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SUMMARY:BSA/TIOB - Annual Boarding Conference
DESCRIPTION:Date: June 04-05\, 2024\nTime: 09:00 – 17:00\nCost: BSA/TIOB Member delegate rate – £550\, BSA Affiliate member delegate rate – £825\, Non Member delegate rate – £1100\nCost will include: two-day conference\, conference refreshments and formal dinner on the evening of June 04.\nAudience: Deputy Head\, Head of Boarding\, SLT/SMT\, Boarding House staff\, Pastoral staff\nVenue: Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5\nAccommodation: Please note accommodation is not included in the delegate rate. Delegates are able to book accommodation for the two-day conference using the online booking platform\, Roomex. Click here to login and secure your room using your school email address domain. A helpful BSA conference user guide is also available to watch here. If you would prefer to stay in the same hotel where the conference will be taking place\, please select ‘Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5’ when booking via the platform. Roomex searches 35 global sources to provide the best hotel solution in one place and can save you up to 25%.\nExhibiting and sponsorship: We are delighted to be able to welcome organisations sponsorship and exhibition opportunities at this event\, for full details please reach out to Neil Rust\, Head of Commercial neil.rust@bsagroup.org.uk or Laura Brain\, Senior Commercial Consultant\, +44 (0)207 798 1580\, laura.brain@bsagroup.org.uk\n\n\nWe’re looking forward to welcoming Deputy Heads\, Heads of Boarding and Boarding House staff from our member schools to our Annual Boarding Conference\, which takes place on June 4-5\, 2024. \nWe will be joined by an exciting line-up of guest speakers across the two days and the conference will also allow plenty of time for interaction with colleagues\, including a wonderful evening dinner together. Our aim is to ensure that you leave feeling refreshed and inspired\, armed with practical ideas to implement in your school. \nIn addition to great speakers\, we will be running a series of conversations led by delegates on a range of issues to ensure that sharing experience and knowledge is central at this year’s conference. \nIf you would be interested in leading a conversation like this or would like to suggest a specific topic for discussion\, please do let us know via bsa@boarding.org.uk. Sessions could include everything from the challenges of staffing\, getting all teachers to engage in the boarding house\, to making time for yourself during busy terms. This is YOUR conference\, so please do get in touch. \nBOOK NOW \nCLICK HERE TO VIEW CONFERENCE PROGRAMME \n\nConference Chair: \nChris Wheeler\, Chair\, BSA/TIOB Boarding Conference 2024 and Principal\, Monkton Combe School \nChris is our conference chair has been Principal of Monkton Combe School since 2016. He is a governor at Stowe\, where he chairs the Education committee\, and has previously served as Vice Chair of HMC for 2019-20\, trustee for the Palladian Academy Trust and Education Advisor to Challenge Partners. He previously served as Principal and CEO at Hillcrest International Schools in Kenya\, Headmaster at St Christopher’s\, Hove\, and has variously been Deputy Head\, Housemaster (day and boarding) and Head of English. \n  \n\nGuest Speakers: \nLee Mears\, Partner\, Executive Coach\, The Preston Associates \nWith two Rugby World Cups\, 43 international rugby caps for England and a British and Irish Lions tour under his belt\, Lee has been involved in building and developing high-performing\, self motivated teams at the highest possible level. He currently coaches senior executives\, teams and Boards across a wide range of sectors from finance\, investment banking and commodity trading to tech\, retail and manufacturing.\nLee’s passion for coaching is rooted firmly in the belief that you can lead others only by understanding yourself and working to enhance and enrich your own performance first. “You’ve got to learn to walk the talk before you can inspire others through your actions. That’s a big part of getting leadership right.”