 Forthcoming DAPH Summer Briefing
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1 July 2015 - Tiverton Hotel
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Delegate List as at 25 June 2015
 f40 represents a group of the lowest funded education authorities in England where government-set cash allocations for primary and secondary pupils are the lowest in the country.
There is an important MPs Briefing on School Funding, to be held in the House of Commons on Tuesday 14 July, and f40, (of which, Devon County Council is a member) is asking for your support by contacting your local MP and encouraging them to attend. Read More>>
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The STARS programme from University of Exeter Medical School is offering free training for Learning Support Assistants, working with children who have SEND. Read More>>
Current government policy, as laid out in 'Future in Mind', emphasises schools’ role in supporting mental health with a vision of greater inter-agency collaboration underpinning this.
The University of Exeter, The Anna Freud Centre and UCL would like to invite you to help inform national developments in this area to ensure that schools, NHS CAMHS and other providers can best work together to support children’s and young people’s mental health. Read More>>
The DFE is calling all early years settings to provide evidence of the actual cost of delivering an early years funded place.
With the extension to a 30 hour entitlement from September 2017 for 3 and 4 year olds whose parents are in employment many providers are expressing concerns that the current funding rates do not meet the actual cost of delivery.
Please take time to respond to this call. The final date for responses is 10th August 2015.
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The Education Funding Agency (EFA) e-bulletins are issued weekly in term time. To subscribe to these bulletins email EFA.bulletin@education.gsi.gov.uk
E-bulletin for colleges, schools, local authorities and other providers:
18 June 2015
25 June 2015
E-bulletin for academies:
18 June 2015
25 June 2015
Read a recent report on the impact of the THRIVE programme. Read More>>
Lord Nash, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools, has recently written to Directors of Children's Services, to inform them that, from 1 July, he has decided to delegate decision-making on tackling underperformance in maintained schools through sponsored academy arrangements to Regional School Commissioners (RSCs). Read More>>
Read the June issue of Keeping Devon's Children Safe from Devon County Council. Read More>>
Philippa Geddes has recently been appointed as the new Board Manager for Devon Safeguarding Children Board. Philippa has already been working with DSCB developing the new MACA process, and working with locality forums. She was previously an Independent Reviewing Officer in Devon.
 When attending meetings of DEF, sub-groups and other statutory or working groups, DAPH Representatives also provide a summary of key messages and issues affecting the primary phase.
For full minutes of recent meetings of the Devon Education Forum (DEF) and LA working groups which report to DEF please visit the DEF website and follow the appropriate links.
DAPH representatives on DEF with effect from 1 September 2014:
Jamie Stone - Denbury Primary School jstone@denbury.devon.sch.uk
Paul Walker - Sidmouth CofE Primary School pwalker@sidmouth-primary.devon.sch.uk
Alun Dobson - Marwood Primary School adobson@marwood.devon.sch.uk
Jonathan Bishop (Academy) - Broadclyst Primary School jbishop@bcps.org.uk
Date of Next DEF Meeting:- 21 October 2015. Minutes of the meeting dated 24 June 2015 will be available soon.
To contact the forum: schools.forum@devon.gov.uk Tel: 01392 382305
 To view the objectives, Terms of Reference and minutes of meetings for Schools' Finance Group, which is a sub-group of Devon Education Forum, visit the SFG website.
At Schools Finance Group in May DCC Education and Learning Finance team were asked to circulate information about the Loans Scheme so that all schools are aware of this option within the FIPS process.
The Loan Scheme will be one of the options available to FIPS in future when a school comes seeking financial assistance. The FIPS process will now enable a loan of up to 1.5% of school budget share for up to a total of 5 years (7.5%). Interest will currently be based on the DCC long term borrowing rate, fixed for the entire loan period, at the rate on the date of the arrangement.
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Loan Scheme Application Form>>
 To view the objectives, Terms of Reference and minutes of meetings for School Organisation, Capital and Admissions sub-group of Devon Education Forum, visit the SOCA website.
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