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The Devon Schools Wellbeing Partnership is now live!

The Devon Schools Wellbeing Partnership (DSWP) is a new universal digital health and wellbeing resource available freely to all schools in Devon. The ...

25th Sep 2023

Further appointments at Devon County Council

The changes at Devon County Council continue with the following appointments: Stuart Collins – substantive role as the new Director of children...

21st Sep 2023

Devon Children and Families’ Partnership renamed as the Devon Safeguarding Children Partnership

The Devon Children and Families Partnership was established on 1 July 2017. It merged the functions of the Devon Safeguarding Children Board (DSCB) ...

20th Sep 2023

2023/24 and 2024/25 Key Stage 2 Performance Measures

As primary tests and assessments were cancelled in academic years 2019/20 and 2020/21 due to COVID-19 disruption, there will be no relevant KS1 data w...

19th Sep 2023

More Industrial action

Industrial action may continue this term as various unions ask their members to support industrial action. Support staff in schools are voting on whet...

18th Sep 2023

New Prevent Guidance

The Prevent Guidance has been updated and will, subject to Parliamentary approval, come into force on 31 December 2023. The aim of Prevent is to sto...

14th Sep 2023

NGA Annual Governance Survey Results

The National Governance Association (NGA) has released its Annual Governance Survey 2023 providing insights into the challenges and experiences faced ...

13th Sep 2023

School Funding Arrangements 2024-25 – this will affect your budget

In 2024-25, as in previous years, the local authority will continue to set a local schools’ funding formula, in consultation with its schools, under...

12th Sep 2023

Are you a new chair or an existing chair?

The start of this term will see many new chairs appointed to their role. For new chairs, existing chairs and chairs of committees The Devon Associat...

11th Sep 2023

Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC)

The number of schools identified as having RAAC in their buildings is rising. 15,000 schools were asked to complete surveys and only 1 per cent of the...

8th Sep 2023

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