-19 - School Leadership representatives to meet with DfE
16/03/2020: COVID-19: Update 12 March 2020
12/03/2020: Remote governance
11/03/2020: The EEF guide to becoming an evidence-informed school governor and trustee
10/03/2020: NGA Visible Governance: Share your stories
09/03/2020: COVID-19 Guidance – 08 March 2020
05/03/2020: Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2020
04/03/2020: Ofsted - Curriculum transition extended for a year
03/03/2020: DfE seeks 20 schools to lead on behaviour
02/03/2020: COVID-19 Guidance – 28 February 2020
27/02/2020: Ofsted Framework Seminar February 2020- Presentation now available
26/02/2020: DCC Advice about media enquiries and COVID-19
26/02/2020: Department for Education appointments
25/02/2020: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and schools
24/02/2020: Making the cut: how schools respond when they are under financial pressure - Ofsted Report
13/02/2020: Data protection for education providers
12/02/2020: A bill designed to cut the cost of school uniforms in England
11/02/2020: Benchmarking your school’s performance
10/02/2020: Governors required for the Devon Education Forum
06/02/2020: Period Product scheme
05/02/2020: Pupil premium Increases from April 2020
04/02/2020: The Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills 2018/19
03/02/2020: Less than 10 days to go - Ofsted Inspection Framework Seminar on 11 February 2020
30/01/2020: Ofsted Inspection Framework Seminar – 11 February 2020
29/01/2020: Off-rolling and Home Education - Ofsted Update
28/01/2020: Accessibility Plans – are you compliant?
27/01/2020: School Teachers’ Review Body Increase
23/01/2020: Free school expansion?
22/01/2020: School Governance Update January 2020
21/01/2020: Free Secondary Teacher Training Programme
20/01/2020: Ofsted to consider schools’ financial decision-making
16/01/2020: Urgent Response Required - Governor Support Consultation Closes mid-day 17th January
16/01/2020: All Outstanding Schools to be Inspected
15/01/2020: Devon Teaching School Hub
14/01/2020: Devon High Needs Funding Consultation – Urgent responses by 19th January 2020
13/01/2020: Ofsted Inspection Framework Seminar – 11 February 2020
09/01/2020: Are you an effective chair? Are you considering becoming a chair?
08/01/2020: Elective Home Education – a new DAG Guide
07/01/2020: More children taken out of school for term-time holidays
06/01/2020: More money for Cultural Education

18/12/2019: DAG 2019 Retrospective
17/12/2019: Devon County Council consultation on governor support
16/12/2019: Progress scores for primary schools have been published
12/12/2019: Ofsted Framework Seminar – February 2020
11/12/2019: Governing Boards and internal data
10/12/2019: PISA – What did it tell us?
09/12/2019: DAG Representatives on Devon Education Forum- Election Update
05/12/2019: Babcock LDP – Devon Education Fund Awards
04/12/2019: How is data used in schools today?
03/12/2019: Asbestos Management Plans – action by the end of this term
02/12/2019: DAG Conference presentations now available
28/11/2019: Popular Busy Governor Guides
27/11/2019: Academy Reminder: pensions re-enrolment
26/11/2019: Secondary school Ofsted inspection data summary report
25/11/2019: Pre-election guidance for schools and multi-academy trusts
21/11/2019: Is class size important?
20/11/2019: Character Education Framework
19/11/2019: School and college security guidance
18/11/2019: Governors required for the Devon Education Forum
14/11/2019: DfE School governance update – November 2019
13/11/2019: Schools Financial Standard 2019/20
12/11/2019: Another successful DAG Conference
11/11/2019: Primary Phase Membership of Devon Education Forum (DEF) 2019/20
08/11/2019: DAG Conference, Saturday 9th November 2019, Exeter
07/11/2019: PE and sport premium for primary schools
06/11/2019: Multi-academy trusts: establishing and developing your trust
05/11/2019: School inspection data summary report (IDSR) guide – primary
04/11/2019: Only days left to book your place at the DAG Conference, Saturday 9th November 2019, Exeter
31/10/2019: Parliamentary Education Committee Report on SEND provision
30/10/2019: Pupil premium: effective use and accountability
29/10/2019: DAG Poll Results – Chairs’ Workload
28/10/2019: Less than two weeks to book your free place at the DAG Conference
17/10/2019: The role of trustees following Wakefield City Academy Trust failure
16/10/2019: Engaging parents with relationships education policy in Primary Schools
15/10/2019: Ofsted on Inspecting Small Schools’ Curriculum
14/10/2019: Devon Revenue Funding Arrangements for Schools – consultation responses by 18th October 2019
10/10/2019: Academies - Declaring related party transactions
09/10/2019: ‘Education needs an overhaul, but closing private schools is not the answer’
08/10/2019: Outstanding?
