Sexual Orientation and Gender Considerations in Boarding schools
🏷️ From £135
🎧 Senior Leaders, EDI leads, Boarding staff
📍 Online
Course outline:
This interactive seminar aims to deepen your understanding of the diverse experiences of LGBT+ individuals in boarding school settings. By exploring the spectrum of sexual orientations and gender identities, analysing historical and contemporary challenges faced by LGBT+ individuals, and learning strategies to foster inclusivity, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to create supportive environments that celebrate diversity. We will examine the intersections of identity, education, and advocacy in boarding schools, and explore ways to promote a more inclusive and affirming educational experience for all students and staff.
Learning outcomes:
- Create and foster a culture of inclusion and support for all LGBT+ pupils
- Consider the implications for boarding environment
- Critically analyse latest guidance and case studies
Speaker:
Clare Ives, Educational Leader and Head of The Leys School
Clare Ives is an experienced educational leader and currently Head of The Leys School, a co‑educational boarding school in Cambridge. Before joining The Leys ,Clare was Head of History, and later Housemistress and EDI Lead at Canford School and then Senior Deputy Head and EDI lead at Sevenoaks School.
Her work in EDI spans policy development, staff training, pupil voice structures, and whole‑school approaches to belonging. Clare is particularly committed to advancing understanding and support for transgender and gender-diverse students and, as the parent of a transgender daughter, brings both a professionally and personally informed perspective on supporting gender-diverse young people.