\nFrom his sporting and business journeys\, Lee recognises the strong correlation between the two worlds. He believes that success depends on bringing people together to strive for a common goal\, enabling them to move forward in the same direction. Empowerment and ‘buy in’ are the pre requisites needed to create the culture of success in either environment. Lee strongly believes that discipline is an important aspect of management. Through coaching he provides that elusive space and time that senior business leaders need to develop a growth mindset that will enable them to establish the solid foundations for long-term prosperity. Lee continues to develop his role within the rugby community\, sitting on the Bath Rugby Foundation Board and being an active Patron of various rugby charities and a cardiac research charity. \n\nDr Lindsay Browning\, CEO\, Trouble Sleeping \nDr Lindsay Browning is a leading sleep expert\, psychologist\, neuroscientist and author. She founded Trouble Sleeping troublesleeping.co.uk in 2006 to help companies and individuals with better sleep. Dr Browning’s qualifications include two degrees in neuroscience and psychology and also a doctorate from the University of Oxford where she specifically studied the treatment of insomnia. Dr Browning has written the bestselling self-help sleep book\, Navigating Sleeplessness\, and can be found on all social media @DrBrowningSleep. \n  \n\nAlicia Drummond\,  Founder\, Wellbeing Hub and Teen Tips \nAlicia is passionate about providing evidenced-based advice to parents\, teachers and all those looking after children and young people\, so they can be pro-active in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of those in their care.  Alicia also works directly with children and young people empowering them to look after their mental health and wellbeing. \nAlicia draws on the latest research from psychotherapy\, psychology and neuroscience\, along with her experience of working as an adolescent therapist. \nAlicia is a BACP accredited therapist\, parenting expert\, sought after keynote speaker\, member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for a Fit and Healthy Childhood\, author and a mother.  She is regularly sought for her expert opinion by the media. \nHaving worked with schools across the UK for more than a decade delivering webinars\, talks and workshops to parents\, carers\, staff\, and pupils; in 2020 Alicia created The Wellbeing Hub. This award-winning platform offers a proactive approach to young people’s mental health and wellbeing by providing evidenced-based support for the whole school community – staff\, parents\, carers and pupils.  The platform is currently impacting more than 130\,000 pupils in over 220 schools. \n\nWill Gardner\, CEO\, Childnet \nWill Gardner is the CEO of Childnet International\, a children’s charity working with others to help make the internet a great and safe place for children. \nWill has worked at Childnet since 2000 and has been the CEO since 2009 and has led numerous regional\, national and international projects and programmes promoting child online safety\, developing many award-winning resources. \nHe is also a Director of the UK Safer Internet Centre\, in which Childnet\, working with partners the IWF and SWGfL\, organises Safer Internet Day in the UK every year\, a campaign that reaches 50% of children and over a third of parents and carers. He is also an Executive Board member of the UK Council for Internet Safety and founded and chairs the Early Warning Working Group of helplines\, hotlines and law enforcement. He is a member of Meta’s Safety Advisory Council\, Internet Matters’ Expert Group and the Advisory Board of the Anti-bullying Alliance \n\nEd Venables\, Head\, Eagle House School \nAfter studying Classics at Oxford university and a 12-year career in the investment banking and private equity world in the City\, Ed returned to his old school\, Wellington College\, to teach Economics and Business.  His time at Wellington saw him being Head of the Economics department\, Housemaster of his former boarding house for six years and\, finally\, Director of Admissions and a member of the Executive Leadership Team.  In September 2023 Ed moved to become Head of Eagle House School\, Wellington’s 3-13 prep school.  Ed remains on the Wellington ELT. \nEd is married and has three sons.  Away from school\, he lives in Anglesey\, North Wales\, and loves getting there in the holidays for lots of walking\, running and time in and on the sea! \n\nJane Lunnon\, Head\, Alleyn’s School \nJane Lunnon became the first female Head of Alleyn’s School in January 2021 after six years as Head of Wimbledon High School and as Senior Deputy at Wellington School from 2010-2014 under Anthony Seldon’s headship. Her experience in senior leadership in both single-sex and co-educational environments\, including her time at Prior’s Field School\, spans a variety of roles: Head of English\, Assistant Director of Studies\, Head of Sixth Form\, Deputy Pastoral and Housemaster’s wife. \nJane is a trustee of the Royal Springboard Foundation\, chair and founder of the Coalition for Youth Mental Health in Schools\, a Trustee of the Dulwich Picture Gallery\, and sits on the Board of Governors for the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham\, Barrow Hills School and King Edward’s School\, Witley and as well as on the GSA / HMC Joint Universities Committee. \nHer first book\, “The State of Independence”\, co-written with Dr David James\, was first published by Routledge in 2019 and examines the challenges and opportunities for independent education. A second edition was published in February 2023.  