{"id":22175,"date":"2024-12-11T11:51:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=22175"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:37:46","slug":"preparing-for-adulthood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/send-local-offer\/working-together\/you-said-we-did\/preparing-for-adulthood\/","title":{"rendered":"You said, we did: Preparing for adulthood"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-675995abe0a35\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You said, we did: Preparing for adulthood<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div 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