 DAPH AGM 2017
Following the DAPH AGM held on 28 June 2017, membership of the DAPH Executive Committee from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018 is now confirmed as follows:
Continuing Full Members of DAPH Executive
Paul Walker | First Federation (Chair)
David Barnett | Chudleigh CofE Primary School
Caroline Boother | Hatherleigh Community Primary School
Re-elected Full Members of DAPH Executive
Jonathan Bishop | Broadclyst Primary School
Martyn Boxall | Exeter Children's Federation
Alun Dobson | Marwood Primary School
Jan Reid | Yeo Valley Primary School
Jamie Stone | Denbury Primary School
Newly Elected to vacant position on Full Membership
Hilary Priest | The Grove Primary School, Totnes
Continuing Co-opted DAPH Executive Members
Penny Hammett | Fort Federation
Antony Power | Michelmores
Newly Appointed Co-opted DAPH Executive Members
Ashley Leeson | Ventrus MAT
Melanie Smallwood | Bishops Tawton Primary School
Paul Walker will continue as Chair for the Academic Year 2017/18
Alun Dobson will act as Vice Chair for the Academic Year 2017/18
 DAPH Annual School Leadership Conference
12 &13 October 2017 at the Saunton Sands Hotel
Speakers
confirmed - see the DAPH website for more info
Booking is essential
and via the O N L I N E B O O K I N G F O R M
Have you booked yet? Check
the current D E L E G A T E L I S T
Invoicing | schools will be invoiced during the Summer half term. If you need to
check or amend your current booking, please contact the DAPH office.
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DAPH Autumn Briefing
Friday 17 November 2017 at the Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton
With DAPH key messages plus updates from
NAHT | Paul Whiteman, General Secretary
Ofsted | Mark Lindfield, SHMI
plus a representative from the Regional Schools Commissioner office
B O O K O N L I N E
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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
H E A D S T R O N G | Investing in ourselves. Wellbeing: what’s it all about? Looking after our Leaders
Presented by Babcock LDP and School Leadership Support Service, in partnership with the Devon Association of Primary Headteachers (DAPH), and Devon County Council.
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Headteacher Tea and Cake
Events | invitation from Dawn Stabb
See the recent communication from Dawn Stabb with an invitation
to all schools to attend Headteacher Tea and Cake events:-
All Schools Invitation
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Maintained Schools Invitation (to
include network meetings) | READ MORE
Those wishing to attend the last event on Wednesday 12 July at
the Devon Hotel, Exeter should book by contacting hannah.keyte@devon.gov.uk
(PA to Dawn Stabb)
Early Health 4 Mental Health evaluation survey to all schools!
The Early Help for Mental Health (EH4MH) Programme operates in school settings across Devon and aims to support emotional resilience in children and young people. Public Health Devon are evaluating the programme, so if you have a view you would like to share we’d love to hear from you – visit our O N L I N E S U R V E Y to give your views (by 28 July).
Letter from Jo Olsson and Mark
Gurrey
See letter about staff changes in safeguarding following
the establishment of the Devon Children & Families Partnership
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DAPH Annual Report 2016/17
Read this year’s DAPH Annual Report 2016/17 for an overview of the work undertaken by DAPH during the past academic year | READ MORE
Safety First Bulletin | Schools and Academies version
Read the Health & Safety’s recently published “Safety First”
Newsletter for Summer 2017 which includes information on:-
- Bomb
Threat & Evacuation
- School
Security
- Outdoor
Education
- School
Trips - Insurance
- INSET
Day Health & Safety Training
- Swimming
Pools and more....
READ MORE
Virgin Care | Autism survey (reply by 7 July 2017)
Virgin Care provides a service in Devon to diagnose Autistic Spectrum Condition. A survey has been designed to help the service to improve its offer to families and referrers of children where there is a suspected Autism diagnosis. It only take 4-5 minutes to complete | READ MORE
 Michelmores' Schools Update
Read the latest newsletter from Michelmores dated June 2017 | READ MORE
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 NPS Group Summer Newsletter
Read the latest Summer 2017 newsletter from NPS Group | READ MORE
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 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
Education Finance blog |
Governance and Compliance 54: Surplus Carry Forward Balances Explanation
Posted on 29 June 2017 by education.finance
Following up on the recent email that has been sent to some
schools requesting an explanation of the year end surplus balances that are
greater than £50,000 or 5% of School Budget Share.
By way of reminder, this is not a new request and is something
that is asked of annually set out in the
year end
guidance letter. Section 4 of the ‘Scheme of Financing
Schools’, stipulates that we do not require to report where the balance is less
than the smaller amount of 3% of the budget share or £25,000, however we
have focused on higher levels this year due to the current concern around
school funding.
If you have received an email requesting an explanation and have
not already done so, I would be grateful if you could provide information on
how the school intends to use the surplus balance of 2016/17 in the coming
year(s).
Please notify us by emailing financeschool-mailbox@devon.gov.uk
Many thanks for those who have already responded.