She is now working on her second book: “Schools of Thought” due to be published in February 2024.  Jane was named Tatler Head of the Year in 2020. \nShe is married to Neill Lunnon who is also a Head (of Tower House School) and has two children. Her identical twin sister\, Jenny Brown\, is also Head of an independent London day school – which makes for many interesting conversations over dinner! \n\nTyler John\, Head of Diversity\, Equality and Inclusion\, St Paul’s School \nTyler John (he/they) is the Head of Diversity\, Equality and Inclusion at St Paul’s School in Barnes. Tyler started their career as an intern\, and has delivered strategic DEI work across a number of different sectors. They really value the role that education plays in facilitating diverse and inclusive spaces\, and enjoys working with open-minded and forward-thinking students in their role. \n  \n\nSarah Griffiths\, Deputy Head (Pastoral and Wellbeing)\, Caterham School \nNamed as an innovator and influencer in UK independent education\, Sarah has been developing and promoting wellbeing in education for over a decade. A big supporter of ‘the whole school approach’\, her work at Caterham School centres around proactive pastoral care\, underpinned by a strong wellbeing curriculum and complimented by a focus on staff wellbeing and engaging parents. Her current school has 1300 pupils aged from 3-18\, with a proportion of international boarders and she is also a governor at a local primary school.\nSarah is a Maths graduate who taught at Dulwich College for 11 years\, as well as being Head of Wellbeing\, before joining Caterham School in 2017 as Deputy Head (Pastoral and Wellbeing). She is a Maths teacher and a mum of three. \n\nBen Collingwood\, Partner\, Schools & Charities\, Moore Barlow \nBen specialises in advising independent schools and other charities on wide ranging areas of education law\, with particular focus on reputation issues\, pastoral\, safeguarding\, historic abuse allegations\, SEN\, exclusions\, parent/pupil complaints\, data protection\, parent contracts\, admissions and staff matters of all types. \nBen has written and spoken widely on issues facing the independent schools sector\, providing comment in The Times\, The Guardian\, The Lawyer and Law Society’s Gazette and at the national conferences and training programmes for the various associations that support independent schools including BSA\, ISBA\, HMC\, IAPS and AGBIS. \nBen lives with his wife and three children in West Sussex. He has been a devoted surfer since my childhood and loves to spend as much of his free time as possible in the sea and walking his pointers with his family. \n\n \nAdam McRae-Taylor\, Legal Director\, Schools & Charities\, Moore Barlow \nI specialise in employment and education law and advise on issues such as unfair dismissal\, discrimination cases\, safeguarding\, parent contracts and data protection issues including in relation to the GDPR. \nMy approach is to work with schools and charities to ensure that they are managing their staff fairly and lawfully\, as a happy workforce. This not only helps an organisation thrive and grow\, but also prevents managers from being distracted by disputes. Where contentious issues do arise\, I am experienced in employment tribunal litigation and I regularly advise on employment claims such as unfair dismissal\, whistleblowing and discrimination. \nI trained and qualified in employment law with a Magic Circle firm in London. Before joining the Schools & Charities Team at Moore Barlow LLP (formerly Barlow Robbins LLP)\, I spent two years working in-house for a charity which gave me an invaluable perspective on how to provide practical advice on the issues charities commonly face. \n\nJoanna Lada-Walicki\, Head of Schools & Charities\, Moore Barlow \nJoanna heads the Moore Barlow’s independent schools and charities practice. She specialises in education and employment law. She advises on a range of employment and pastoral issues\, in particular when the reputation of a school is at stake. \nAn area of particular interest for Joanna is safeguarding and she has spoken widely on this subject national conferences and has also written widely on this and other issues affecting schools and charities. \nA major part of our practice is in relation to the management of allegations against staff as well as child-on-child abuse\, including guidance on making appropriate referrals. This inevitably