Achieving effective pupil voice

🏷️ £90-180, with additional tickets from £45
🎧 Pastoral leads, inclusion leads, boarding staff
📍 Online

Course outline:

Pupil voice is not only a key element in inspection frameworks but a cornerstone of a thriving school community. When implemented effectively, it leads to increased engagement, stronger relationships, and measurable school improvement.

This session will covers the benefits of involving students in decision-making, practical considerations for organising pupil voice initiatives, and techniques to promote authentic and meaningful pupil voice.

It will also support schools in meeting the expectations outlined in the UK National Minimum Standards (NMS), particularly those relating to pupil voice and boarder participation in decision-making.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand the value of student participation in school decision-making
• Be equipped to plan and facilitate pupil voice activities
• Learn strategies to ensure pupil voice is meaningful and sustained
• Gain confidence in embedding pupil feedback into school development processes.

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Dale Wilkins, Executive Director, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance

Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards, having previously been a course tutor since 1998.  Dale leads on all safeguarding, inspection and compliance matters for BSA Group, including liaising with ISI, Ofsted and DfE in England, and leading on the group’s work in Scotland and Wales. He trains and delivers consultancy extensively for BSA and SACPA and is Vice Chair of the Group’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Advisory Board (SAFCAB).

For 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner. After boarding positions at Norwich School and Tettenhall College, Dale became a Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital in 1992, and was promoted to Deputy Head in 2007, and subsequently also DSL. He has also been a multi-agency trainer for the Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board, is a safeguarding trainer for the Methodist Church, is a trustee of the National Youth String Orchestra and chair of a small performing arts charity. He also holds volunteer roles in sport and in the Scout Association.