Auditing your own boarding house
🏷️ From £175
🎧 Boarding staff
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Course outline:
This seminar is designed to support boarding practitioners in understanding the key compliance and inspection requirements within the boarding context. With a focus on equipping staff to confidently self-audit and exceed minimum standards, the session offers a deeper dive into quality assurance practices in boarding care.
Ideal for those newly appointed to leadership roles in boarding, the training is also highly relevant for experienced staff wishing to refresh their knowledge and ensure their practice remains up to date and aligned with current expectations.
Training topics will include:
- Understanding the various inspectorates and standards governing boarding provision
- Conducting an internal assessment of your boarding environment
- Establishing realistic and aspirational benchmarks for quality care
- Leading and managing change effectively
- Defining and recognising excellent practice in boarding
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Identify key compliance requirements relevant to their boarding house(s)
- Recognise the components of outstanding practice in boarding care
- Access relevant sources of information and feedback to inform improvement
- Confidently carry out self-audits and implement changes where needed
Speaker:
Dale Wilkins FTIOB, Executive Director, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance
Dale joined the BSA in 2017 to lead safeguarding, inspection, and compliance across the UK, building on his experience as a course tutor since 1998. He works closely with ISI, Ofsted, and the DfE, while also overseeing the Group’s work in Scotland and Wales. A trainer and consultant for BSA and SACPA, he is Vice Chair of SAFCAB. Dale previously spent 31 years as a boarding practitioner, including roles as Housemaster and Deputy Head at Old Swinford Hospital. Beyond education, he trains for the Methodist Church, is a charity trustee, chairs a performing arts organisation, and volunteers widely.