overlaps with the question of sex and gender and Joanna has particular interest in how schools support and safeguard trans-gender people. \n\n \nRhiannon Williams\, Senior Director (Safeguarding\, Legal and Complaints)\, Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) \nRhiannon was formerly Director of Studies at a large day and boarding prep school for children aged 3-13. \nRhiannon has worked in the education sector for over a decade\, prior to which she was an environmental lawyer. This included working in regulatory compliance at the European Commission\, and as a university lecturer and researcher. \nRhiannon is a former solicitor\, whose qualifications include PGCE (Cantab)\, MA Law (Cantab) and Licence Spéciale en Droit Européen (ULB). \n\n \nAlex Large\, Head of Boarding\, The Royal School\, Wolverhampton \nDespite trying his best not to follow in his father’s footsteps\, Alex opted to study economics at Newcastle University but still ended up becoming a maths teacher. As a day pupil at Taunton School\, he spent many evenings in the company of the boarders there while his father did evening duties or stayed to finish his marking. This is where the fascination with boarding began and is now a self-confessed boarding enthusiast. Currently the Head of Boarding and a member of the Senior Leadership Team at The Royal School\, Wolverhampton\, Alex has developed excellent links with charities and external government agencies to support the pastoral needs of boarders at school\, culminating in national recognition with both individual and school awards. \nAlex lives onsite with his wife\, Sarah\, and their two young sons – Harry and Thomas who want to become the next Ben Stokes and Rory McIlroy respectively. During the winter he plays 1st XI hockey for Finchfield\, whilst in the summer holidays he can be found on his paddleboard in Barmouth Bay. \n\n \nMadeleine Killacky\, Housemistress and Mathematics Teacher\, Moreton Hall School \nMadeleine Killacky is a Housemistress and Mathematics teacher at Moreton Hall School in Shropshire. She was awarded the BSA Research Fellowship for 2023-24 and is currently researching creativity and unstructured play in boarding settings. \n  \n  \n\nNaima Charlier\, Director of Equality\, Diversity\, Inclusion\, and Social Responsibility\, Wellington College \nNaima Charlier brings over 25 years of teaching experience\, including more than 20 years in international school settings across the UK\, USA\, Romania\, and Hong Kong. With a background spanning Early Years\, Primary\, and Secondary education\, she has held various leadership roles for over 16 years\, including Founding Head\, Deputy Principal\, and Director of Teaching and Learning. Naima holds an MBA in International Educational Leadership from UCL and serves as a Lead Improvement Partner for COBIS. She advocates passionately for inclusive leadership and prioritises EDI initiatives in schools. \n  \n\nMartin Reader\, Headmaster\, Cranleigh School \nMartin Reader is currently Head of Cranleigh School. He began his teaching career at St Edward’s Oxford\, before moving to Oundle School and then to Reigate Grammar School where he was Senior Deputy Head. Prior to moving to Cranleigh\, he was Headmaster of Wellington School\, Somerset for eight years. Passionate about boarding\, he served as Chair of the BSA in 2018\, and Vice Chair in 2017 and 2019. He is also a trustee of the BSA Foundation and the Hawk and Owl Trust. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Fellow of the Institute of Boarding. \n\nAreti Bizior\, Headmistress\, Luckley House School \nAreti is the Headmistress at Luckley House School. Prior to that\, she was Deputy Headmistress at Downe House for seven years\, Assistant Headmistress at Queen Anne’s School in Caversham and Head of House at St. George’s\, Ascot. Areti holds an MBA from UCL\, alongside a BSc\, BEd and PGCE. She is an Inspector for ISI and a published author. Areti is a member of the Executive Committee of the BSA and sits on various Advisory Boards and Governing Bodies. \n  \n\nSpeakers from the BSA Team: \nDavid Walker\, Executive Director\, Boarding\, BSA Group \nDavid is the Executive Director and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa\, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA\, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East. \n  \n\nGaelle Sullivan\, Research and Inclusion Director\, BSA Group \nGaelle is Head of Research Services and Inclusion and joined the BSA in January 2023. She is an experienced senior leader and has worked in a range of state and independent schools. She is a qualified SENCO and holds a Masters Degree in Inclusive Education. Prior to joining the BSA\, Gaelle was Deputy Head Pastoral\, DSL