Autumn Term  |  18 October 2016  |  Issue 2

 Bookings now O P E N for next year's
DAPH Annual School Leadership Conference

12 & 13 October 2017 at the Saunton Sands Hotel

HOW TO BOOK  |  booking is essential and is managed on a 'first come first served' basis. Please book via the ONLINE BOOKING FORM.

Presentations from the DAPH Annual School Leadership Conference 2016

For those who attended, we hope you enjoyed last week's conference.

Presentations from J A M E S  N O T T I N G H A M ,  J U L I A  S T E W A R D and
T H E  R E A L  D A V I D  C A M E R O N  are now available to view/download from the DAPH website. Other presentations to follow in due course - keep an eye on the 'News and Events' page.

C H A R I T Y  |  we're very pleased to confirm that a total of £1020 was raised for this year's chosen charity CAP UK - a big thank you to everyone who donated on the night.

DAPH  A U T U M N  Briefing 2016

Thursday 10th November 2016

The Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton  B O O K  O N L I N E

9.15am to 4.15pm (registration from 8.45am)

Hosted by Paul Walker, DAPH Chair

View the A G E N D A and D E L E G A T E  L I S T (as at 171016)

Confirmed speakers:

Mr Kim Johnson  |  NAHT President

Bradley Simmons  |  Ofsted Regional Director, South West

Jo Olsson  |  Interim Chief Officer for Children’s Services

and special guest speaker Professor David Woods CBE with his session titled 'Leadership Matters' Book online at daph.org.uk

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

Guidance  |  Expanding your academy trust: resources for multi-academy trusts

Links to a selection of sources of support and guidance for MATs looking to take on more schools and grow their academy trust  |  READ MORE

DfE  |  Schools that Work for Everyone

Overview: The DfE is seeking views on proposals to create more good school places. The proposals include:

• expecting independent schools to support existing or open new state schools, or offer funded places to children whose families can’t afford to pay fees
• asking universities to commit to sponsoring or setting up new schools in exchange for the ability to charge higher fees
• allowing selective schools to expand, or new ones to open, while making sure they support non-selective schools
• allowing new faith free schools to select up to 100% of pupils based on their faith, and introducing new requirements to make sure that faith schools include pupils from different backgrounds

For links to the consulation document and an online response form  |  READ MORE

Headlines is a regular newsletter from Dawn Stabb,  Acting Head of Education and Learning. Read the lastest issue dated 4 October 2016 HERE

Education Funding Agency (EFA) e-bulletins

Read the latest e-bulletins for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and other post-16 providers  |  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.

• Details of Membership on DEF, agendas and full minutes of previous meetings and other information about DEF can be found on the DEF website
• Date of next DEF 19 October 2016

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.

DAPH Rep feedback from SOCA meeting held on 27 September 2016  |  READ MORE

Save the date  |  DSCB Conference  |  Wednesday 1 March 2017 at Exeter Racecourse

The topic for the Conference is how we can develop our understanding of how we might effectively safeguard adolescents who exhibit risky behaviours. Further details about the programme will follow but 3 key speakers are confirmed:

• Marian Brandon -  Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Research on Children and Families at the University of East Anglia.
• Dez Holmes –Director of Research in Practice
• Edi Carmi – a consultant and the author of the Serious Case Review - Operation Brooke

For further details and booking information  |  READ MORE

DofE consultation  |  Reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect

Message from Philippa Geddes, DSCB Board Manager, which summarises the response to the recent consultation  |  READ MORE

Keeping Children Safe Read the latest Keeping Children Safe N E W S L E T T E R dated September 2016

Schools Safeguarding Audit 2016

This updated self-evaluation audit tool has been designed by Babcock LDP to support you in both showing where you have sound, robust procedures in place and where you need to improve in order to meet the duties under s175/157 of the Education Act 2002, KCSiE 2016 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015  |  READ MORE

EH4MH  |  Autumn Briefing 2016

Keep updated with the latest news from the Early Help for Mental Health (EH4MH) programme  |  READ MORE

If you would like to receive future briefings or copies of previous briefings, please contact Charlene Stagon, Public Health Commissioning Officer: charlene.d.stagon@devon.gov.uk

Wood Report  |  Review of the role and functions of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (March 2016)

This report sets out a new framework for improving the organisation and delivery of multi-agency arrangements to protect and safeguard children. It contains recommendations for government to consider  |  READ MORE

SEND Update  |  Important information and action for schools

Message from Jo Olsson  |  Chief Officer Children

Having recently undergone some organisational change at Devon County Council, I have now taken on the Chief Officer Children (COC) role, and I’m writing to give you an update on some important changes taking place across services for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)  |  READ MORE

SEND Helpline  |  advice and support on SEND processes

View / download the F L Y E R

Advice and support on SEND Processes. Please note that the helpline is now available 12-4pm

Contact  |  Helpline: 01392 287248 on Tuesdays 12-4pm (term-time)

Email: LDP-SencoHelpline@babcockinternational.com

How to contact Devon Integrated Children’s Services, Virgin Care READ MORE (includes details of Single Point Access (SPA) tel and email address, plus out of hours emergency numbers).

