Yearly Communication Archives: 2025
Transitions support sessions – Support available for parents, carers and young carers before, during and after transitions
The next session in our preparing for adulthood series takes place on Tuesday 20 May – we’d appreciate if you could share with your parents, particularly parents of SEND children. In this session, we’ll be covering the support available for parents, carers and young carers before, during and after transitions. We’ll be learning about the Continue reading →
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13 May 2025Purpose
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Devon Education Services bulletin for schools and academies
View the DES May bulletin of training, CPD and current news. Don’t forget to subscribe to receive future issues. https://newzapp.co.uk/clients/forms/dcc/1514/marketing.html
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13 May 2025Purpose
Free support for requirement to have Climate Action Plan
Devon County Council are surveying all schools and education settings in Devon to find out about awareness around the need to write a Climate Action Plan (CAP) for your school this year. This is following the Department for Education’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, requiring all schools to have a plan in place, and a Continue reading →
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13 May 2025Purpose
Trade Unions to ballot over the NJC pay offer 2025/6
Following the National Employer’s response to the Trade Unions NJC pay claim 2025/6, the trade unions have announced their intentions to ballot members over the pay offer: UNISON are recommending members reject the offer and will conduct a consultative ballot from *16 May to 20 June 2025. GMB are recommending members reject the offer and will conduct Continue reading →
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13 May 2025Purpose
Consultation: South Molton Community Primary School
The Harbour Schools Partnership is consulting on a proposal to change the age range of South Molton Community Primary School from 4-11 to 2-11 years of age. For further information, please see: South Molton Community Primary School: Proposal to change the age range – Have your say The consultation period runs from 12 May 2025 Continue reading →
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13 May 2025Purpose
Consultation: The Grove School – proposal to change the age range
The Grove School’s Governing Body is consulting on a proposal to extend the age range of the school from 4-11 to 3-11 years of age from September 2025. The school has been working in partnership with Devon County Council (DCC) to bring this proposal forward and DCC is supportive of the proposed change to the Continue reading →
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13 May 2025Purpose
New Resolution Policy (was Grievance Policy)
Devon County Council has reviewed and relaunched its Grievance Policy with a new title of Resolution Policy and Procedure. It aims to provide a supportive framework for resolving concerns at work and fulfils the statutory requirement for an employer to have a Grievance Procedure. The key requirements of the process have not changed but the terminology Continue reading →
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9 May 2025Purpose
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Reading Fluency Intervention
I am delighted to be able to share with you a new Reading Fluency Intervention opportunity for Trusts and Federations in the South West. Over the last three years, in collaboration with HFL, we have been running a Reading Fluency Intervention targeting reading comprehension, for many schools in Devon. The outcomes of this intervention are Continue reading →
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9 May 2025Purpose
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Summer Census – Bulletin 1
DfE School Census Date: Thursday 15 May 2025 | Return Date: Tuesday 20 May 2025 As you may be aware, the statutory School Census for the Summer Term takes place on Thursday 15 May. We strongly recommend that schools begin to prepare for the School Census by ensuring that, so far as possible, pupil databases are up-to-date and Continue reading →
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6 May 2025Purpose
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EXPIRED Data Protection Networking Forum – 15 May 2025
We are excited to announce that our next popular Data Protection Networking Forum is just around the corner and will be held via Teams on Thursday 15 May 2025 – 10.30 am til 12 noon. By popular demand, this forum will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will cover:- Data protection considerations to ensure your Continue reading →
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6 May 2025Purpose
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