Exeter Diocesan Board of Education Committee
The DBE Committee is the committee of the Diocesan Board of Finance (DBF) established under s.3(7) of the Diocesan Boards of Education Measure 2021 (the 2021 Measure). The DBE Committee exercises the powers and duties conferred on the DBF in its capacity as Diocesan Board of Education (DBE) by or pursuant to the 2021 Measure, and which must be delegated to the DBE committee by the DBF (the DBE Functions) in accordance with the Scheme made by the Diocesan Synod on 1st January 2023.
The Venerable Douglas Dettmer
Archdeacon of Totnes
Chair of the Board of Education
“I grew up in Kansas, in the Midwest of the USA. Having read English at the University of Kansas and Divinity at Yale University, I came to England as curate in the Ilfracombe Team Ministry in North Devon. I then moved to Exeter as domestic chaplain to Bishop Hewlett Thompson, after which I was for seventeen years a rural parish priest in the Exe Valley, looking after what became the eight Netherexe Parishes.
I have served as Archdeacon of Totnes since 2015, supporting the mission and ministry of the church across central and south Devon. I am a member of the General Synod of the Church of England and associated commissions and committees. In the diocese I chair the Exeter Diocesan Board of Education Committee and the Exeter Diocesan Education Network.”
To read the full list of the board members, click here.
The DBE sub-committees
The DBE has four sub-committees which also have new membership following the reconstitution of the DBE in January 2023. The committees are as follows:
- The Standards and Ethos Group (SEG), chaired by Sharon Marshall, Vice Chair
- The School Organisation and Governance Group (SOGG), chaired by Debbie Eveleigh
- The Growing Faith Opportunities Group (GFG), chaired by Dan Morrow
- The Resources and Assets Group (RAG), chaired by The Venerable Douglas Dettmer, Archdeacon of Totnes