07/10/2019: Peer on Peer Abuse
03/10/2019: Have you booked your place at the DAG 2019 Conference?
02/10/2019: A new study indicates that small-group reading may help reduce the disadvantage gap
01/10/2019: Admissions reminder and timeline
30/09/2019: Creating the best curriculum in line with your funding
26/09/2019: Social Mobility and Bananarama!
25/09/2019: Schools causing concern Guidance Updated
24/09/2019: School governance updates
23/09/2019: Devon Schools Funding Consultation Update
19/09/2019: Ofsted moves away from homework
18/09/2019: Can you help with the Devon School Appeals Panel?
17/09/2019: New minimum per-pupil funding levels from next year
16/09/2019: DAG Conference, Saturday 9th November 2019, Exeter
16/09/2019: Devon Schools Funding Consultation 2020/21 - Save the Date
12/09/2019: Have you booked your free place at the DAG Autumn 2019 Conference yet?
12/09/2019: Headteachers have cancelled a demonstration on school funding
11/09/2019: School Governance 2019 – NGA Report
10/09/2019: Are you an effective chair? Are you considering becoming a chair?
09/09/2019: Welcome to the new academic year 2019/20
03/09/2019: Billions of pounds pledged to schools
02/09/2019: New Education Secretary – Gavin Williamson
23/07/2019: Devon Education Forum Members
22/07/2019: Schools Finance Update
19/07/2019: Latest Notifications from Devon Schools Consultations
18/07/2019: Setting Executive Salaries, guidance for academy trusts
17/07/2019: Ofsted Parent View Update
16/07/2019: EH4MH Update
15/07/2019: Healthy schools rating scheme
10/07/2019: Hundreds of unnecessary GDPR referrals relating to schools
09/07/2019: Do you know about the the Devon Education Fund?
08/07/2019: New Ofsted Framework Seminar Presentation
04/07/2019: New NGA report on academy schools
03/07/2019: Relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education
02/07/2019: The Academies Financial Handbook 2019
01/07/2019: Keeping Children Safe in Education 2019
27/06/2019: New home for three of the country’s four Steiner state schools
26/06/2019: Lord Agnew confirms the DfE’s commitment for all to schools to be academies
25/06/2019: Updated pupil premium guidance
24/06/2019: This Week - Free Ofsted Framework Seminar 26 June 2019
20/06/2019: Governors required for the Devon Education Forum
19/06/2019: Last Chance - Free Ofsted Framework Seminar 26 June 2019
18/06/2019: Do isolated rural schools deliver lower attainment for disadvantaged pupils?
17/06/2019: English hubs: Devon primary schools
14/06/2019: Free Ofsted Framework Seminar 26 June 2019
13/06/2019: Devon school consultations on age range changes
12/06/2019: New anti-knife crime school lessons ahead of summer
11/06/2019: Education Endowment Foundation report on behaviour
10/06/2019: Schools could be losing £93m a year in pupil premium
07/06/2019: Free Ofsted Framework Seminar 26 June 2019
06/06/2019: Department for Education absence rates
05/06/2019: The NGA and Tes Survey is open to all – have your say
04/06/2019: Do 90% of schools have good or better behaviour?
03/06/2019: DfE and Insolvency Service to work together to share information
23/05/2019: Ofsted Specialist Adviser for school inspection policy discusses how inspectors evaluate off-rolling
22/05/2019: Government orders non-compliant trusts to reduce excessive salaries
21/05/2019: Why teachers should become school governors
20/05/2019: Ofsted’s Education Inspection Framework from September 2019 has now been published
16/05/2019: Senior civil servant appointed as South West Regional Schools Commissioners
15/05/2019: How many hours do you spend as a Chair?
14/05/2019: Free Ofsted Framework Seminar 26 June 2019
13/05/2019: Its official - school breaktimes are shorter
10/05/2019: Report into exclusions – changes to guidance on school exclusion
09/05/2019: Education Secretary talks about high needs funding and the removal of coasting and floor standards
08/05/2019: Heads vote for industrial action over school funding crisis
07/05/2019: Chairs workload poll
07/05/2019: New data shows illegal schools are a huge nationwide problem
02/05/2019: Are you an effective chair? Are you considering becoming a chair?
