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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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A Climate and Nature in Education Interactive Workshop will be held on 5 June 2025 9:30 am – 4:00 pm at Sandy Park, Exeter EX2 7NN. Devon School...

6th May 2025

School Estate Management Standards and Competency

The School Estate Management Standards are designed to support schools to manage their estates effectively. These standards help schools to prioritise...

1st May 2025

School support staff pay rise

School support staff in England have been offered a pay rise of 3.2 per cent. Pay for council-employed school support staff is negotiated between loca...

30th Apr 2025

Universal infant free school meals funding increase

The Department for Education (DfE) has increased the meal rate for universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) from £2.58 to £2.61 for the academic y...

29th Apr 2025

A new way to buy energy for your school or trust?

In a recent blog post, the Energy for Schools pilot at DfE is explained. The scheme could enable schools and trusts to buy energy, save money and prot...

28th Apr 2025

Narrowing the digital divide

£45 million has been pledged to improve digital connectivity in schools to close the digital divide over the next year. The £45 million includes �...

25th Apr 2025

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 ...

24th Apr 2025

Book your place at this term’s free Ofsted Seminar

Our regular seminars on this topic are very popular, especially when we are anticipating considerable changes to the Ofsted Framework. The new Ofsted ...

22nd Apr 2025

Free Complaints Training

Devon Schools Leadership Service (DSLS) is running an ‘Effective Complaints Handling’ session on 14 May 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm. In response to the i...

22nd Apr 2025

School Capacity – National, Regional and Devon

Recent data analysis by the government has shown that the number of unfilled primary school places has increased by 6% nationally over the last year a...

3rd Apr 2025

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09-07-2025

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