Honiton Community College: Notification of DfE decision on proposal to close Sixth Form

Following a recent consultation on a proposal to change the age range of Honiton Community College from 11-18 to 11-16 through a phased closure of the sixth form, the Department for Education has now formally approved the Ted Wragg Trust’s application to close the sixth form.  Current Year 13 students will be the final cohort

SWIFT and LSSW NPQ Applications | Spring 2025

SWIFT Teaching School Hubs in partnership with Leading Schools South West are inviting applications for the following NPQs for the Spring 2025 cohort: Teach First Programmes 2024 – 2025 Executive Leadership Early Years Leadership Senior Leadership Leading Literacy Leading Primary Maths Leading Teacher Development NIoT Programmes 2024 – 2025 Headship Headship Coaching Offer SENCO Leading

Online support sessions for young people transitioning to adulthood

Throughout the year, Devon County Council and partners are hosting a series of online support sessions designed to provide valuable advice and support for young people transitioning into adulthood. The sessions will cover a range of essential topics, including: The differences between adult and children services, and the support they provide Training and employment opportunities

31 January 2025

National Education Nature Park

The National Education Nature Park is a free, fully resourced programme for all nurseries, schools and colleges in England. It empowers young people to improve their educational site for nature by participating in real scientific research and being involved in decision-making. It aims to support the curriculum, promote outdoor learning, upskill educators, improve wellbeing, tackle

SEND conference – reduced price tickets!

To support Devon’s SEND transformation programme, and our collective commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people with SEND in Devon, we are offering reduced price tickets* for all attendees in 2025. We hope this supports you to prioritise both your leaders of SEN and SENCo’s to attend, enabling wider collaboration, sharing of best

Y4 multiplication tables check (MTC) briefing

📢 Attention Year 4 Teachers! 📢   Join our online briefing to get all the essential information about the Year 4 Multiplication Tables Check (MTC).   ✅ Key Takeaways: Understand the revised statutory requirements Gain confidence in administering the check Learn about pupil eligibility and access arrangements Ensure test security 🆓 Fully funded for Devon

Consultation: Honiton Primary School – proposal to extend age range from 3-11 to 2-11

Devon County Council, in partnership with Honiton Primary School, is consulting on a proposal to extend the age range of Honiton Primary School from 3-11 to 2-11 years of age, with an estimated implementation date of 22 April 2025. For further information on the consultation, please see: Honiton Primary School: proposal to extend the age

School Census Bulletin 2 – Known Issues / Updates – Spring 2025

DfE School Census Date: Thursday 16 January 2025 | Return Date: Tuesday 21 January 2025 SIMS users – latest fileset Known issues – errors that have been specified incorrectly Ethnicity Codes COLLECT – ‘Report’ query and ‘Dup UPN Report’ error Support Other information School Census – Supporting Guide 2024/25 School Census Bulletin 1 School Census

14 January 2025

Devon Education Services bulletin for schools and academies

View the January bulletin of training, CPD and current news, here. Don’t forget to subscribe to receive future issues.

Outdoor learning conference – 28 March

Places and spaces Friday 28 March 2025 | Exeter Racecourse | Exeter This event will provide you with ideas and tools for making the most of outdoor learning places and spaces on your doorstep and within your area. Our keynote speaker, Mary Jackson, will share her wealth of experience on how schools can make the