 NEW: SEND Strategic Overview
Thursday 3 March 2016 | Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter
Following on from this month's DAPH Spring Briefings, an
additional SEND Strategic Overview event has now been organised due to the
Tiverton Briefing being oversubscribed.
Bookings* are now being taken for this morning event, which is
free to attend and will provide a re-run of the SEND presentations from the
0-25 team and is aimed at Headteachers, SENDCo's and Business Managers. Agenda to follow shortly.
*Booking is essential
Mike Hughes 'The Magenta Principles'
One day Workshop | Tuesday 28 June 2016
Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton
Mike Hughes will be delivering his one day workshop at the Tiverton Hotel on Tuesday 28 June 2016. Price £150 per delegate and includes a free copy of 'The Magenta Principles' book
The main areas of focus will include:
- Practical strategies that both engage and excite
- teaching for understanding
- getting the balance between achieving examination and Ofsted success AND teaching lessons that are interesting and enjoyable
- switching the emphasis from occupied to engaged, knowing to understanding, teaching to learning
- using the Magenta Principles to improve questioning
- implications for professional development
BOOK ONLINE | see more at mikehughes-ets.co.uk
Date for your Diary...
NEW: DAPH Autumn Briefing 2016 (all region)
Thursday 10 November 2016 | Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton | BOOK ONLINE
 Identifying children who are missing education
The DfE would like your views on proposals to improve the way schools provide local authorities with the information they need to identify children missing education | READ MORE
Consultation closes on 7 March 2016 5:30pm
Asbestos in schools: data collection
In March 2015, the Department for
Education concluded a review of its policy on the management of asbestos in
schools. The outcomes from the review included the issuing of updated
guidance, Managing Asbestos in your school, and a call for a clearer picture of
how asbestos is managed in schools across England.
As a result head teachers are being asked
to answer a small number of straightforward questions on behalf of their
school. Head Teachers will receive immediate feedback and advice based on their
responses. The online questionnaire can be found on the GOV.UK website.
A good
return from schools will increase the understanding of the current situation
and will help to determine whether further action from the Education Funding Agency is required. Schools are encouraged to return
the online form by 29 February 2016.
 School record retention
Record retention periods for schools published by the Information and Records Management Society are for guidance only | READ MORE
Parental Evaluation Summary
Babcock LDP Educational Psychology Service conducted a survey to assess the quality and effectiveness of the service as judged by parents in the Autumn of 2015 | READ MORE
 Headlines - 19 January & 2 February 2016
Read the latest issues of Headlines from Sue Clarke, Head of Education and Learning.
Education Funding Agency (EFA) e-bulletins
The Education Funding Agency (EFA) e-bulletins are issued weekly in term time.
e-bulletin issue 115 dated 21 January 2016
e-bulletin issue 116 dated 28 January 2016
e-bulletin issue 117 dated 4 February 2016
For academies:
Issue 115 dated 21 January 2016
Issue 116 dated 28 January 2016
Issue 117 dated 4 February 2016
To subscribe to these bulletins email EFA.bulletin@education.gsi.gov.uk
Read more about the Education Funding Agency
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School Leadership Support Service (SLSS)
The School Leadership Support Service offers a personal and confidential service to all school leaders via telephone and email during term time | READ MORE
01392 380518 or 07970 905511
slss-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
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 Planning for School Emergencies – Key Holders
To enable prompt advice and support to be provided to LA Schools in the event of an out of hours emergency, Head Teachers/Business Managers are asked to ensure that information on key holders on the County Council’s Property Database (Connect 2) is reviewed regularly, and updated as necessary.
For login support and further details: READ MORE or contact C2support@nps.co.uk
DCC
People’s Scrutiny 8 January 2016
Report on Education Performance: Closing the Gap in
Educational Outcomes
Read the report
of the Head of Service for Education and Learning READ MORE
 Meeting between Sue Clarke and all Headteachers/Principals of maintained schools only
Sue Clarke, Head of Education & Learning, has set up a series of informal meetings for headteachers of maintained schools to share how the local authority sees its role in a more autonomous education landscape. It is also an opportunity for schools to raise any ideas, issues or concerns they may have in relation to their school, local context or around national issues.
READ MORE
Dates and venues of meetings confirmed as:
- Thursday 3 March, 2pm, Dartmoor Lodge (Peartree Cross, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 7JW)
- Thursday 10 March, 2pm, Barnstaple Hotel (Braunton Road, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1LE)
- Tuesday 15 March, 2pm, Sandy Park, Exeter (Sandy Park Way, Exeter, Devon EX2 7NN)
In order to plan expected numbers, please confirm your attendance to:
Louisa Roach | louisa.roach@devon.gov.uk
Event: Information Sharing to protect vulnerable children and
their families
South-West Roadshow on Tuesday 8 March 2016 at Bristol
You are invited to investigate how outcomes for vulnerable children and families can be improved by strengthening the way information is shared locally. This innovative programme of roadshows is being organised by the Centre of Excellence for Information Sharing, working with the Department for Education | FLYER | Visit the Website
Helping Each Other Project Workshops - March 2016
You may have heard about the 'Helping Each Other' project on sexual exploitation and learning disability.
