Teaching Assistants (TAs)
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What pay bands apply to the TAs within Devon County Council? Please list the entire pay scale from top to bottom i.e., most senior to most junior with all spinal points in between. |
These are the pay bands which apply to TAs employed by Devon County Council schools. |
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Please list the qualifications considered acceptable by Devon County Council for a 1:1 TA post working with a child with: · Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) · Specific Learning Difficulties · Dyspraxia · Hypermobility · Sensory processing modulation disorder · Hearing difficulties · Social interaction difficulties · Severe anxiety · 116p11.2 duplication · Social vulnerability · Short attention span |
Please see this job description for Specialist Teaching Assistants (Supporting and Delivering Learning) for this information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Please list all training provided by Devon County Council to TAs in the LA area over the last 3 years. Please indicate which specific elements of this training was provided to TAs at Littletown Primary Academy. Please indicate which specific elements of this training was provided to TAs at Honiton Community College. |
Devon County Council does not provide training to TAs/HLTAs, and commissions Babcock for this. Babcock offers Communities of Practice Network Meetings for TAs and HLTAs in both primary and secondary schools. Babcock also offer termly Early Years Foundation Stage briefings. In addition, Babcock offers Continuing Professional Development for TAs in both primary and secondary schools for those who work supporting children and young people with autism. Both Littletown Primary and Honiton Community College are academies, so they buy in their own training from third party organisations. For more information please contact the academies themselves.
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What is the additional on-cost to the Local Authority (LA) (as employer), as a percentage of salary, (i.e., National Insurance / Pension Contribution) for TAs? Please include variations associated with age of pupils taught and variations associated with number of hours worked by the employee. |
25.8% |
Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs)
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What pay bands apply to the HLTAs within Devon County Council? Please list the entire pay scale from top to bottom i.e., most senior to most junior with all spinal points in between. |
These are the pay bands which apply to HLTAs employed by Devon County Council schools.
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Please list the qualifications considered acceptable by Devon County Council for a 1:1 HLTA post working with a child with: · ASD · Specific Learning Difficulties · Dyspraxia · Hypermobility · Sensory processing modulation disorder · Hearing difficulties · Social interaction difficulties · Severe anxiety · 116p11.2 duplication · Social vulnerability · Short attention span |
Please see these job descriptions for HLTA (Supporting and Delivering Learning) and HLTA (Behaviour, Guidance and Support) for this information. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Please list all training provided by Devon County Council to HLTAs in the LA area over the last 3 years. Please indicate which specific elements of this training was provided to HLTAs at Littletown Primary Academy Please indicate which specific elements of this training was provided to HLTAs at Honiton Community College |
Devon County Council does not provide training to TAs/HLTAs, and commissions Babcock for this. Babcock offers Communities of Practice Network Meetings for TAs and HLTAs in both primary and secondary schools. Babcock also offer termly Early Years Foundation Stage briefings. In addition, Babcock offers Continuing Professional Development for TAs in both primary and secondary schools for those who work supporting children and young people with autism. Both Littletown Primary and Honiton Community College are academies, so they buy in their own training from third party organisations. For more information please contact the academies themselves. |
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What is the additional on-cost to the LA (as employer), as a percentage of salary, (i.e., National Insurance / Pension Contribution) for HLTAs? Please include variations associated with age of pupils taught and variations associated with number of hours worked by the employee. |
28.2% |
Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) & Occupational Therapists (OTs)
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Please provide a copy of the Service Level Agreements between Devon County Council and the local NHS Trusts, as regards the provision of SLT and OT within Littletown Primary Academy. Please provide a copy of the Service Level Agreements between Devon County Council and the local NHS Trusts, as regards the provision of SLT and OT within Honiton Community College. |
Devon County Council has Section 75 agreements for OTs which are commissioned by Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), but are not targeted to any particular school. Therefore there are no service level agreements between Devon County Council and the local NHS Trusts regarding OTs, and so this information is not held by DCC. SLTs work as part of a multi-disciplinary team which is commissioned by the Devon CCG. Just as with the OTs, SLT provision is not targeted to any particular school. Schools, including academies, can buy in the services they need for their particular children. Please contact each individual school for more information. |
Does Devon County Council have any contracts with any specific Primary Care Trusts for any SLT and / or OT provision within:
Under each of these contracts:
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Devon County Council has Section 75 agreements for OTs which are commissioned by Devon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), but are not targeted to any particular school. Therefore there are no contracts between Devon County Council and any Primary Care Trusts regarding OTs, and so this information is not held by DCC. SLTs work as part of a multi-disciplinary team which is commissioned by the Devon CCG. Just as with the OTs, SLT provision is not targeted to any particular school. Schools, including academies, can buy in the services they need for their particular children. Please contact each individual school for more information. As Devon County Council does not have any contracts, this question is not applicable. |
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What is the Age Weighted Pupil Unit (AWPU) or similarly named sum / fund which would follow pupils into mainstream school? Does the amount vary with the age of pupil? If so, what is the amount for senior school pupils? |
The AWPU/Base Entitlement per pupil for the 2021/22 financial year is: Primary – £3,147.59 KS3 – £4,428.59 KS4 – £4,987.59 |
Transport
Please provide details of:
from EX14 9TS to Trinity School (TQ14 8LY) by taxi, also specifying distance and duration of the route used. |
The cost would be in the region of £240.00 per day based on current availability. This includes the escort cost. This price would be subject to a full tender taking place The route taken would be take approximately 45 minutes via the A30, Junction 29 of M5, A380 and then the B3192 into Teignmouth. Distance is 30 miles. |
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Please detail whether the above journey would be shared with other pupils. If so, what distance and duration this would add to the journey? |
There are no other pupils to currently link the transport into. Should this change any journey times and distances for shared transport takes into account the Education Transport Policy. Within this policy Section 9.27 sets out the position on journey times. As well as journey times shared transport will take into account the individual needs of each child on that journey travelling together. |
How will:
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Driver and escort training is set out in the Driver & Escort Handbook. In addition to those listed on page 23, drivers also now undertake data protection training, and for drivers and escorts the equality and safeguarding training is now the “Equality, Diversity and safeguarding” training. Introductions take place between contractor driver and escorts and parent/passengers, who can include the necessary arrangements for substitute/relief drivers and escorts. Any additional training will take place if required to meet any additional special needs not covered by mandatory training Officers within our Transport Coordination Service will work closely with contractors, crews and parents. |