Section 1 - setting the scene

Joint working geography

Life across Devon varies considerably. The Devon data by district pages (144KB PDF) provide a snapshot of Devon by district council areas. The Children’s Trust is working towards equal opportunities based on local solutions.

One historic difficulty was that different agencies had different organisational boundaries. It is a considerable achievement that agreement has been reached for matching area boundaries across partners including Devon PCT, Devon County Council, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary, head teacher associations, children’s centres and GPs, to support the practicalities of joint working. There are some slight variations but broadly there is alignment, with:

one Devon
three administrative areas
eight district council areas
19 AXS clusters
28 towns and Exeter
33 learning communities