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We are aware of a fault on the DAPH Office telephone number
01392 380518. Please bear with us whilst we try to get it sorted – in the
meantime please EMAIL
or telephone 01392 380519.
Working Practice Agreement
(WPA) | return to the DAPH office by 24 May 2017
Thank you to the schools who have already returned their
completed WPA. For those who haven't, a reminder to return your WPA to the DAPH
Office (via email
or hardcopy post - see office address at the bottom of this newsletter) no
later than Wednesday 24 May 2017.
G U I D A N C E
on completing page 7:
Schools should return
a full copy of the document with all boxes on page 7 completed. If a
partner organisation (i.e. MAT / Federation) is signing on behalf of its
component schools, please list the individual school names and Data Protection
Registration Numbers.
For schools that have
not registered please be aware that The Data Protection Act 1998 requires every
organisation that processes personal information to register with the
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), unless they are exempt. Failure to do
so is a criminal offence.
To find out how to
register and to access specific guidance around how The Data Protection and
Freedom of Information Acts cover certain issues relating to education and
educational establishments please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office
website at ico.org.uk
For those schools who
are registerd but unsure where to find their Data Protection Act 1998
Registration Number, visit this L I N K to the ICO website to
search the register. Please add the relevant number to the box on page 7 of the
WPA before returning.
To see our previous
communication including Jo Olsson's letter and to download the WPA
document | R E A D M O R E
School Census Bulletin – Summer 2017
(2)
DfE School Census Date: Thu 18th May
2017 Return Date: Tues 23rd May 2017
See the communication to schools regarding the school census
with dates, quick guide, check list and links to websites | READ MORE
 DASH Summer Conference | Friday 7 July 2017
Have you booked?
Check the current D E L E G A T E L I S T (as at 19.05.17)
This all-day Summer event is returning to the beautiful Bovey Castle
in the heart of Dartmoor National Park.
For more details
regarding the event, including speakers and how to book accommodation for the
Thursday evening (6 July) | R E A D M O R E
A C C
O M M O D A T I O N at Bovey Castle: last
few rooms remaining! Book by today Friday 19 May 2017 to attract the discounted rate.
To check your
accommodation arrangements, please contact Bovey Castle directly on 01647 445007.
D A T E F O R Y O U
R D I A R Y | DASH Winter Conference 2017
Friday 8 December 2017 at the Flybe
Training Centre, Exeter. More details to follow.
Sign up for tax free childcare now!
Schools will need to sign up for tax-free childcare to receive
payments from parents.
Tax-Free Childcare is
a new government scheme to help working parents with the cost of childcare. If
your schools trustees or governing body run any type of childcare i.e.
breakfast, after school, holiday club and /or a preschool or nursery you should
take action now if you have not done so already | READ MORE
NASUWT Arts & Minds Competition
2017 – £1000s in Prizes to Be Won
NASUWT Arts &
Minds Competition has been organised to celebrate Black History Month and to
promote cultural diversity, equality and tackling racism in schools. It is
intended that the competition complements schools’ existing classroom
activities on ethnic diversity, identity and anti-racism | 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 21 June 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
DCC Education Finance Blog
| Apprenticeship Levy 1: Schools’ 0.5% Charge
You will be aware that the Apprenticeship Levy has been
introduced by Government from April 2017 and there has been guidance sent out
by HR via Schools Communications on how this will
work for schools of all types.
Initial discussions
from the guidance felt that the best way to charge schools would be as an
annual payment calculated on pupil numbers at the October Census date. However,
as the Levy guidance has evolved it has become apparent that the Authority will
be charged 0.5% of the pay bill on a monthly basis.
We are therefore
passing the 0.5% charges directly onto the schools in this manner |
READ MORE
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.
Devon Safeguarding Children Board
Visit the website | devonsafeguardingchildrenboard.org
DSCB Newsletters
| click H E R E to sign up and receive news and
udpates direct to your inbox.
M A S H
| the advice to anyone in Devon who may have suspicions of child abuse or
neglect is to contact Devon’s Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH):
Tel: 0345 155 1071
| email: mashsecure@devon.gcsx.gov.uk
|
South West Child Protection
Procedures (SWCPP) Awareness Raising Campaign
A recent survey of the South West LSCBs has
shown that nearly half of practitioners that filled out the survey were not
aware that SWCPP existed. In order to improve practice and provide more
consistency in the way we safeguard children in Devon, the DSCB will be running
a short awareness raising campaign about SWCPP. We want to ensure that all
practitioners working with children and young people are aware of this useful
resource and make it their first point of enquiry when they are unsure about
how to address an emerging safeguarding issue | READ MORE
Safeguarding Training Magazine
| May 2017
Read the latest Safeguarding Training Magazine which
includes updates on
- Early
Help
- Neglect
- Child
Protection Conferences
- Adolescents
and Relationships
- County
Lines
DSCB Training and Events
A number of spaces are
available on the following courses:
24 May 2017 –
Adolescents and Risk – running at the Sports Pavilion at Starcross
– this is a new course which follows on from the very successful DSCB
Conference and looks at the issues of adolescents and risk, what is ‘good’ risk
and what is dangerous risk, how can we support adolescents through their risky
behaviour and have the right conversations with them. This is a new and exciting
course delivered by a practitioner with extensive experience of working with
adolescents.
25 May 2017 –
Safeguarding Supervision for Managers – running at
Filleigh Village Hall – this is a highly regarded course, providing some
excellent guidance to managers across all agencies in the principles of
effective safeguarding supervision.
More information
| visit the DSCB website for details of courses and
how to book
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/subscribe to the
latest bulletins | READ MORE
About
the Education Funding Agency | READ MORE
Important Communication re: Pension
Costs for Non-Teaching Staff
For the attention of the Headteacher and Business Manager of
Maintained Schools
Read the L E T T E R from Dawn Stabb, Head of
Education and Learning, and Mary Davis, County Treasurer, for your information.
Delivery Plan for Children’s
Services March 2017-2018
The Devon Children and Families Partnership has laid out its
ambitions for Devon’s children and young people. Devon’s future prosperity,
success and ultimate sustainability depends upon the education, health and
wellbeing of our children and young people today | READ MORE
Devon Schools RE Newsletter – May
2017
Welcome to the Summer Term RE newsletter
| READ MORE
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