{"id":16157,"date":"2023-09-22T12:23:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/educationandfamilies\/?page_id=16157"},"modified":"2023-09-22T12:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:23:03","slug":"life-chances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/children-and-young-peoples-plan-2019-2023\/life-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"Life chances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are ambitious for all our children and young people and have <b>high expectations of our schools<\/b>, colleges, settings and partnership support services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want all children in Devon to have the <b>best start in life <\/b>and, as they grow into young adults, to have <b>access to opportunities<\/b> for training, education, employment and apprenticeships to help them gain the skills they need to <b>become independent and thrive<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have a strong <b>focus on disadvantage <\/b>and want to help everyone to access their right to an education, be included and <b>achieve their full potential<\/b>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our priorities to 2023 are:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A good education for all<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Work together with schools, colleges and others to\u00a0raise overall\u00a0educational outcomes and to\u00a0narrow the attainment gap\u00a0for boys and disadvantaged pupils<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintain our\u00a0focus on inclusion\u00a0and ensuring all children get their right to a full education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continue to\u00a0develop local opportunities for\u00a0training, education, employment and apprenticeships\u00a0with particular support for young people with additional needs or from disadvantaged backgrounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Education\/EULignVJ6Q5KqPWIXUZZ6e4B22WN-bVOzaZhoOeQYdoWAA?e=hRPtxU\" rel=\"noopener\">Championing All Our Children<\/a> document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Better support for children in care and care leavers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We want all our children in care and those leaving care to be set up for life to aspire and achieve. We will do what it takes to keep children in care in good, local, family based placements so that their education, friendships and community connections can be sustained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/child-family-support\/young-people\/children-in-care\/education-of-children-in-care\">Virtual Schools Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"life-chances-send\">Improving our Special Educational Needs (SEND) offer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We will have a major review and redesign in order to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Improve access to advice, support and guidance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure lead practitioners help families navigate the system and remove barriers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure everyone that needs one gets a timely and comprehensive Education Health and Care Plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve the multi-agency response to Autistic Spectrum Conditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrate services and wrap support around children and families<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensure more support to improve the transition into adulthood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/working-together\/what-we-are-doing\/\">SEND Strategy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are ambitious for all our children and young people and have high expectations of our schools, colleges, settings and partnership support services. We want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":16145,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-16157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-01 04:00:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16157\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}