01/05/2019: Update on relationships and sex education (RSE)
30/04/2019: Chairs of trustee boards’ workload – is it sustainable?
29/04/2019: Moving your school to the cloud
26/04/2019: Upskirting has implications for schools, says union
25/04/2019: Testing times for primary pupils?
24/04/2019: Teachers’ Pension Scheme
23/04/2019: Devon Schools Consultation Outcomes
04/04/2019: Academy Trust Related Party Transactions Guidance
03/04/2019: New Ofsted Framework Seminar Reminder
02/04/2019: Still ‘Outstanding’?
01/04/2019: School Food Standards: resources for schools
28/03/2019: Devon County Council Consultations
27/03/2019: Ethos Enhancing Outcomes Governance Days
26/03/2019: Academy trust deficit recovery guidance
25/03/2019: Updated Governance Handbook
21/03/2019: Short of time and need to know?
20/03/2019: DAG NEEDS YOU!
19/03/2019: Schools Funding and the Spending Review
18/03/2019: Ofsted’s New Framework – early feedback
14/03/2019: Due Diligence Guidance for schools joining a MAT
13/03/2019: The Education Endowment Fund Guide to becoming an evidence-informed school governor and trustee
12/03/2019: Schools financial standard 2019 to 2020
11/03/2019: Schools Funding Update – Spending Review
07/03/2019: Formal Consultations by Devon Schools
06/03/2019: South West Regional School Commissioner Resigns
05/03/2019: Ofsted have published the first evaluation of a multi-academy trust
04/03/2019: New guidance on relationships and sex education
28/02/2019: Indicators for potential fraud checklist for education providers
27/02/2019: New Security Guidance for Schools Spring 2019
26/02/2019: More than half of pupils in England are now in academies
25/02/2019: Academy trusts are raising millions of pounds through fundraising
14/02/2019: The NGA calls for an NHS-style pay system where government approval is needed to award high salaries to bosses
13/02/2019: Benchmarking Character and Resilience
12/02/2019: Local Leaders of Governance – Re-launched
11/02/2019: Mobile Phones in Schools
07/02/2019: Devon County Council Consultation: Proposals to Lower the Age Range at Primary Schools
06/02/2019: SEND Funding Overspent in the Majority of Local Authorities
05/02/2019: Teacher Recruitment and Retention and Teachers’ Pay
04/02/2019: Kreston Academies Benchmark Report Findings
31/01/2019: Are you an effective chair? Are you considering becoming a chair?
30/01/2019: Public Accounts Committee Report – January 2019
29/01/2019: School Data Update
28/01/2019: Funding the Future: week of action 25 February – 2 March 2019
24/01/2019: New Ofsted Framework Seminar
23/01/2019: Ofsted – New Framework for Inspection from September 2019
22/01/2019: Could your school start a new funded music project?
21/01/2019: Governors Exclusions Training 11 February 2019
17/01/2019: Early Help for Mental Health (EH4MH)
16/01/2019: Consultation on closure of SEND Resource Bases
15/01/2019: Babcock LDP Governance Masterclass
14/01/2019: New Complaints Guidance
10/01/2019: DfE Passport of Enrichment Activities
09/01/2019: Plans to teach basic first aid in schools
08/01/2019: The January 2019 School Census
07/01/2019: New Year’s Honours 2020

18/12/2018: DAG 2018 Retrospective
17/12/2018: Extra funding to support children with special educational needs
13/12/2018: Ofsted to inspect more private schools including Steiner Schools
12/12/2018: Academy member, trustee or governor?
11/12/2018: Ofsted and Outstanding Schools
10/12/2018: New guidance from the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) to help schools engage with parents
06/12/2018: NGA Termly Bulletin – Autumn 2018
05/12/2018: Ofsted and Equality Objectives – are you compliant?
