April 7th, 2025 Devon Family Hubs update We are still offering Single sessions via the Parent request for contact ...
Welcome to Blackawton Primary School, a village school at the heart of the local community, located within the beautiful, South Hams area of Devon.
We are a happy, creative and inclusive school with a very positive ethos of high expectations and excellent behaviour underpinned by the Blackawton Way and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. As a Gold Rights Respecting School, we lead the way in recognising the rights of children and young people and ensure that they grow up in the spirit of peace, dignity, tolerance, freedom, equality and solidarity.
At Blackawton Primary School, we aim to help our children achieve their full potential. We work hard to provide a broad and balanced curriculum, which inspires, challenges and raises aspirations. We offer our children a wide range of exciting experiences, visits and opportunities to help them flourish. Our school has a wealth of resources to engage the children in activities.
Parents, carers and families are warmly welcomed into our school and play an active role in supporting their children’s learning. As a school family, we have high aspirations and work together to encourage our children to become ambitious, lifelong learners.
Liam Fielding
Headteacher
Devon Family Hubs update
We are still offering Single sessions via the Parent request for contact , and our Advice and Guidance line will still be active for parents to make contact
Devon Family HUBS - Parent Carer Request for Contact
Advice and guidance Line 0800 538 5458 (Mon-Fri 10am- 4pm)
TRANSITION TO NEW FAMILY HUBS SERVICE FOR DEVON
From 1 April 2025, the Family Hubs service for Devon will be transitioning to a new service which will provide increased, targeted help to support families in the community.
Last year, Devon County Council announced that like many authorities across the country, it would follow Government guidance in developing the previous Children's Centres into Family Hubs which provided open access to all families without the need for referrals.
Since then, the council has conducted consultations with families, to gauge opinion and develop a plan which will now see support for families provided in village halls, community centres, and other existing places that parents and carers will already be familiar with in their local communities.
The purpose behind Family Hubs is to provide support to families with children from 0 to 19, or to 25 for young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The help families receive is to prevent them from needing more targeted help later on.
"Why should a parent with a young child or children, who might rely on public transport to get around, have to travel miles to their nearest Children's Centre building in order to get the help his or her family needs? Providing support to families, in their communities, at the right time can prevent them from needing more targeted support in future. I wish to thank Action for Children for their dedication and contribution to Children’s Services over the last 20 years” says Councillor Andrew Leadbetter, the Council's Cabinet Member with responsibility for children's services.
From April, families will begin to see a new community-focused service developing that will continue to improve access to support, bringing together education, public health, NHS, early years, community and voluntary sector groups. Parents will be directed to them in settings closer to home in their own communities.
Some group sessions that are currently delivered in Family Hub locations will change, with families who have complex needs being referred to other community-based services through the new system from April.
Devon County Council would sincerely like to thank Action for Children for all their hard work and contribution to the running of Devon’s Children’s Centres and the Family Hubs for the last 20 years.
April 7th, 2025 Devon Family Hubs update We are still offering Single sessions via the Parent request for contact ...
