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Our regular news items keep Devon governing boards up to date with educational matters, both local and national. Find our most recent news items below and use our archive to access older news items

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NGA Governance professionals survey 2024 now open!

The National Governance Association (NGA) has launched its survey of school and trust governance professionals and clerks in state schools and trusts ...

26th Jun 2024

School Defibrillators

Is your school’s defibrillator registered on The Circuit? The Circuit is the national defibrillator network from The British Heart Foundation which ...

25th Jun 2024

Growing Good Governance Report

The National Governance Association (NGA) has published a report that captures the state of governance practice in England. The report draws upon th...

24th Jun 2024

EHCPs Up!

Recent government data on Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs) has confirmed that the number of youngsters with an EHCP for SEND in England has ris...

20th Jun 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 ...

19th Jun 2024

Congratulations!

The King’s Birthday Honours List 2024 was published on 14th June, on the King’s official birthday. In Devon two of the honours awarded were linked...

18th Jun 2024

Time is running out…

This term boards are usually considering longer term planning in line with their strategic role and their vision, so is environmental sustainability p...

17th Jun 2024

School characteristics

The Department for Education has just published ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’. The statistics are based on the current 2023-24 acad...

13th Jun 2024

Report on the impact of cost-of-living crisis on schools

The National Foundation for Education Research (NFER) report The ongoing impact of the cost-of-living crisis on schools is based on a survey of 1,28...

12th Jun 2024

DEF – Can you help?

Next week the Devon Education Forum will meet to discuss and debate school finances including the new ‘safety valve’ scheme in place to reduce the...

11th Jun 2024

Upcoming Events

Governor Forum (Online & free) Tuesday 25th November 2025 6pm – 7pm Theme – Challenge

25-11-2025

DAG Conference Thursday 14th May 4.30pm at Exeter Racecourse

14-05-2026

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