Monthly Communication Archives: January 2024
School Organisation Notifications
Landkey Primary School The Regional Director for the South West (DfE) has approved a change to the age range of Landkey (Academy) Primary School from 4-11 to 2-11 from January 2024. Initially, the academy plans to admit three and four-year-olds to the reception class, establishing a foundation stage unit, with the intention of later accommodating Continue reading →
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8 January 2024Purpose
EXPIRED Consultation: West Croft School – proposal to establish a resource base
Devon County Council and West Croft School are consulting on a proposal to establish a resource base at West Croft School for up to 10 learners with communication and interaction needs from September 2024. Increasing resource base provision is part of a county-wide strategy by Devon County Council in response to the demand for increased Continue reading →
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4 January 2024Purpose
Nursery admissions policy for January 2024 – August 2025
All schools with early years provision are asked to read the updated Devon County Council Nursery admissions policy. The policy must be followed by community and voluntary controlled schools, but other schools are welcome to use the policy template. Nursery admissions policy changes The following documents have been published on the EYCS website: Devon County Continue reading →
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3 January 2024Purpose
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Outdoor education conference: Building sustainability and climate change agendas into your curriculum
How can we ensure we deliver on the DfE Sustainability and Climate change strategy in our schools? Following the success of previous Wild Tribe outdoor learning conferences hosted in Cornwall, we are excited to announce a partnership between Devon Education Services and Arena Schools (Wild Tribe) which has developed a new and exciting conference for Continue reading →
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3 January 2024Purpose
School Support Services Conference
Audience: administrators, school business managers and finance, HR and ICT professionals. The school support services conference, previously known as the administrators conference, will provide updates, ideas and procedures that staff can take back into practice to support their day-to-day business and administrative tasks. Listen to our inspiring keynote speakers and attend practical workshops, which will enable Continue reading →
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3 January 2024Purpose
January 2024 School Library Service book titles: migration booklists
Fiction is a powerful way to develop empathy. With increasing migration to the UK, the ability to empathise with the experiences of others is more important than ever. This collection aims to provide support for exploring these themes. KS1: migration booklist KS2: migration booklist Teen: migration booklist The books on these lists can be purchased Continue reading →
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3 January 2024Purpose
SEND Conference: Leading transformation together
Join us for our annual SEND conference at Sandy Park, Exeter for a day of informative and inspiring talks and networking opportunities, which will explore how we can all build and strengthen a collaborative approach to leading, supporting and transforming SEND provision for our children and young people, and their families, across Devon. We are Continue reading →
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3 January 2024Purpose
Update on pooled PAYE issue for apprenticeships in foundation and voluntary aided schools
Previously F and VA Schools have been unable to access apprenticeship funding due to changes made by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to the Digital Apprenticeship Service Account which impacted organisations within a pooled PAYE scheme. The apprenticeship funding rules have changed enabling councils to use some of their own levy funds to Continue reading →
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3 January 2024Purpose
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Safeguarding conference: Safeguarding in our time
Join us for a day of networking, updates and an opportunity to reflect on how best to safeguard our children and young people today and how we can continue to develop our practice to continue to safeguard our children in the future. This conference is for Designated Safeguarding Leads and wider education safeguarding team members. Continue reading →
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3 January 2024Purpose
Devon EMTAS April 24 – July 25 INSET day training sessions
The Devon EMTAS team has published a variety of INSET day, whole-school training for April 2024 – July 2025. These sessions are fully funded for Devon maintained schools and attached early years settings and are available to purchase for all other schools and academies. Find out more and book your school’s online sessions here. Bullying, Continue reading →
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3 January 2024Purpose
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