 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 updates 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
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New | 'Devon Children
and Families Partnership' Mailbox
From Monday 3rd July, the DSCB Business Unit is changing their
e-mail address in order to reflect the recent partnership changes. The main
e-mail address for the newly formed “Devon Children and Families Partnership”
will be:
childsc.childrenfamiliespartnershipsecure-mailbox@devon.gcsx.gov.uk
We appreciate that this e-mail address is rather long and
complicated, so for convenience we have also established an alternative e-mail
address, which can be used to contact the business unit:
childrenfamiliespartnership@devon.gcsx.gov.uk
E-mails to both of these e-mail addresses will be delivered to
the same inbox. E-mails that are sent to the old DSCB e-mail address will be
forwarded to the new address in the short term. This email address will however
at some point no longer be valid.
Safeguarding against Domestic
Violence | Views on Health - survey
Message from Lorren Stainton
Safeguarding (Domestic Violence) Programme Officer
NHS England is currently undertaking two scoping exercises
relating to safeguarding children, young people and adults are being
safeguarded against domestic violence. The first scoping exercise will be
targeted at Health. The second scoping exercise will be targeted at all
agencies in the region who work with Health to help safeguard.
This second scoping exercise involves getting your feedback on;
what you think is working in Health, what is not working so well in Health, and
what we can do to improve safeguarding practices to address this safeguarding
issue.
Please distribute this survey widely so that we can gather as
much information as possible.
Safeguarding against Domestic Violence: Views on Health https://qualityhub.typeform.com/to/q0cebv
Please note that this link will expire Friday 7th July.
 Helpline | Advice and support on SEND processes
Headlines is a regular
newsletter from Dawn Stabb, Head of Education and Learning. Download
the lastest issue dated 20
June 2017 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.
View/subscribe to the latest bulletins | R E A D M O R E
To find out more about the Education and Skills Funding Agency | R E A D M O R E
ESFA Fire Safety Survey
Following the horrific Grenfell Tower fire, the Government is embarking on a data collection exercise and this includes buildings used for publicly-funded education and training. The Education and Skills Funding Agency have recently sent out letters requesting the completion of a survey in some tight timescales.
The Local Authority is completing the survey for Maintained schools, however Chief Executives of Academy Trusts and Chief Executives of Diocesan Educational Trusts are likely to have received this survey separately. We would encourage academies to complete the surveys should they receive one in order for a more complete picture of the scale of the issue to be developed.
Health and safety incident
Following a recent Health and Safety incident in a toilet cubicle at a school in Swindon, it is felt the lessons learnt from this incident be shared with our schools for their consideration | READ MORE
 RM SecureNet Replacement
Devon County Council and Schools have statutory and financial obligations which require the secure transfer of information between schools and the Local Authority in a managed and auditable way.
As you may be aware, RM SecureNet will be withdrawn from service on the 31 August 2017. The system is used by Devon County Council and Schools to exchange finance, payroll and education data securely on a regular basis | READ MORE
Transition Guidance for Schools and Education Settings
Record Keeping: Why is it important?
At times of transition it is an opportunity for careful proactive planning and sharing of information which, if conducted sensitively and with care, can ensure a successful transition at any stage. It provides a consistent account of our involvement with children, young people and their families.
Well-kept records should mean that schools, individuals and families do not have to keep ‘telling their story’ and prevents the need for settings having to ‘start again’. For more information please see the Transition Guidance document as advertised on the DSCB website or CLICK HERE to download.
Citizen Portal for Free School Meals
The free school meals service will be launching a new online self-service platform which will enable members of the public to access their school meal eligibility check | READ MORE
 Guidance | Preventing bullying
Guidance for schools on preventing and responding to bullying | READ MORE
National Statistics | National curriculum assessments: key stage 2, 2017 (interim)
Provisional headline information on the 2017 national curriculum assessments at key stage 2 | READ MORE
Official Statistics |
Maintained schools and academies inspections and outcomes as at 31 March 2017
This data on maintained schools and academies covers January to
March 2017 (provisional) and September to December 2016 (revised) |
READ MORE
Guidance | EYFS learning and development requirements: exemptions for children
What early years settings need to do to disapply or modify some aspects of the early years foundation stage (EYFS) for an individual child | READ MORE
Guidance | EYFS learning and development requirements: exemptions for providers
What early years providers and independent schools must do to be exempt from some aspects of the early years foundation stage (EYFS) | READ MORE
 REMINDER | 30 hours childcare funding (Extended Entitlement)
From September working parents with a three or four year old child could be eligible for 30 hours of early learning and childcare per week in a nursery, preschool or with a childminder. Schools are to remind parents to check their eligibility and apply in good time to meet the 31 August 2017 deadline | READ MORE
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 The DAPH Office team and members of the Executive committee wish their colleague Holly Hawkins all the best for the future as she is leaving post this week. Holly joined as temporary DAPH Administrator in Summer 2016 and has been an invaluable member of staff. Best of luck Holly - we will miss you!
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