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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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The January 2019 School Census

The school census is a statutory census that takes place during the autumn, spring and summer terms. The census collects information about individual ...

8th Jan 2019

New Year’s Honours 2020

No, it’s not a typo, it is an opportunity to think about how school governors and trustees gain recognition for their services to education. The num...

7th Jan 2019

DAG 2018 Retrospective

Another busy autumn term for DAG and governors, trustees and clerks across Devon, but we would like to take this opportunity to wish all Devon governo...

18th Dec 2018

Extra funding to support children with special educational needs

Education Secretary Damian Hinds has announced an additional £350 million to support children with complex needs and disabilities. Children with spec...

17th Dec 2018

Ofsted to inspect more private schools including Steiner Schools

The Ofsted Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman has asked the education secretary Damian Hinds to allow the inspectorate more access to check on private sc...

13th Dec 2018

Academy member, trustee or governor?

Three very different roles within academies have been discussed in a very useful article by Sally Timmins from Bishop Fleming. Her blog details the di...

12th Dec 2018

Ofsted and Outstanding Schools

Nick Gibb, Minister of State for School Standards has written to Ofsted to set out the department’s position on the exemption from routine inspectio...

11th Dec 2018

New guidance from the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) to help schools engage with parents

The EEF has released new guidance to help schools engage with their parents to “improve children’s academic outcomes”. Based on a survey of 18...

10th Dec 2018

NGA Termly Bulletin – Autumn 2018

The National Governance Association (NGA) provide a termly bulletin to the Devon Association of Governance (DAG) to forward to its members The focus o...

6th Dec 2018

Ofsted and Equality Objectives – are you compliant?

The latest edition of the Ofsted News mentions Ofsted’s requirements around the Equality Act and Equality Objectives but, as always this has implica...

5th Dec 2018

News

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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The January 2019 School Census

New Year’s Honours 2020

DAG 2018 Retrospective

Extra funding to support children with special educational needs

Ofsted to inspect more private schools including Steiner Schools

Academy member, trustee or governor?

Ofsted and Outstanding Schools

New guidance from the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) to help schools engage with parents

NGA Termly Bulletin – Autumn 2018

Ofsted and Equality Objectives – are you compliant?

Next Event

DAG Clerks and Chairs Community Network Forums and Ofsted Seminar – Summer term

Full Details & Registration

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News

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

Filter Results

The January 2019 School Census

New Year’s Honours 2020

DAG 2018 Retrospective

Extra funding to support children with special educational needs

Ofsted to inspect more private schools including Steiner Schools

Academy member, trustee or governor?

Ofsted and Outstanding Schools

New guidance from the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) to help schools engage with parents

NGA Termly Bulletin – Autumn 2018

Ofsted and Equality Objectives – are you compliant?

Next Event

DAG Clerks and Chairs Community Network Forums and Ofsted Seminar – Summer term

Full Details & Registration

All Events

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