and Head of Boarding at an all-girls independent school in the South-East. \n  \n\nLee Glaser\, Director\, Hieda and Group Services Director\, BSA Group \nLee has extensive experience in pastoral care. Prior to becoming Headmaster and CEO at Taunton School in Somerset he was the School’s Deputy Head which involved leading the pastoral team and being the Designated Safeguarding Lead. Outstanding support for student and staff wellbeing has always been at the heart of his approach and the School was recently shortlisted for a TES Award for excellence in this area. \nLee has always worked closely with the School’s medical team which provided excellent support to the community\, particularly during the COVID pandemic. He is excited to be supporting HIEDA members in delivering the highest quality of care in their own environments.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/annual-boarding-conference/
LOCATION:Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5
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SUMMARY:HIEDA - Clinical skills training (with Meliora Medical Group)
DESCRIPTION:Date: June 11 – 12\, 2024\nTime: 08:30 – 16:30\nCost: Member Rate: £450\, Delegates from Meliora Schools: £450\, Non-member Rate: £900\nAudience: Registered nurses  / paramedics only (32 places maximum)\nVenue: Harrow School\n\n\nCourse outline: \nThis clinical skills package of two skills days\, culminating in an OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) style assessment\, provides updates on medical conditions and refreshes practical skills. The aim is to support clinical staff with their training and development needs\, help them to raise the standards of care provided in schools and meet the needs of CPD as part of their revalidation. This will also be accomplished by networking with other nurses to share and recognise good practice. \nDay 1 Training topics will include: \n\nHistory taking\nRespiratory assessment\nCardio assessment\nAbdominal assessment\nHead injury assessment\nENT assessment including use of otoscope\, eye testing and inhaler techniques\n\nDay 2 Training topics will include a carousel of  \n\nSexual Health assessment\nMental Health Assessment\nMSK assessment\nRevision session in preparation for the OSCE\n\nThe clinical day will involve a number of trainers teaching delegates in small groups\, in rotation\, on topics that are systems based \nWe will practise clinical skills such as History taking\, ENT assessment\, chest sounds\, heart sounds\, ABDO assessment\,  inhaler techniques and vision testing. \nThere will be a booklet to complete and every person will be observed and signed off for each skill. \nThe aim is to refresh or learn new skills and enhance basic physical assessments. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nTo be updated on the common medical issued found in schools\nTo expand knowledge on assessment and history taking\nTo explore opportunities to support unwell pupils\nTo network with other school nurses\nTo share knowledge and information and recognise areas of good practice.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nProgramme: \nDay 1 \n08:00: Arrival and Registration \n08:30 – 09:00: Introductions and plan for course \n09:00 – 11:00: Session 1 – History Taking \n11:00 – 11:30: Break \n11:30 – 13:30: Session 2 – Carousell Sessions \n\nSession 1 – Sexual Health\nSession 2- MSK Assessment\nSession 3 – Mental Health Assessment\nSession 4 – ENT / Vision\n\n13:30 – 14:00: Lunch \n14:00 – 16:00: Carousell sessions continue \n16:00 – 16:15: Break \n16:15 – 17:00: Session 4 – Head Injury Assessment \n17:00 – 17:30: Session 5 – Questions  \nDay 2 \n08:30 – Registration and Coffee \n09:00 – 10:30: Session 1 – Respiratory and Cardio assessment  \n10:30 – 11:00: Break \n11:00 – 12:30 – Session 2 – Abdominal assessment and Urinalysis  \n12:30 – 13:00 – Lunch \n13:00 – 16:30 – Assessments & Feedback \n16:30 – End \n\nSpeaker: \nRosie McManus RSCN\, Dip HR (Child)\, BSc (Hons)\, MSc (Law)\, HIEDA Nurse Advisor \nTrained at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children Rosie came to school nursing in the independent sector 16 years ago. With a passion for boarding pastoral and health care Rosie has developed an interest in the understanding and development of the health needs of boarding school students. \n  \n  \n\nDr Alex Maxwell\, Doctor\, Harrow School Head\, Meliora Medical Group\, MBBS\, MRCGP\, Dip IBLM/BSLM\, MNU (Dist)\, FBSLM \nAlex leads our School Medicine department. Through reflective quality improvement he ensures our School Doctor service provision is gold-standard and ever improving. Alex supports and guides our clinical team and is responsible for upholding the high clinical standards we strive for at Meliora Medical Group. \nAlex is also responsible for looking after and supporting the health and wellbeing of our team. We all understand the importance of self-care and know this contributes to our ability to deliver our service to the best of our ability. \n 
