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Further
developments on Funding Challenges
in
Devon Schools
Local MPs respond to DAPH/DASH
concerns over funding challenges in Devon Schools
Following on from the initial DASH Update communication on 8 December
2016, which urged schools to join the Devon campaign and raise awareness of the
funding challenges, a big thank you to everyone who has since written to their
local MP and/or Councillor. A library of letters sent by schools and also MP
responses are available to view on the DAPH website homepage and we will keep you
updated as the campaign progresses.
Two meetings with MPs
have been scheduled; Anne-Marie Morris MP (Newton Abbot) and Dr Sarah Wollaston
MP (Totnes) are meeting at one of their constituency schools during January and
other area meetings are being planned.
A reminder for schools
to also send a copy of their letter to the DAPH office at daph@devon.gov.uk
so that a central library of all letters written by Devon Schools can be
compiled. Thank you.
Schools National Funding Formula
Consultation (stage 2)
Illustrative Funding Allocations for
Schools
So how will the NFF affect my
school?
Impact of the proposed
schools national funding formula is available to view online. Note that this is
an indicative tool and we would urge you to read the accompanying guidance
notes. Follow these instructions to view the workbook:-
- Click
to access the Schools National Funding Formula C O N S U L T A T I O N
- in
the 'Related' section underneath the online survey, open the workbook
titled 'Impact of the Proposed Schools NFF 20161220.xlsm' .
- make
sure that the workbook is enabled for editing.
- select
'Devon' and school name. The workbook will then show an explanation of
baseline funding, illustrative NFF funding and the percentage change for
your school.
At a meeting of Schools
Finance Group (SFG) held on 4 January 2017, it was agreed to convene a
meeting of LA officers and phase association representatives to review detail
of the proposals outlined in the DfE consultation with a view to compiling a
Devon response. This will be made available to schools to use as guidance for
individual responses, and we plan to share this with you as soon as possible
and hopefully prior to the Feburary half term break.
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 | READ MORE
See also the L E T T E R from Ivan Ould, Chair of f40,
addressed to Lead Members for Education in all f40 Member Authorities regarding
the 2nd Stage of Fair Funding Consultation.
Consultation outcome |
High needs funding reform
See the government response, which includes a
summary of the responses received and the government’s response outlining the
next steps.
N E W | Open
consultation: High needs national funding formula: stage 2
Running concurrently
with the national funding formula proposals above, this consultation seeks your
views on the design of the high needs national funding formula and on changes
to the way high needs funding is distributed | READ MORE
Date
for your diary!
Bookings
are now open for the DASH Summer Conference
Friday 7 July 2017 | Bovey Castle
This all-day Summer event is returning to the beautiful Bovey Castle in the heart of Dartmoor National Park. Keynote speakers are yet to be confirmed, in the meantime keep the date in your diary and B O O K O N L I N E
Aspiring Heads: Leadership Development Programme
“For practitioners, by practitioners”
Subsidised cost at £250 per candidate including all residential costs
The application round is now open for the tenth cohort of Aspiring Heads, a Leadership Development Programme for Senior Leaders (Deputy or Assistant Heads) who aspire to Headship.
It is relevant to relatively inexperienced Senior Leaders who are considering whether to plan a career towards Headship and also for those who perhaps did NPQH some time ago and need to consider once more whether now is the time to pursue that pathway.
D A T E S of the programme are as follows:
9th and 10th February, 27th March, 23rd May, plus 'shadowing experience' tbc by delegates.
View the F L Y E R for information. More details including the outline programme and the booking form can be found on the LSSW website: www.leadingschoolssouthwest.org.uk
Leadership of Learning (for secondary schools/academies)
Leadership of Learning is a very practical and hands-on course designed to help senior leaders beyond simply monitoring teaching and learning, but progress to how to bring about a sustained, positive impact on the quality of teaching and learning.
This programme consists of three separate days with participants visiting each other’s schools and implementing the ideas formed during the course.
D A T E S
Day 1 : 20th January 2017 at Uffculme School
Day 2 : 3rd February 2017 at St James School, Exeter
Day 3 : 3rd March 2017 at St James School, Exeter
Cost | £550 per delegate or £1000 for two delegates from the same school (+ VAT)
Changes to Apprenticeships – January
2017 update
You will be aware from previous communications that the
Government are making changes to Apprenticeships. This communication provides
you with information on how this will impact on schools as employers, including
what we know about how different types of schools will be affected by the Levy,
how our plans for apportioning the Levy costs and implementing the new system
are progressing and how schools will be able to use the Levy funds for
apprenticeships | READ MORE
Off-payroll working: major changes
ahead from April 2017
The Government are making changes to tax regulations for workers
who are hired off the payroll. Off-payroll workers are paid by invoice via an
intermediary such as their own limited company or partnership (also known as a
personal services company) or via a recruitment agency rather than Devon County
Council’s payroll service | READ MORE
Devon County Council school term
dates 2018/19 and 2019/20
Local authorities have a duty to determine the school term dates
for community and voluntary-controlled schools in their area. Attached are
Devon County Council’s proposed dates for both 2018/19 and 2019/20
| READ MORE
School Census Spring 17
Initial communication to schools regarding the School Census
with dates, census quick guide and links to websites | READ MORE
When attending
meetings of Devon Education Forum (DEF), its sub-groups and other statutory or
working groups, DASH Representatives provide a summary of key messages and
issues affecting the secondary 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
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.
 Kayleigh’s Love Story - online grooming film available online
Leicestershire Police have made a film about the case of 15-year-old schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood. Kayleigh was groomed online in November 2015 and 13 days later was raped and murdered by her groomer’s next door neighbour.
All criminal proceedings in this case concluded in June 2016, since which time the film has been shown in tightly-controlled screenings to partners and colleagues in the safeguarding arena, both locally and nationally.
In September 2016 a major programme began, screening the film to all children aged (secondary school) 11 and above, both in state and independent schools, to those taught from home and those children in alternative provision. To date, the film has been shown to more than 35,000 children in groups of no more than 30 at a time.
The full version of
the film, along with a signed version, an audio-described version and versions
of the film translated into five languages - Polish, Hindi, Guajarati, Urdu and
Punjabi – will be available to the public on Leicestershire Police’s YouTube
channel https://www.youtube.com/user/leicspolice
For more details about this story | READ MORE
DSCB Winter Newsletter
Read the latest news and updates in the DSCB Winter
Newsletter | READ MORE
Briefing note | Police
action in response to youth produced sexual imagery
Version 1.0 November 2016
The college of policing have published a
briefing note about police action in response to youth produced sexual imagery
(‘sexting’) | READ MORE
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DBS Update Service – change to DBS
policy
Change of DBS checking policy for Schools and Academies on using
the DBS Update Service | READ MORE
SENtient
Student Forum ‘Listen to Us’ event
Thursday
9th February 2017 at the Best Western Hotel, Tiverton
View the F L Y E R for more information.
How to book
| if you would like to attend this event, please email christine.walker@learntolivefederation.co.uk
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
Statutory guidance |
Induction for newly qualified teachers (NQTs)
Statutory guidance on NQT inductions for headteachers, school
staff and governing bodies | READ MORE
DAG Newsletters - view the latest
newsletters on the DAG website
Read Issue 112 | 4
January 2017
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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