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SUMMARY:BSA State Boarding Forum for Bursars
DESCRIPTION:Date: June 13\, 2025\nTime: 10:00 – 13:00\nCost: BSA Full Member and Affiliate Members – FOC\nAudience: State Boarding School Bursars\nVenue: Gordon’s School\, Bagshot Rd\, West End\, Woking\, Surrey GU24 9PT\n\n\nForum outline: \nJoin us for the upcoming State Bursars Forum\, a collaborative event designed to support and connect bursars working across state boarding schools. \nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeakers: \n \nBethan Hudson MTIOB\, Executive Director\, Consultancy and Director\, BAISIS/HIEDA \nBethan joined the BSA team as Training Manager in September 2017. Bethan has worked in two independent boarding schools in the UK and Switzerland\, the latter as Housemistress to 36 pupils. Following her time in Switzerland\, she was a Pastoral Manager for an inner-city state academy before working in the charity sector for Debrett’s running the ‘Debrett’s Foundation’ training programme. \nIn her role\, Bethan plans and manages all Day Seminars\, Conferences\, INSET and Consultancy\, as well as being Director of BAISIS. She believes boarding can be a positive force for young people and in order to fully support their needs staff can never learn too much. As such she is passionate about the CPD BSA delivers to our pastoral communities in the UK and worldwide. \nHead Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/bsa-state-boarding-forum-for-bursars/
LOCATION:Gordon’s School\, Gordon’s School\, Bagshot Rd\, West End\, Woking\, Surrey\, GU24 9PT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Forum,In-person
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SUMMARY:Boarding essentials
DESCRIPTION:Date: June 13\, 2025\nTime: 10:30 – 15: 30\nCost: BSA Member Rate: £175\, BSA Affiliate Member Delegate Fee: £250\, Non-member Rate: £350*\nAudience: All staff new to boarding and anyone considering a move to boarding in their school\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar\n\n\nCourse outline: \nImproved regulation and increased parental expectation have raised the level of professionalism in boarding supervision. This seminar will complement a school-based induction and provide a wider context for staff new to boarding. The sooner staff new to boarding have a real understanding of the basic principles and expectations of their role\, the sooner the school will have effective staff members and teams who enjoy their duties\, feel able to support the young people in their care and deal with any challenges. \nThis seminar will cover the Duty of Care framework\, the legal context\, roles and boundaries\, and meeting boarders’ needs. By the end of the session\, delegates should feel more confident and be looking forward to enjoying their time on duty in their boarding house. In advance of the seminar\, it is recommended that delegates familiarise themselves with their schools’ boarding handbook and/or visited the boarding section of their school’s website and boarding promotional material. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nSafeguarding and the National Minimum Standards for Boarding in England – this session will explore current boarding practice with particular focus on safeguarding and the legal and inspection requirements of pastoral care in our schools\nMeeting the needs of the boarders – practical case studies will be used to explore the issues that arise every day in boarding\, and suggest ways in which these issues can be dealt with effectively and with confidence by the pastoral team\nUnderstanding your role in boarding – in this session the group will discuss and explore the expectations of the school\, the boarding house\, parents along with your own expectations with regards your boarding role in the school\nWorking safely and looking after yourself – some hints and tips on keeping yourself healthy\, safe and enjoying your role in boarding!\n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nAn understanding of the principles and expectations of boarding\, and their role within that\nAn increased confidence to be able to support the young people in your care\nIncreased awareness of the legal context\, safeguarding and National Minimum Standards for Boarding in England.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nMark Robinson\, BSA Senior Consultant \nMark has a Product Design Degree from Brunel University and a PGCE. His first post in independent education was as Assistant Master at Christ’s Hospital in Horsham where he held several positions including Assistant Housemaster to a junior boy’s boarding house. After five years he moved on to Ardingly College in West Sussex as a Head of Department and Housemaster to a joint day and boarding house. Mark has been an inspector on boarding inspections\, an Assistant Housemaster to a girls’ boarding house and fully involved in teaching up to ‘A‘ Level. \nIn 2002 Mark gave up teaching to set up Mentor Education Services Ltd\, a business offering education-related consultancy services to the independent sector\, initially training\, interview coaching and professional development but also marketing and pre-inspection to schools both in the independent and maintained sector. \nMark was appointed as Assistant Director of Training for the Boarding Schools’ Association in 2010\, where he continued offering training and consultancy to independent and state schools both in the UK and around the world. In 2017 he was appointed as Deputy Head Pastoral at Collège du Léman in Switzerland\, a large international boarding and day school. After gaining some further\, valuable international experience\, Mark returned to the UK to continue his training and consultancy in the Independent and state school sectors.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/boarding-essentials-8/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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