Autumn Term  |  30 November 2016  |  Issue 4

DAPH Spring Briefings 2017  |  Book O N L I N E

The Spring Briefings will have a focus on D A T A  &  A S S E S S M E N T

SOUTH  |  Wednesday 1 February 2017 at Buckfast Abbey, Buckfastleigh

NORTH  |  Tuesday 7 February 2017 at the Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton

Bookings 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 via the

O N L I N E   B O O K I N G   F O R M

Booked already? Check the current D E L E G A T E  L I S T

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

Headlines is a regular newsletter from Dawn Stabb,  Head of Education and Learning. Download the lastest issue dated 29 November 2016  |  READ MORE

Education Funding Agency (EFA) e-bulletins

The Education Funding Agency (EFA) e-bulletins are issued weekly in term time and provide the latest information and actions from Education Funding Agency (EFA) for academies, schools, colleges, local authorities and other post-16 providers.

To view/download the latest bulletins  |  R E A D  M O R E

To find out more about the Education Funding Agency  |  R E A D  M O R E

To subscribe to these bulletins email EFA.bulletin@education.gsi.gov.uk

Michelmores' Schools Update  |  November 2016

Read the latest update from Michelmores  |  READ MORE  |  michelmores.com

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 16 January 2017

To contact the Forum: schools.forum@devon.gov.uk         Tel: 01392 382305

Devon Education Forum (DEF) Task & Finish Group

School Funding Challenges  |  Notes of Meeting 21 November 2016

At the Devon Education Forum (DEF) meeting on 19 October 2016 it was agreed to convene a cross-representative Task & Finish Group to consider the present School Funding Challenges for Devon schools which met on 21 November 2016.

For a summary of discussion points, actions agreed and actions required by schools, please see the DAPH Update newsletter dated 24 November 2016.

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 CP Pathway for Devon

Sent on behalf of Mark Gurrey, Independent Chair of the DSCB

The Devon Safeguarding Children Board fully endorsed a new approach to child protection planning on 29 November 2016. This approach will build much more explicitly on the risks faced by children and a clear identification of the strengths and assets within a family that can be harnessed to help reduce those risks. The Board acknowledged it will require a different approach from professionals and there will be eight workshops running through December and January that will help you understand those changes and how they will impact upon your practice. To book a place please visit CPD Online (if you have not booked onto any of our training courses before, please have a look at our guidance on how to create a CPD account).

If you have any questions about the training, please contact our training team: safeguardingelearning-mailbox@devon.gov.uk

Making (and ending) child protection plans is one of the most significant interventions we can make into the lives of children and their families - it is incumbent on us all to ensure we do so effectively, for the right reasons, for the right period and with a sharp focus on risk and who needs to do what to reduce those risks. Children on child protection plans live within their family networks - placing those families at the heart of the planning process is clearly sensible and necessary.

For more information about the changes and relevant documents, please click here.

Reminder  |  Section 175/157 Safeguarding Annual Audit

Back in September, Babcock LDP distributed this year’s audit to schools and settings. In response to feedback, this year’s audit is on an Excel spreadsheet which will enable designated safeguarding leads to save and share it with colleagues. As in previous years, if the audit is not completed fully it will be returned. Please do not submit hard copies. The deadline for completion is 31 December 2016. A 100% return has been achieved for the last three years, but a lot of time is spent chasing schools which have not responded by the deadline, so please complete and return promptly.

Any questions about the audit should be sent to Louisa.rockey@babcockinternational.com

DSCB Education Sub-Group Meeting  |  7 November 2016

DAPH representative David Barnett attended this month's DSCB meeting and a summary of feedback was noted as:-

• 4 DSCB locality forums being developed to hold local services to account for performance in safeguarding children and young people and share information locally. Schools to included in forum but need to consider how to get effective voice.
  
• New ‘one minute’ guides for use with staff/governors being developed for each key area of need which will be a useful tool for CPD.
  
• Ending Domestic and Sexual Violence and Abuse strategy to be launched with key role for schools through age appropriate PSHE curriculum.

Multi Agency Early Help Operations Group Meeting  |  23 November 2016

DAPH representative David Barnett attended this month's MAEHOG meeting and a summary of feedback was noted as:-

• Changes to Early Help to be introduced after Easter ’17. New IT system alongside to improve Holistix with expectation that all schools with use it. Training to be offered to all agencies in secondary school IT suites with expectation that all schools will attend, additional training for school IT technicians and/or admin teams. Separate awareness raising training for leadership teams. The new system has been piloted in North Devon and will go through multi Agency User Acceptance Trialling in January 2017 which schools will be invited to participate in.
• Revised geographical structure for Multi- Agency Alliances. There will be 4 Alliances, one each in N, S, E & W with an assigned coordinator. These may be merged with DSCB Alliances to have single group. A revised MH triage system will also be in place within each locality to create a single point of access.
  

