Lipson is a school pulsating with excitement, energy and self-belief. A co-operative school whose values, beliefs and pedagogy are founded on the values of the International Co-operative Alliance. Learners, teachers and parents believe in a value-driven education.
An all-through school for Plymouth: nursery, primary, secondary and 6th forms all on one campus.
The overarching aim for the Trust is to create academies that provide an environment which is welcoming, caring, calm, disciplined and purposeful and which, within a caring ethos, will stretch young people academically, support them pastorally and help them develop socially and spiritually.
Mayflower Community Academy and Nursery provides inclusive Nursery and Primary School education, working with pupils to educate and inspire them for their future lives.
WeST holds a firm belief in giving each child every opportunity to learn and succeed in all that they do.
Plymouth Learning Partnership (PLP) CIC is a co-operative, community interest company owned by its cross-phase member schools that provides school services across Plymouth and surrounding districts.
At Devonport High School for Girls our mission is to offer a challenging and enriching educational experience, which enables our students to develop their curiosity, confidence and aspirations, so that they leave us equipped to enjoy life in a global society.
Who are Transforming Futures Trust?
Transforming Futures Trust joined Delt in 2020 and now accesses several support services.
The Trust’s core aim is to create ‘positive futures for all’ working with children for whom mainstream education is not right: young people with behavioural challenges; children with mental health concerns; students who find the traditional setting of a school intimidating.
How does Delt Support TFT?
Delt’s work with TFT is wide reaching and covers all ACE schools, Courtlands and Tiverton School. This comprises 13 locations across Devon and Cornwall.
What initially started as an IT modern workplace solution and HR support expanded into a multifaceted support service. Delt now provides the following services;
Case Studies
Our case studies outline some of the work involved in making amazing things happen;
Who are Devon Partnership NHS Trust?
DPT provide a wide range of NHS services to people with mental health and learning disability needs – in Devon, the wider South West region and nationally. They are passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing. They strive to use the expertise and resources within their organisation, and through their partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe and focused on people’s recovery.
How does Delt Support Devon Partnership NHS Trust?
Delt are supporting DPT and their 3,600 staff (approx.) with its plans for digital maturity, removing boundaries to information sharing and improving collaboration across the health and social care sector.
IT Support including:
We are all different, though perhaps less different than we’d think. Did you know that statistically speaking if you are under 35 then you’d prefer our bright office lights to be off or much dimmer and those over 35 prefer the lights to be on. These are numbers from a general study of open plan workspaces, not specifically Delt where we have a fairly large geek population who enjoy topping up their server room suntan in the dark. Personally I break the model as I’m a long way past 35 and prefer the lights off (in the office people, keep it clean).
We had a comment at the last staff forum that some staff were suffering as a result of the lights being off in parts of the office. We’ve had previous complaints about the lights being on. In a shared office environment this sort of thing is always going to be difficult. Too hot, too cold, too bright, too dark, too noisy, too quiet. I’ve had the pleasure of spending a lunchtime last week reading the Health and Safety Executives HSG38 guide to Lighting at Work which doesn’t really help. This guidance and a subsequent measuring of light levels showed we easily meet the recommended levels (if people have the lights on or blinds open). What it doesn’t do is provide any suggestions about how to get those who like the dark to get on with those who want the light.
Ultimately, this will be about finding an acceptable compromise.
We can’t adjust the office lighting to suit the mood of everyone, at different points in the day.
We can’t have everyone switching big sections of lights on and off to suit their own personal preference.
Even if we put discrete control on each of the overhead fixtures, they still spread light over a large area.
So, what we’ll do is ask people if they have a general preference for lights on/lights off or don’t care. That might us help move people around to suit, but probably won’t.
We are also going to trial some different individual desk lights so bright light people who live in twilight areas have greater levels of individual control.
Giles Letheren – Chief Executive Officer