‘Helping Each Other’ is a peer education project run BY young people with learning disabilities FOR young people with learning disabilities. The project has been holding training workshops and developing educational resources throughout Devon. The teams would like to invite you to their end of project Celebration Events at:
Barnstaple Library on March 2 | Plymouth Guildhall on March 11
The events will showcase the project teams and the resources they have developed over the last two years to help fight the sexual exploitation of people with learning disabilities.
How to Book: rod.landman@arcuk.org.uk | Rod Landman | 01237 441 786
New Computing CPD course for Primary Teachers:
Scratch in the
KS2 classroom
This one-day course is targeted at those who are feeling apprehensive about
computer programming and specifically using Scratch, and are unsure how use of
the tool can be integrated into their existing lessons.
Visit the website to read more and to book a course date | READ MORE | swgfl.org.uk
 Amended Request to Advertise a School Based Vacancy form
The school-based advert form has undergone some improvements. Schools should ensure that the most up to date version is fully completed and submitted. All previous versions should be deleted to avoid the form being rejected and returned | READ MORE
Devon’s Portfolio of Services for Schools
The Devon Portfolio of Services for Schools provides you with information and details of the different services as well as the costs associated to them. Further to the communications in December, included are details of the Occupational Health provision from IMASS to schools. | READ MORE
 Whistleblowing Policy and Guidance
Ofsted
has published revised policy and guidance for whistleblowers: ‘Whistleblowing
to Ofsted about children's social care services’.
The new policy and
guidance outlines what Ofsted will do when they receive certain concerns about
children’s social care services from a whistleblower. The previous
whistleblowing policy referred only to safeguarding in local authority
children’s services, whereas the new policy extends to all matters relating to
the inspection and regulation of children’s social care establishments,
agencies, services and providers (children’s social care services).
Further reading | What is a Whistleblower?
Any questions about the policy should be forwarded to enquiries@ofsted.gov.uk
 Reducing teachers’ workload
What the government is doing to reduce unnecessary workload for teachers, including details of the workload challenge. | READ MORE
School census 2015 to 2016: guide for schools and LAs
A guide to help schools and local authorities (LAs) complete and submit their autumn 2015 to summer 2016 school census data. | READ MORE
Primary school accountability
Technical guidance on primary accountability and school-level progress measures READ MORE
DAG Newsletters - Issue 94, 28th January out now
Devon Association of Governors (DAG) e-newsletter, the fortnightly digest of the articles published in the DAG website.
In order to open these news articles, you need to log in to the DAG website first.
To register, please complete the website registration form
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Schools HR Policies – New and/or Revised
A list of new or revised HR policies are now available for schools to download. It is recommended these are adopted for use by governing bodies at the earliest opportunity | READ MORE
 When attending meetings of Devon Education Forum (DEF), its sub-groups and other statutory or working groups, DAPH Representatives provide a summary of key messages and issues affecting the primary phase.
For full minutes of recent meetings of the DEF and LA working groups which report to DEF please visit the DEF website and follow the appropriate links.
- Details of Membership on DEF with effect from 1 September 2015 READ MORE
- Date of next DEF :- 16 March 2016
- Agenda and minutes of previous meetings READ MORE
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.
 To view the objectives, Terms of Reference and minutes of meetings for School Organisation, Capital and Admissions (SOCA), which is a sub-group of Devon Education Forum, visit the SOCA website.
NEW South West Child Protection procedures
online
Dear Colleagues,
The 12 LSCBs that make up the South West consortia* are very pleased to announce the re-launch of the South-West Child Protection procedures on the 5th February 2016. These new look on-line procedures have been developed in conjunction with Tri.x and promise to deliver a fully updated content that reflects the changes incorporated within Working Together 2015, as well as updating practice guidance to take account of heightened awareness of issues such as Child Sexual Exploitation and children missing from home | READ MORE
USEFUL LINKS | Devon Safeguarding Children Board Procedures Manual - February 2016
 Missing And Child Sexual Exploitation (MACSE)
The DSCB has recently remodelled MACSE meetings and launched a new set of tools and guidance to help professionals identify and tackle child sexual exploitation. Visit the CSE page to find out more.
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Read the latest edition of the Keeping Devon's children safe newsletter dated January 2016
READ MORE | Previous issues
School Holiday Emergency Contact Details
In
order for the multi-agency safeguarding processes in the MASH to be as
effective as possible in protecting children, schools are being asked to
provide contact details of a nominated person or persons who can be contacted
by the MASH during school holidays. The nominated person will only be contacted
when it is felt essential to have information from the school about the child
as part of the multi-agency child protection decision making process. Please
provide these details to the Education MASH Researcher Louisa.rockey@babcockinternational.com
The
s175 audit in September 2016 will include a question asking schools to confirm
that they have provided a school holiday contact number to the MASH.
 Advice and Support on SEND Processes
This helpline is to support SENCOs, Heads and anyone in Devon schools who have questions about SEND processes / practice. It runs on a Tuesday afternoons between 1-3pm.
Download the flyer
Contact: Helpline: 01392 287248 | Email: LDP-SencoHelpline@babcockinternational.com
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