BSA & AGBIS webinar – Foundations for boarding school Governors – safeguarding

• Date: February 23, 2022
• Time: 17:00 – 18:00
• Cost: BSA Full / AGBIS Member – £50 / Additional BSA Full / AGBIS Member – £10,  BSA Affiliate Member £75 / Additional BSA Affiliate Member £15, Non-member – £100
• Audience: All Governors, especially those with particular responsibility for Safeguarding and/or Boarding.
• Platform: Zoom (online)

This webinar will take delegates through the latest developments, recommendations and actions relating to ensuring excellent safeguarding and child protection provision in their schools. Focusing notably on boarding schools and the boarding community, the session will cover areas that Governors should be focusing their interest and oversight on to ensure that policy is built into practice and culture.

Training topics will include:

• Governor responsibilities
• KCSIE and other guidance
• Impact of COVID-19
• The latest developments and headlines relating to safeguarding practice.

Learning outcomes:

• Increased understanding of the role of Governors in safeguarding duties and practice
• Increased understanding of the relevant guidance
• Increased awareness of specific safeguarding issues schools should be aware of
• Increased understanding of best practice recommendations for managing allegations
• Increased understanding of best practice recommendations for monitoring.

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Trainer: Dale Wilkins, Director of Safeguarding, Professional Development and Accreditation

Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s accredited training programme. Dale leads on all safeguarding and inspection matters for the BSA, including managing the Commitment to Care Charter, the annual Safeguarding Conference, the Safeguarding Forum. He has also developed a process of BSA Accreditation for our overseas members.

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 and has been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding since 2002. Dale had previously been a BSA course tutor since 1998 and developed the BSA Self-Assessment Toolkit.

Richard Harman, Chief Executive, AGBIS

Richard Harman was educated at The King’s School, Worcester, following by Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read English. Having spent two years working for an academic publisher, he decided his real vocation was in teaching. After five years at Marlborough College teaching English and Drama, during which time he also completed his PGCE at Exeter University, he spent 12 years at Eastbourne College. Progressing from Head of English to Housemaster of a Sixth Form girls’ House to member of the Senior Management Team, he then became Headmaster of Aldenham in September 2000 and thence to Uppingham in 2006. After a decade leading Uppingham and 32 years overall in teaching, he embarked on a third career as Chief Executive of AGBIS.
Richard is much enjoying the challenges at AGBIS, having been Chairman of the BSA for 2011-12 and Chairman of HMC for 2014-15.