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The first phase of a new partnership between IMP Software and ISBL, the central hub within the Centre for Education Operational Excellence, is set to give finance teams a single place to see how each school in their trust is performing against the industry-standard metrics used in ISBL’s Advanced Strategic Optimisation Tool (ASOT).

ASOT is an independent benchmarking framework developed by an ISBL panel of school finance and resourcing experts, including ISBL Fellows and DfE School Resource Management Advisers (SMRAs).

Having announced the collaboration last November, IMP...

Around 1,000 cyclists are gearing up for one of the region’s most popular charity cycle events with a mission to support more Devon families affected by cancer.

FORCE Cancer Charity’s Nello ride is on Sunday June 28, starting and finishing at Topsham Rugby Club.

It has raised around £1.5 million since it was established in memory of Topsham restaurateur Nello Ghezzo in 2000.

That money supports people across the county – patients and their loved ones – dealing with a cancer diagnosis.

More and more people are being diagnosed with cancer every year and that...

A quick errand is only quick when the route, parking, weather, pavements, doors and queues all cooperate. For someone with limited mobility, collecting a prescription or posting a parcel can take more planning than other people realise. A dropped kerb in the wrong place, a heavy door, a full car park or a long walk from the nearest bus stop can turn a simple task into something tiring before it has even begun.

The aim isn’t to turn every outing into a big achievement. It’s to remove the avoidable difficulties, so ordinary tasks stay possible without draining the whole day....

At 81, former Branscombe Primary School teacher and author KJ Akay—known professionally as Jennifer Akay—is enjoying a remarkable literary moment few could have predicted. Her debut memoir, The Fruits of Victory , has quietly climbed to the top of Amazon’s Regional UK Biographies chart, capturing the hearts of readers with its vivid portrayal of post-war childhood in Barnsley.

The book’s success has sparked something even more meaningful than chart rankings: reconnection. Former classmates and pupils, some now in their eighties, have reached out after discovering her story through...