SACPA/BSA/BAISIS – Safeguarding for summer schools

• Date: October 22, 2025
• Time: 10:00 – 12:00
• Cost: SACPA/BSA/BAISIS Member Rate: £135, BSA Affiliate Member – £170, Non-member Rate: £270*
• Audience: DSL, DDSL, Senior leaders, pastoral support, behaviour leads, early help workers, support workers, family workers, safeguarding leads
• Platform: Zoom (online) – Webinar

Course outline: 

This seminar is specifically designed for staff working in summer schools with international students. It will provide essential knowledge and practical tools to help you create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment for all learners.

Safeguarding must be a top priority, and every member of staff involved in summer school provision should understand not only the practical steps involved, but also how to adopt a child-centred approach. This session will explore the core principles of safeguarding within the context of short-term programmes and highlight the unique needs of international students, such as language, cultural adjustment, and emotional wellbeing.

Key topics:

• Understanding your safeguarding responsibilities and ‘duty of care’
• Implementing policies, procedures, and a robust safeguarding framework
• Addressing the specific needs of international students: cultural differences, homesickness, and communication barriers
• Recognising and responding appropriately to safeguarding concerns.

Learning outcomes:

• Develop a solid understanding of safeguarding principles in the context of summer schools
• Strengthen your ability to support international students with sensitivity and cultural awareness
• Gain confidence in identifying and responding to safeguarding issues
• Ensure compliance with UK safeguarding legislation and best practice.

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Speakers:

Bethan Waddington, Director of Programmes and BAISIS Bethan Waddington joined the BSA team as Training Manager in September 2017. Bethan has worked in two independent boarding schools in the UK and Switzerland, the latter as Housemistress to 36 pupils. Following her time in Switzerland, she was a Pastoral Manager for an inner-city state academy before working in the charity sector for Debrett’s running the ‘Debrett’s Foundation’ training programme. In her role, Bethan plans and manages all Day Seminars, Conferences, INSET and Consultancy, as well as being Director of BAISIS. She believes boarding can be a positive force for young people and in order to fully support their needs staff can never learn too much. As such she is passionate about the CPD BSA delivers to our pastoral communities in the UK and worldwide.

Claire Dan, Director of Safeguarding, BSA Group and Director, SACPA Claire is Director of Safeguarding and Director, Sacpa and leads on the provision of safeguarding advice and support to members and the development and delivery of CPD and safeguarding consultancy services. Claire is a safeguarding specialist and leader with a background in education welfare, youth justice, and early help contexts which have involved a strong focus on diverse and collaborative partnerships, professional development and supervision of front-line safeguarding colleagues, and leading multi-disciplinary teams and projects. Between 2006 and 2013 Claire was involved with Luton Safeguarding Children Board as a lead multi-agency safeguarding trainer, developing and delivering single and multi-agency safeguarding training, and since 2013 has delivered pieces of bespoke consultancy work, and providing a range of safeguarding consultancy on a freelance basis.