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Defibrillators being sent to schools

Oliver King died aged just 12 years old when he suffered a cardiac arrest while taking part in a swimming race in 2012, if a defibrillator had been av...

2nd Feb 2023

Exploring school collaboration and workload reduction – Research report January 2023

The findings from this report of a very small study highlight a range of collaborative approaches used by schools, both formal and informal and provid...

1st Feb 2023

Providing remote education: guidance for schools

Non-statutory guidance has just been issued on providing high quality remote education in cases where it is not possible for some or all pupils to a...

31st Jan 2023

Safeguarding Audit

Has your school completed the S175 Safeguarding Audit for the year, noting that the deadline for completion is 31 January 2023. The Safeguarding Audit...

30th Jan 2023

Home to School Transport

Devon County Council is currently consulting on its arrangements for Home to School transport and ask if schools could share important information abo...

25th Jan 2023

NGA’s Outstanding Governance Awards 2023 are now open for nominations

NGA’s Outstanding Governance Awards are the only national education awards to recognise the contributions of governing boards, clerks and lead gover...

25th Jan 2023

Nursery Admissions Policy Updates for 2023 – Governance action required

Devon has a wonderfully diverse range of Early Years provision and every year, during the autumn term the Devon County Council (DCC) Nursery Admission...

24th Jan 2023

Strike Action Update

Following a ballot of its members, the National Education Union (NEU) has confirmed that industrial action will take place both nationally and regiona...

23rd Jan 2023

Instrument hire and secondary instrumental and vocal tuition bursaries

A fixed budget is set aside each year to subsidise instrumental and vocal tuition for secondary school students in Devon and Torbay. All maintained, ...

19th Jan 2023

Teaching online safety in schools

Guidance has just been updated supporting schools to teach pupils how to stay safe online within existing subjects. This non-statutory guidance origin...

18th Jan 2023

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