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Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy

The DfE has published an update on the progress made so far on the 8 year Sustainability and Climate Change strategy published in April 2022, includin...

26th Jan 2024

Education estate net zero?

The Government has admitted its school rebuilding programme alone won’t be enough to hit net-zero targets and vowed to publish its roadmap for makin...

25th Jan 2024

New interim Regional Director for the South West

The Department for Education (DfE) has appointed a new interim regional director for the South West. Lucy Livings, currently deputy director of the So...

24th Jan 2024

School attendance – letter to governors and trustees

Damian Hinds Minister for Schools has written to governors and trustees to ask them to support the Department for Education’s (DfE) new school atten...

22nd Jan 2024

Rural communities mental health

The House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Rural Mental Health Report was published last year. The report covers many of the t...

18th Jan 2024

Pupil premium Increases from April 2024

The government has announced that pupil premium and service premium rates will increase from April 2024. From April 2024 the new rates for every prima...

17th Jan 2024

New Deputy Director, Education and Learning

Devon County Council has just appointed an interim Deputy Director, Education and Learning who has already taken up his post. Ceri Morgan has been app...

16th Jan 2024

Are you a new chair, or an existing chair?

For new chairs, existing chairs and chairs of committees The Devon Association of Governance (DAG) supports chairs by providing bespoke resources and ...

15th Jan 2024

Gender questioning children: draft schools and colleges guidance

In recent years, an increasing number of children have been questioning their gender and the Department for Education (DfE) has now published new guid...

11th Jan 2024

School Teachers’ Review Body for 2024

The Secretary of State has sent a letter to the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB) asking for recommendations on teachers’ pay and conditions for...

10th Jan 2024

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