TIOB Webinar – Sex and Consent in Boarding – A Case Study

• Date: November 29, 2022
• Time: 10:00 – 11:00
• Cost: TIOB Member Rate – £60, Non-member Rate – £120
• Audience: All teaching staff, boarding practitioners, and medical staff
• Platform: Zoom (online)

Course overview

Within the regulatory requirements for a secondary school to deliver RSE, the course looks at the case study of Wellington College and how they have developed their RSE delivery with Ella Sims of Colourful Peach.

Context

Relationships Education is compulsory for all pupils receiving primary education and Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) is compulsory for all pupils in secondary education. Schools are free to determine how to deliver the content set out in this guidance, in the context of a broad and balanced curriculum

• All schools must have in place a written policy for Relationships Education and RSE.
• Schools must consult parents in developing and reviewing their policy.
• Schools should ensure that the policy meets the needs of pupils and parents and reflects the community they serve including teaching staff and boarding practitioners.
  National Minimum Standards for Boarding Schools 2022 (September)
• Standard 17.1. Boarders are supported to develop good relationships with fellow pupils and staff which are based on mutual trust and respect. Through regulations made under section 34 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017, boarding schools are required to teach relationships education to primary school pupils and relationships and sex education wo secondary school pupils.

Learning Outcomes

• Review and identify the key areas of RSE for boarding schools
• Review provision of RSE and identify its effectiveness
• Identify the key decisions at Wellington College that led to today’s provision

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Speakers:

Delyth Lynch, Deputy Head (Safeguarding and Mental Health), Wellington College

Delyth has been on the Senior Leadership Team at Wellington College for 10 years, having previously been Deputy Head (Pastoral). This followed a long career in boarding as a Director of Extra-Curricular activities and Housemistress at two schools.

In 2018 she was awarded the BSA Research Fellowship; Delyth conducted her research on ‘Abuse in Boarding Schools, probing into an area where there was little research or literature available. Her paper won the National Research Award (2019). Her innovative work in the pastoral education of parents saw her winning the TES ‘Boarding Initiative of the Year’ award (2016) and in 2020 the inaugural Wellington College ‘Community Mental Health Day’ was recognised with them winning the BSA ‘Wellbeing and Mental Health Initiative of the Year’. Wellington College currently holds the Gold Status in School Mental Health through the Carnegie Centre of Excellence.

Delyth is the Safeguarding Governor and Vice Chair of Governors at a local school and leads the Local Independent Schools DSL cluster group. She has also been a BSA course tutor on the Certificate and Diploma Courses and her work in the area of abuse in boarding schools was cited by IICSA in their recent inquiry into abuse in residential settings.

In her spare time, Delyth enjoys running around with her 4-year-old daughter and triathlon.

Ella Simms, Founder, Colourful Peach

Ella is the founder of Colourful Peach.  Ella has worked in youth empowerment for over a decade.  In 2017, she started running workshops for young people on consent and how to think critically about porn. She leads the anti-sexual violence project with Wellington College, alongside the students themselves.  Colourful Peach believe in a future where all sex is consensual. They are helping to prevent harm from happening in UK schools, inspiring passion for anti-sexual violence and smashing survivor stigma as we go. Colourful Peach take a joyful and inclusive approach, striving for diversity and working in collaboration with young people

David Walker, Deputy Head (Pastoral and Wellbeing), Wellington College

David Walker is Deputy Head (Pastoral and Wellbeing) at Wellington College in Berkshire where he has previously been a Housemaster and Head of Department. David began his career at Clifton College in Bristol and has also worked at Whitgift School, as Head of Senior School at the Stephen Perse Foundation in Cambridge, and as a VSO volunteer teacher in Cameroon.