BSA virtual day seminar – Boarding on a budget – the Prep school market

11 November @ 10.30am – 3.30pm

Course Outline

This seminar will consider current trends and good practice in boarding facilities for junior/prep boarders. Our younger boarders often experience different facilities than their older counterparts, so this seminar focuses on those: dorm rooms and shared bedrooms, softer spaces to create a clear ‘home away from home’, common rooms and spaces for homework. By considering trends and quality examples, attendees will be able to identify solutions and areas for improvement from other schools. This seminar, led by BSA Chief Executive, Robin Fletcher, will help prep schools better understand the key elements of a good boarding house for junior boarders, and plan their house development accordingly.

Training topics will include:

• The needs of junior/prep boarders
• The importance of good boarding facilities
• Key boarding house areas for junior/prep boarders – step by step look at areas including welcome, entrance, walls, corridors, noticeboards
• Key boarding house areas for junior/prep boarders – social spaces, bedrooms, bathrooms
• Practical suggestions – key tips and places to buy good value items for boarding houses.

Learning outcomes:

• Increased awareness of boarding facilities, house decoration, furniture, and equipment across the boarding sector
• Guidance on low-cost ways to improve boarding houses
• Wider perspective on how to improve boarding facilities in your school
• Links to suppliers offering good value materials/equipment for boarding schools.

Audience: 

• Head/Principal, Deputy Head/Vice-Principal, Bursar, Head of Boarding, Houseparents, Boarding staff.

Cost:

• Full Member – £135
• Affiliate Member – £205
• Non-member – £270

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Speaker: Robin Fletcher, Chief Executive, BSA and BSA Group 

Robin Fletcher, MBA, MPhil, is CEO of BSA Group, comprising the BSA (Boarding Schools’ Association), Sacpa (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association) and BAISIS (British Association of Independent Schools with International Students). Robin was a journalist, editor and communications director before joining BSA in 2014.

As BSA CEO, Robin is a member of the Department for Education’s Systems Partnership Oversight Board. Outside BSA, he is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University, a Governor of Rugby School, President of the Rugbeian Society and a non-executive director of the national trade body Make UK. He lives in Bath in south west England and has two daughters, two stepdaughters, and two stepsons.