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   Summer Term  |  27 June 2017  |  Issue 7          See previous issues H E R E

DAPH Annual School Leadership Conference 12 &13 October 2017 at the Saunton Sands Hotel Booking is essential and via the O N L I N E   B O O K I N G   F O R M

N E W DAPH Autumn Briefing Friday 17 November 2017 at the Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton B O O K   O N L I N E

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

Workshop Programme

Maximise the impact of Teaching Assistants  |  View the F L Y E R

Message from Lorwyn Randall, Assistant Principal at Kingsbridge Community College and local EEF designated Research school

Kingsbridge Community College is running a workshop programme with the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) to help schools in Devon maximise the impact of Teaching Assistants. As you know, Teaching Assistants in primary schools across your network work hard to support your students. They also represent a significant amount of our annual expenditure on staffing. Why then does the evidence suggest that their work can often have little or no impact on student outcomes? The answer to this question lies in the way that TAs are trained and deployed…

We are delighted to have Professor Jonathan Sharples, author of the EEF Guidance Report on successful TA deployment, joining us here in Devon for a workshop programme aimed at improving our training and deployment of Teaching Assistants. We will also be joined by experienced TA Lead Karen Sewell, Senior Leader of SEND for the South West Teaching Schools Alliance. Starting in September, and together with schools from across the South West, we will be exploring the evidence around TA deployment and working on practical strategies for transforming practice and turning the hard work of our TAs into measurable results for our students.

As one of 11 Research Schools nationally, Kingsbridge has worked closely with the Education Endowment Foundation to create a CPD offer that will support schools in improving outcomes for students through better approaches to working with TAs. We are keen to work with a mixture of secondary and primary schools in the area which is why we are offering a bursary to encourage primary school involvement in the programme. As a member of the Leadership Team at Kingsbridge Community College, I am acutely aware of the financial challenges facing schools. That is why primary schools who sign up will receive a minimum of a £75 discount* bringing the cost down to just £220. Furthermore, your lead participant can bring an additional colleague from within their school to this programme of three-full days over the course of the Autumn Term completely free.

Please be aware that this course is aimed at colleagues responsible for the leadership, deployment and professional development of teaching assistants and/or members of the Leadership Team with responsibility for Teaching and Learning.

For Primary Heads to receive this bursary, please email Victoria Flower by Friday 7th July: flower.v@kingsbridgecollege.org.uk

For more information about the course, please see the F L Y E R or contact Lorwyn directly to find out more or to discuss any other opportunities for working with us as your local EEF designated Research School.

Lorwyn Randall  |  Randall.L@kingsbridgecollege.org.uk
Assistant Principal | Kingsbridge Community College  |  Tel: 01548 852641

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 18 October 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.

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

WRAP Training Questionnaire

At the most recent meeting of the Devon and Torbay Prevent Partnership it was agreed that we need to escalate any feedback about the WRAP training to the Home Office.  It was  agreed to circulate a questionnaire and evaluate the results in readiness for the next meeting on 2 October at County Hall.

See this link to the WRAP Training Questionnaire. Please send your feedback to jenny.rayner@devon.gcsx.gov.uk by Friday 21 July 2017.

Helpline  |  Advice and support on SEND processes

H e a d l i n e s  is a regular newsletter from Dawn Stabb,  Head of Education and Learning.

ead the latest issue dated 20 June 2017  |  READ MORE

Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) e-bulletins

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

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

Devon and Torbay Prevent Partnership Update  |  Stay Safe

An information film that provides advice on the steps to take to keep safe in the event of a firearms or weapons attack has been produced by National Counter Terrorism Policing in the unlikely event that the need ever arises.
 
The four minute film, Stay Safe: Firearms and Weapons Attack sets out three key steps for keeping safe. The film is accompanied by an online information leaflet.
 
The film and leaflet advise that if you are caught up in an incident to ‘run, hide and tell’ – guidance which can be applied to many places and situations.

The film and the leaflet can be accessed H E R E on the National Police Chiefs' Council website.

Admission Arrangements 2019-20

The next admissions policy cycle will begin in the autumn term. The number of schools responsible for their own arrangements is increasing. In order to support schools to meet their statutory responsibilities, the following programme will be available:

• September draft policy documents will be sent to all maintained schools and to Traded Service academies for approval. Governing boards and academy trusts should have a meeting scheduled to consider these drafts and whether any changes are to be proposed
• October voluntary aided and other faith schools should forward their proposed policies to Diocese for comment as early as possible in October
• November those schools wishing to take part in the LA-hosted consultation should confirm their proposed policies with the Policy Officer by 1 November
• 5 January the LA-hosted consultation will end
• February the policy must be determined by the admissions authority for each school by the end of February. A governing board or academy trust meeting must be scheduled in all cases. The Cabinet of the LA will determine arrangements for community and voluntary controlled schools.
• 15 March own admissions authority schools must confirm their determined policy to the LA and publish on websites by 15 March
• 15 May this is the deadline for formal objections to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator.
  

All schools are requested to respond to communications within these dates. Every maintained school and Traded Service academies will receive support for their policies and the consultation process.

During the consultation period, schools are asked to:

• Publish their own proposed policy on their website
• Feature the consultation in their newsletters and in communication with their parents
• Post a consultation flyer from the LA on the school notice board(s)
• Flag up any parent or community groups they feel may have an interest in admissions policies.
  

Should any schools be unsure about their admissions policies or whether they have met their responsibilities to publish policies on the school website and, for academies, on the academy trust website, advice is available from the LA Policy Officer.

Guidance  |  Cloud software services: how schools should protect data

Data protection guidance for schools considering using cloud services ('the cloud') to hold sensitive information  |  READ MORE

Blog  |  Ofsted - developments in education inspection

Changing our approach to short inspections: your views wanted

Message from Sean Harford, National Director, Education

Earlier this month, we launched a consultation on changes to the way we carry out our short inspections of good schools. Your views on these changes are very important to us.

We know that short inspections are generally popular with headteachers and other school leaders. They are collaborative experiences, encouraging constructive discussions between inspectors and school leaders. And they’re not as high-stakes as a full inspection. Indeed, almost 80% of respondents to a survey last year told us they were a welcome and positive change. So we are very keen to keep those benefits.

For a link to the online questionnaire and to read the full article  |  READ MORE

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