Threshold Tool

N E W  |   the Threshold Tool & Matrix are now available to download from the DSCB website. See Threshold Tool and Devon Threshold Matrix.

If you need any hardcopy supplies, could you please contact safeguardingchildrensboardsecure-mailbox@devon.gcsx.gov.uk with the exact number of threshold tools you require for your service.

Small numbers can be posted directly to schools. Should more than 20 copies be required, you may need to collect from the office or, if you are on the courier run, please provide clear instructions about where to send them. Please note that Babcock also have a stock of hardcopies for circulation.

Contact: Robin Gretenkort, Service Support Officer  robin.gretenkort@devon.gcsx.gov.uk

Prevent update – November 2016

Prevent is about safeguarding people and communities from the threat of terrorism. Prevent is 1 of the 4 elements of CONTEST, the Government’s counter-terrorism strategy. It aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.

The Prevent strategy:

• Responds to the ideological challenge we face from terrorism and aspects of extremism, and the threat we face from those who promote these views;
• Provides practical help to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism and ensure they are given appropriate advice and support; and
• Works with a wide range of sectors (including education, criminal justice, faith, charities, online and health) where there are risks of radicalisation that we need to deal with.

Prevent covers all forms of terrorism and extremism and some aspects of non-violent extremism. The Home Office works with local authorities, a wide range of government departments, and community organisations to deliver the Prevent strategy.

Did you know that this week is Counter Terrorism Awareness Week? READ MORE

Babcock Safeguarding Update  |  November 2016 Read the final Safeguarding Newsletter of the year which covers a range of safeguarding issues.

What is a LADO?

Helping you feel more confident to seek advice

As you may know, the Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) is responsible for co-ordinating the response to concerns that an adult, who works with children, may have caused them or could cause them harm  |  READ MORE

Request for Representation on new SEND Moderation Panels

School representatives from primary and secondary are being invited to be part of the Local Authority SEND Moderation Panels. The SEND team will also be inviting representation from other partner SEN support services to include Babcock LDP, Health and Care colleagues. Both Health and Care are looking at how they effectively contribute to the EHCP process and how they will contribute to the moderation.

See links to Moderation Panel Arrangements &  Moderation Panel dates for further information and the Threshold and Criteria document or  R E A D  M O R E  H E R E

Devon's Peer Review of SEND - feedback

Last week's visit to Devon from the LGA Peer Review team culminated in a presentation and feedback from the team at an open session on Friday.

After a welcome from Cabinet Member for Children and Families, Cllr James McInnes, Devon County Council's Chief Officer for Children's Services, Jo Olsson thanked the team, saying:  "This is a fantastic opportunity, and will enable us to galvanise every bit of the system to accelerate our work in this hugely important area."

Jo also thanked the many partners, staff, parents and children and young people who had participated and engaged in the review process, as well as the Peer Review support team  |  READ MORE

Message from Philippa Court, Senior Manager, Early Help Provision

Early Help Colleagues at Devon County Council have been working with representatives from schools and partner agencies to streamline the Early Help Assessment and Planning tools as well as simplify the HolistiX system. The upgraded version of the system, which has been renamed ‘Right for Children’, and the Early Help tools are scheduled to go live in April 2017. The ‘Right for Children’ system includes improved functionality to manage and keep track of caseloads.

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Colleagues from schools are invited to take place in user acceptance testing of the updated system, which will be taking place from the 9th to 31st of January 2017.

Training for users of new system “Right for Children"

Initial training for users on the new “Right for Children” system will take place from 20th of February onwards at venues across the County. 

To take part in user acceptance testing, or to be considered for the initial training dates please see DAPH UPDATE newsletter dated 29 November 2016 for contact details and more information.

Data and Assessment Team Primary Assessment Update – November 2016

This Data and Assessment Update contains information relating to assessment for Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 in 2017 along with links to guidance from STA. Also included in this update are details of KS1 New to Year 2 courses and KS2 New to Year 6 courses  |  READ MORE

Primary RE Newsletter – November 2016

Read the latest Primary RE newsletter, giving up-to-date information on RE-related matters including a list of courses available next year. For more information about faith and belief visits and visitors, please conact Ed Pawson  |  efpawson@gmail.com

DAG Newsletters - view the latest newsletters on the DAG website

Read Issue 110  |  17 November 2016

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

Contact  |  dag.gb.com

Correspondence  |  School inspection newsletter: 2015 to 2016

This newsletter provides inspectors and stakeholders with information and guidance about Ofsted's inspection work in schools  |  READ MORE

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