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   Spring Term  |  8 January 2018  |  Issue 1

Date for your diary  |  DASH Summer Conference

Friday 29 June 2018 - venue TBC         B O O K   O N L I N E

Reminder  |  Section 175/157 Safeguarding Annual Audit - have you missed the 31 December deadline?

The deadline for completion was 31 December 2017 - please complete and return your Safeguarding Annual Audit promptly if you haven't already done so.

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

Non-Statutory E3 funding

Letter to SENCos and Finance Officers explaining the processes in place for the end of Non-Statutory funding and ongoing support for pupils  |  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 15 January 2018

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.

Devon Children & Families Partnership devonchildrenandfamiliespartnership.org.uk 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

DCFP Winter Newsletter 2017  |  READ MORE

Helpline  |  Advice and support on SEND processes

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.

To view/subscribe to the latest bulletins  |  READ MORE

About the Education & Skills Funding Agency  |  READ MORE

Is your school information accurate?

A reminder to all schools to check / update information held within the Admissions Directory or use the Update Form via this L I N K

Guidance  |  Handbook for short, monitoring and unannounced behaviour school inspections

Guidance for Ofsted inspectors carrying out school inspections under section 8 of the Education Act 2005  |  READ MORE

DASH Representation on Working Groups

The scope and role of DASH within the local context is illustrated in the Working Groups Representation Chart effective for the current academic year.

Blog  |  Ofsted’s new arrangements for short inspections

by Sean Harford, National Director - Education

Read the latest blog from Sean Harford on the new arrangements this term  |  READ MORE

Guidance  |  School census 2017 to 2018: guide for schools and LAs  

A guide to help schools and local authorities (LAs) complete and submit their autumn 2017 to summer 2018 school census data  |  READ MORE

Open consultation  |  Changes to teaching of sex and relationship education, and PSHE

Pupils in England’s schools are currently taught about relationships, health and the wider world through sex and relationship education (SRE) and personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE) lessons. The DfE are looking into how it can improve these subjects and will be asking specific questions depending on whether you are a young person or an adult.

This survey asks for your views on a number of topics related to these subjects. It should take around 30 minutes to complete.

For further reading and to access the consultation  |  READ MORE

N E W  DAG website - see dagdevon.uk Read the latest DAG newsletter H E R E Devon Association of Governors (DAG) e-newsletter, the fortnightly digest of the articles published in the DAG website.  Most of the web pages and documents on the DAG website are restricted to DAG members - if you are a DAG member please log in or register.    Contact DAG |   info@dagdevon.uk

Devon Association of Secondary Headteachers

c/o The DAPH Office – Venture House
One Capital Court
Bittern Road
Sowton Industrial Estate
Exeter EX2 7FW

01392 380518   |   daph@devon.gov.uk   |   daph.org.uk