Press release  |  Social mobility package unveiled by Education Secretary

New opportunity areas across England will receive £60 million of funding to help local children get the best start in life  |  READ MORE

National Statistics  |  Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Provisional information on the 2016 phonics screening check and assessments at key stage 1, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics  |  READ MORE

Statutory guidance  |  Keeping children safe in education

Statutory guidance for schools and colleges on safeguarding children and safer recruitment  |  READ MORE

Guidance  |  Primary school accountability

Technical guidance on primary accountability and school-level progress measures  |  READ MORE

National Statistics  |  National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2016 (provisional)

Provisional 2016 key stage 2 results for pupils in schools in England at national, regional and local authority level  |  READ MORE

Guidance  |  PE and sport premium: funding conditions for 2016 to 2017

PE and sport premium conditions of grant for the 2016 to 2017 academic year  |  READ MORE

SEND website content (previously circulated in Issue 1, 16 Sept'16)

Read the COMMUNICATION to education settings to inform them of the new SEND website to enable professionals to access guidance and electronic forms relevant to SEN.

Fair Funding for Schools and High Needs Block

Read the L E T T E R (dated 12 October 2016) to the Right Honourable Justine Greening MP from Councillor James McInnes. The letter shares some serious concerns that the first stage of the Department for Education’s ‘Fair Funding’ consultation has raised for Devon in relation to the high needs block.

Read the latest Children and Families 'Connect Me' bulletin October 2016

NEW Resources for teaching pre-history in Devon

From | Stephanie Knight, Historic Environment, Environment Group,  Devon County Council

We hope that your members will be interested in these new (free) resources for teaching prehistory in Devon.

Written by an ex-archaeologist trained as a primary school teacher, and targeting NC learning objectives, the bespoke KS1 and KS2 lesson plans are based around an iconic Iron Age hillfort in the Blackdown Hills. They are designed to be used ‘off-the-peg’, but they could be adapted to investigate other archaeological sites  |  READ MORE

Contact : Historic Environment Team at Devon County Council

Email: archaeol@devon.gov.uk

Phone: 01392 383000 and ask for Stephanie Knight (Wednesday to Friday).

West Buckland School  |  Bursary Programme

Overview

Our bursary programme is unusual, if not unique, in the south west in its offer of fully funded rolling bursaries. Each year, bursaries will be awarded from Year 7 through to and including Year 11. The first recipients started at the school in September 2012. Currently, fifteen pupils are on the programme. For more details on the programme, the application and contact details  |  READ MORE

Creating and maintaining innovative spaces

Read the latest N E W S L E T T E R covering the great range of recently completed projects in the West Country.   Just as importantly is the success we have helped bring to Academies seeking funding from the EFA Condition Improvement Fund.

The NPS South West team are also delighted to announce that we have been appointed by Cornwall Council to deliver their maintenance program for schools across the county for the next 4 years.

DAG Newsletters - view the latest newsletters on the DAG website

Issue 105 (8 September), Issue 106 (22 September) and Issue 107 (6 October)

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

Jane Wotherspoon, Ofsted's National Lead for Early Years talks about inspecting two-year-olds

View this YouTube link to an Ofsted clip, just 2 minutes long about two year olds in schools.

Amended policy template for School Nursery Admissions (change to the oversubscription criteria) - September 2016

Note the change to the oversubscription criteria plus a few other minor alterations  |  read the revised POLICY TEMPLATE

Change of Age Range – Early Years

A number of schools are considering lowering their age range and it is noted that many have undertaken this by just updating Edubase.  In April 2016 the statutory guidance from the Department for Education changed in relation to prescribed alterations to maintained schools schools  |  READ MORE

The Local Authority remains the decision-maker (Governing Body in the case of voluntary and foundation schools of alteration of age range by up to 2 years).

If schools are considering a change in age range then please initially contact the Early Years Team for advice on whether the proposal is aligned to early years needs in the area.  They will then refer you to School Organisation who can advise on the statutory processes, including consultations, that have to be undertaken.  Changing Edubase is the final stage of the process once the decision has been made by the Local Authority.

Contact: Fran Butler Early Years and Childcare Sufficiency Lead Fran.butler@devon.gov.uk

SEN Support  |  clarification following the end of the childminder support contract with Noel Quinn Ltd

Local Authority advisors will act as a first point of contact for Child minders to ensure that they understand and can meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage and SEND code of Practice to meet the needs of all  children including those with additional needs and SEND.  Babcock LDP Early Years Consultants team will support this role where a child is identified with more significant SEND to ensure that appropriate provision is provided and additional actions to secure effective entry to school are taken.  Babcock LDP Early Years Consultants team will continue to provide the Area SENCo role to all Private, Voluntary Independent and maintained Nursery provision.

Please note that the DAPH Office will be closed from Friday 21 October until Monday 31 October 2016. In the meantime, we wish you all an enjoyable half term break.

Devon Association of Primary Headteachers
DAPH Office – Venture House
One Capital Court
Bittern Road
Sowton Industrial Estate
Exeter EX2 7FW

01392 380518   |   daph@devon.gov.uk   |   daph.org.uk