04/12/2018: Promoting Resilience: Free PHSE Training for secondary school staff and governors
03/12/2018: New Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) - Primary
29/11/2018: New approach to assessing pupils with complex disabilities to replace P Scales
28/11/2018: Update Regarding Teachers’ Pay Grant Allocations
27/11/2018: Guidance Report – Exclusions in Devon Schools
26/11/2018: New Ofsted Framework – Official information
22/11/2018: Devon schools consulting on lowering their age range
21/11/2018: Deals for Schools
20/11/2018: How to develop good communication between MAT trustees and local academy committees
19/11/2018: Joint letter to all school leaders including headteachers and governing boards
15/11/2018: School Improvement Support
14/11/2018: Amanda Spielman writes to the chair of the public accounts committee
13/11/2018: ACE Tiverton Special School Consultation
12/11/2018: Are You Ready - Planning for School Emergencies
08/11/2018: Enter the NGA Outstanding Governance Awards 2019
07/11/2018: Additional funding for teachers’ pay grant allocations published
06/11/2018: Last chance to book your place at the DAG Governance and School Improvement Conference on 10th November 2018 at County Hall Exeter
05/11/2018: Additional Capital Funding - £400m from the Budget
01/11/2018: Performance Data for Devon Secondary Schools
31/10/2018: National Information on Music Hubs
30/10/2018: Less than two weeks to the DAG Governance and School Improvement Conference on 10th November 2018 at County Hall Exeter
29/10/2018: Back to School – An IoD Report on Governance
18/10/2018: The Key’s New Report: The challenges of Leading a Rural School
17/10/2018: Ofsted Chief Inspector sets out vision for new education Inspection framework
16/10/2018: Promoting Resilience: Free PHSE Training for secondary school staff and governors
15/10/2018: Only four weeks to the DAG Governance and School Improvement Conference on 10th November 2018 at County Hall Exeter
11/10/2018: School spending claims by the Department for Education are being investigated by the UK's statistics watchdog
10/10/2018: Are there private fostering arrangements in your school?
09/10/2018: The Education and Skills Funding Agency have updated their complaints advice
09/10/2018: Are local governing bodies in academies really committees?
04/10/2018: The future of the National Schools Commissioner (NSC)
03/10/2018: Financial support from Devon Music Education Hub
02/10/2018: Book your place at the DAG Governance and School Improvement Conference - 10th November 2018 at County Hall Exeter
01/10/2018: Compare your school or trust's budget: financial benchmarking
27/09/2018: Letter to academy trust accounting officers September 2018
26/09/2018: NGA Outstanding Governance Awards 2019
25/09/2018: The NGA 2018 annual school governance survey report
24/09/2018: The way you sign-in to Analyse school performance (RAISE) has changed
20/09/2018: Ofsted on ‘Gaming’
19/09/2018: School resource management support from the DfE
18/09/2018: School teachers’ pay and conditions
17/09/2018: Further information on the teachers’ pay grant
13/09/2018: Changes to Charity Trustee Disqualification Rules from August 2018
12/09/2018: Safeguarding Update Autumn 2018
11/09/2018: Does your board focus on Data Training?
10/09/2018: Devon School Funding Consultation 2019/20
07/09/2018: How does your board ‘do’ challenge?
06/09/2018: Have you booked your free place at the DAG Autumn 2018 Conference yet?
06/09/2018: Are you an effective chair? Are you considering becoming a chair?
04/09/2018: Are you an effective governor? How do you know?
19/07/2018: Academies Planning Calendar 2018 – 2019
18/07/2018: Working together to safeguard children 2018
17/07/2018: Decision awaited on teachers’ pay
16/07/2018: NGA Termly Bulletin – Summer 2018
12/07/2018: Ash Dieback and Devon Schools
11/07/2018: NGA Spotlight on Disadvantage
10/07/2018: Pupil premium: funding and accountability
09/07/2018: Deals for schools
05/07/2018: DAG Representatives on Devon Education Forum- Election Update
04/07/2018: New School Sponsorship: New Special School, Tiverton, Devon
03/07/2018: Do governors know the truth about pupil behaviour?
02/07/2018: Do you know about Off-rolling?
24/06/2018: Admissions Reminder and Timeline
24/06/2018: Apprenticeship Levy – new transfer arrangements
24/06/2018: New Academies Financial Handbook effective from 1 September 2018
24/06/2018: Dropping parent governors was a ‘mistake’
17/06/2018: Approaches to preventing and tackling bullying
17/06/2018: Who’s looking out for the welfare and workload of those who govern?
