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SUMMARY:Delivering operational and cost efficiencies in boarding
DESCRIPTION:Date: November 29\, 2024\nTime: 11:00 – 12:00\nCost: BSA Member Rate: FOC\, ISBA Member Rate: FOC\nAudience: Boarding staff\, Head of Boarding\, Deputy Head\, Bursar\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Webinar\n\n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar session will give an overview of how to get best value from your catering and facilities services and create opportunities to help mitigate the impact of VAT on school fees. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nHow catering and FM services are currently delivered in schools and why VAT on school fees may change this\nWhere the biggest cost efficiency opportunities lie\nBalancing cost vs quality in service delivery\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nA clearer understanding of which operating model/s best suit a school\nWhat to prioritise: short term vs longer term objectives\nPractical steps to achieve efficiencies without compromising standards\n\nClick here to book \nSpeakers:  \nJoe Parfitt\, Consultancy Director\, The Litmus Partnership Ltd \nJoe is Education Consultancy Director at The Litmus Partnership Ltd\, a leading provider of catering and facilities management consultancy to schools and universities across the UK. He joined Litmus in 2012 and has worked extensively across the independent school sector as a consultant since 2008. Before that he managed student residences in London and worked for a global facilities company. \nWhilst with Litmus\, Joe has provided strategic and best value reviews\, options appraisals\, tenders\, contract monitoring and catering design to clients including Marlborough College\, Wellington College\, Bradfield College\, various Oxford University colleges and other leading UK universities. Beyond education\, Joe’s clients have included the All-England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon)\, the House of Commons\, and Welsh Government & Parliament. \nMatt Garner\, Senior FM Consultant\, Litmus \nMatt is a Senior FM Consultant at Litmus. His career started in construction\, where for two decades he managed property and construction projects in both the public and private sectors\, creating spaces for people and organisations to develop and improve. In 2015 he moved into services within that built environment. \nHis operational experience was gained in his previous roles as Chief Executive Officer\, Gov Facility Services Ltd (GFSL)\, an Arm’s Length Body\, wholly owned by the Ministry of Justice. He was also Managing Director of Government Schools UK & Ireland\, Head of Projects & Programme Management and Associate Director of Investment and Infrastructure at Sodexo for over 12 years.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/bsa-catering-and-fm-service-efficiencies/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
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SUMMARY:Supporting schools with attendance and long term absences
DESCRIPTION:Date: November 29\, 2024\nTime: 15:00 – 17:00\nCost: BSA Full Member – £135\, BSA Affiliate Member – £170\, Non-member – £270\nAudience: All boarding staff\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – Half-Day Seminar\n\n\nCourse outline \nSchools have noticed an increasing issue around pupil absence\, both ad hoc and persistent. This gentle trend pre-Covid has accelerated in recent years. This half day seminar aims to give context to the issue to help schools identify if they have an issue. We will then look at strategies schools can employ both internally and in working with external partners. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nThe national absence picture and patterns and trends from the boarding sector\nUsing the Early Help framework for dealing with EBSA (emotionally based school absences).\nStrategies for engaging help from the local authority\nCase studies\nNew statutory guidance around attendance which now applied to independent schools.\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand the national and boarding specific context around pupil absence\nWriting a clear school attendance policy\nUsing the escalation policy for the local safeguarding board.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nMichelle Lucas-Halliwell\, Director of Pupil Welfare\, Cheltenham College \nMichelle is the Director of Pupil Welfare for Cheltenham College\, a co-educational day and boarding school in the centre of Cheltenham. Before that\, she was Head of Welfare and DSL at Rendcomb College in the Cotswolds. Michelle is a trainer for Mental Health First Aid and she has also been a key note speaker on the use of mindfulness in schools.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/supporting-schools-with-attendance-and-long-term-absences-2/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
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