Living your boarding school’s core values in daily practice
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Course content
This session explores how core values move from being aspirational statements to practical tools that shape everyday boarding life. Delegates will examine the difference between rules-based compliance and values-led culture, with particular attention to how students absorb values through adult behaviour, tone, and decision-making. The session focuses on identifying what school values look like in daily routines, interactions, and moments of conflict, and how values can be used to frame restorative conversations, reinforce positive behaviour, and support consistency across boarding teams. Delegates will be encouraged to reflect on their own practice and consider how values guide their responses, especially when under pressure or fatigue.
Learning outcomes:
- Understand how values are currently being used in schools
- Understand how core values shape culture and relationships in boarding
- Translate abstract values into consistent, observable boarding behaviours
- Use values to guide decision-making, praise, and sanctions
Speaker:
David Walker FTIOB, Executive Director, Boarding and Director, BSA/TIOB
David Walker has over 20 years’ experience in boarding education, having worked in a variety of schools across the UK and Africa. His career includes leadership roles in both senior and prep school settings, complemented by service as a prep school governor and trustee of a multi-academy trust. Before joining the BSA, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-educational independent school in the South-East, where he oversaw student welfare and pastoral care. His extensive background in safeguarding, boarding leadership, and governance gives him a broad perspective on the sector, enabling him to support schools in delivering outstanding pastoral provision.
