SBF Summer conference

July 10 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Date: June 14, 2024
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Cost: Full Member – £215, Additional Full Member – £110, Affiliate Member – £325, Additional Affiliate Member – £140, Non-member – £430
Audience: Head, Deputy Head, Head of Boarding, Pastoral staff, all at state boarding schools
Platform: Zoom (online) – Conference

Course outline:

The annual SBF summer conference is an opportunity for practitioners working in state boarding to come together and receive an update on the current position of the state boarding sector, specifically addressing the issues raised by SBF members at their regular forum, and to hear from government departments including DfE, Ofsted, MOD and FCO.

Following the conference, we will host an open forum for all members and the SBF Executive Committee meeting.

Training topics will include:

The boarding landscape
Current important updates for the state boarding sector
Government department updates
Raising standards
EDI

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Programme:

10:00 – 10:10

Session 1 – Welcome and introduction

Dr Chris Pyle, Chair, SBF Executive Committee and Headmaster at Lancaster Royal Grammar School

10:10 – 11:00

The Boarding Landscape

Chair: Dr Chris Pyle, Chair, SBF Executive Committee and Headmaster at Lancaster Royal Grammar School
- Speakers:
  - David Walker, Director, BSA
  - Dale Wilkins, Senior Director, BSA Group

11:00 – 11:15

Break

11:15 – 12:00

Session 2 – International recruitment

Chair: TBC
- Speakers:
  - TBC

12:00 – 12:15

Break

12:15 – 13:00

Session 3 – Compliance Update

Chair: Dale Wilkins, Senior Director, BSA Group
- Speaker: TBC

13:00 – 14:00

Lunch

14:00 – 14:45

Session 4 – Staff well-being, recruitment and retention – How can we help our boarding schools and staff to thrive?  

Chair: David Walker, Director, BSA
- Panel: Matt Albrighton, Headmaster, Burford School
  - Steve Gardner, Deputy Head, Holyport
  - Helen Cullen, Head, Sexeys
  - Jonathan Webb, Head, Ripon Grammar