17/06/2018: Multi-academy trusts: establishing and developing your trust
17/06/2018: Information for Maintained Schools on proposals to change the staff pay date
14/06/2018: Latest Newsletter is now available to view – 14th June 2018
13/06/2018: Elections for DAG Representatives on Devon Education Forum
12/06/2018: Everyone on Board: New national campaign launched to encourage more diversity on governing boards
12/06/2018: F40 and School Funding
12/06/2018: Education Secretary issues call to arms for school governors
12/06/2018: Free School: New Special School, Tiverton, Devon
04/06/2018: Safeguarding Update
04/06/2018: School resource management: top 10 planning checks for governors
04/06/2018: Governors for Schools
04/06/2018: Devon School Consultations Update
24/05/2018: Latest Newsletter is now available to view - 24th May 2018
20/05/2018: Strengthened guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding
20/05/2018: Early Help 4 Mental Health programme extension confirmed
20/05/2018: Elective Home Education
20/05/2018: Schools to get expert advice from leading business advisers
15/05/2018: Education Committee Launches Inquiry into funding
15/05/2018: DAG Busy Governor’s Guide to Raising Additional Funds
15/05/2018: Children with medical needs: what schools and settings need to know (NASEN)
15/05/2018: Schools that Work for Everyone – Grammar Schools
10/05/2018: Latest Newsletter is now available to view
07/05/2018: Principles for a clear and simple school accountability system
07/05/2018: Secretary of State speech at the National Association of Headteachers conference
07/05/2018: Urgent: Asbestos Management Assurance Process
07/05/2018: Devon School Consultations
02/05/2018: Devon Children and Families Partnership Survey
30/04/2018: Assessment – what are Ofsted inspectors looking at?
30/04/2018: Good Estate Management for Schools – DfE Tools
30/04/2018: Sir David Carter, National Schools Commissioner to retire
23/04/2018: GDPR Data protection: a toolkit for schools
22/04/2018: Devon County Council support for schools to meet the requirements of GDPR
22/04/2018: Schools complaining that the government needs to do more to support schools around the GDPR
22/04/2018: Rural Underfunding in Education
22/04/2018: Free school meals Guidance for local authorities, maintained schools, academies and free schools April 2018
19/04/2018: Are you an effective chair?
16/04/2018: Ofsted advise changes to their school inspection timeframe
16/04/2018: GDPR comes into effect on 25th May 2018 – is your school ready?
16/04/2018: NGA Termly Bulletin Spring 2018
16/04/2018: Home Education: DfE advice and consultation
25/03/2018: NGA research exploring headteacher appraisal in English schools
25/03/2018: Letters to academy trusts about poor performance in Devon
25/03/2018: Fair Access Protocol
25/03/2018: Academy conversion: surplus and deficit balance transfer process
18/03/2018: Spring Statement 2018
18/03/2018: Spotlight on Exclusions
18/03/2018: Exclusions Review and Funding
18/03/2018: Speech on Governance by Rt Hon Anne Milton MP
11/03/2018: Teacher Workload Challenge
11/03/2018: Damian Hinds Speech to the ASCL 2018 Conference
11/03/2018: Reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect
11/03/2018: Commonwealth Education Pack
04/03/2018: Ofsted Inspection outcomes
04/03/2018: How was Cyber Security Awareness Week for you?
04/03/2018: DAG Busy governors guide to the Careers Strategy
04/03/2018: South West DfE Regional Schools’ Buying Hubs
25/02/2018: DAG website back up and back on track
25/02/2018: SGOSS is now Governors for Schools
25/02/2018: A BBC Survey suggest creative arts subjects are being cut back in many secondary schools in England
25/02/2018: Justification sought where MAT leaders earn over £150,000
25/02/2018: School governor numbers slashed due to growth of academy trusts
19/02/2018: NGA Survey: Spotlight on Disadvantage
18/02/2018: The 2018 Academies Benchmark report
18/02/2018: Updated Schools Causing Concern Guidance
18/02/2018: National Funding Formula – budgets available
01/02/2018: Multi-academy trust performance measures: England 2016 to 2017
31/01/2018: Be aware of the Pay offer for Council Employees
30/01/2018: Updated Data Protection Privacy Notice Model Documents
29/01/2018: Sir David Carter calls 'Governors and trustees the unsung heroes of the education system'
25/01/2018: Primary school performance tables for 2017 have now been published
24/01/2018: Updated Guidance published on academy conversion dates
23/01/2018: Recruiting a headteacher – new guidance
22/01/2018: Flexible Working for Teachers
17/01/2018: Strategic School Improvement Fund

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