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SUMMARY:SBF summer conference
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\nDate: June 14\, 2024\nTime: 10:00 – 16:00\nCost: BSA Full Member – £100\,  Non-member – £200\nAudience: Head\, Deputy Head\, Head of Boarding\, Pastoral staff\, all at state boarding schools\nPlatform: Zoom\n\n\nThe annual SBF summer conference is an opportunity for practitioners working in state boarding to come together and receive an update on the current position of the state boarding sector\, specifically addressing the issues raised by SBF members at their regular forum\, and to hear from government departments including DfE\, Ofsted\, MOD and FCO. \nBOOK NOW \n\nProgramme: \n10:00 – 10:10 \nSession 1 – Welcome and introduction \n\nSpeaker: Dr Chris Pyle\, Chair\, SBF Executive Committee and Headmaster at Lancaster Royal Grammar School\n\n10:10 – 11:00 \nThe Boarding Landscape  \nBSA Group update & State of the boarding sector  \n\nSpeaker: David Walker\, Director\, BSA\n\nNMS update  \n\nSpeaker: Dale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA Group\n\nQ&A  \n\nChair: Dr Chris Pyle\, Chair\, SBF Executive Committee and Headmaster\, Lancaster Royal Grammar School\n\n11:00 – 11:15 \nBreak \n11:15 – 12:00 \nSession 2 – International recruitment \n\nChair: David Walker\, Director\, BSA\n\nSpeaker: Mark Brooks\, MBA\, Director\, Brooks Education\n\n\n\n12:00 – 12:15 \nBreak \n12:15 – 13:00 \nSession 3 – Compliance Update \nIICSA/Ofsted update  \n\nSpeaker: Dale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA Group\n\nQ&A  \n\nChair: Dale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA Group\n\n13:00 – 14:00 \nLunch \n14:00 – 14:45 \nSession 4 – Panelist Discussion \nStaff well-being\, recruitment and retention – How can we help our boarding schools \n\nChair: David Walker\, Director\, BSA\n\nSpeaker: Matt Albrighton\, Headmaster\, Burford School\nSteve Gardner\, Deputy Head\, Holyport\nHelen Cullen\, Head\, Sexeys\nJonathan Webb\, Head\, Ripon Grammar\n\n\n\n14:45 – 15:00 \nBreak \n15:00 – 15:45 \nSession 5 – Supporting vulnerable children \n\nChair: David Walker\, Director\, BSA\n\nSpeaker: Mark Heywood\, Principal\, Royal Wolverhampton\nRailton Blyth\, Director of Safeguarding at The Circle Trust\n\n\n\n16:00 \nClose and thanks \n\nSpeaker: Dr Chris Pyle\, Chair\, SBF Executive Committee and Headmaster at Lancaster Royal Grammar School\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeakers: \nDr Chris Pyle\, Chair\, SBF Executive Committee and Headmaster at Lancaster Royal Grammar School \nChris Pyle is Chair of the State Boarding Forum. He has been Head of Lancaster Royal Grammar School since 2012. The school has grown significantly over that period and has welcomed Sixth Form girls as boarders and day students. It has been judged Outstanding in all categories in three successive Ofsted boarding inspections. \nChris was previously Deputy Head of the Perse School\, Cambridge. Before becoming a teacher he completed a PhD in Geography at Cambridge University and also worked in the water industry. \nHe holds the NPQH\, is currently studying for the NPQEL in school leadership\, and is Executive Lead of the NNW Maths Hub. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society\, and regularly writes resources for schools on natural hazards and environmental change. \n\nDavid Walker\, Director\, BSA \nDavid is the BSA Director and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa\, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA\, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East. \n  \n\n \nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA Group \nDale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards\, having previously been a course tutor since 1998. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s training programme\, including both day seminars and accredited training courses. Dale leads on all safeguarding and inspection matters for the BSA\, including managing the Commitment to Care Charter and has also developed a process of BSA Accreditation for our international members. He also liaises with ISI\, Ofsted and DfE on matters relating to compliance and inspection standards\, and compiles the BSA Self-Assessment toolkit\, which he first produced in 2002\, since which time he has been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding. \nFor 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner. After boarding positions at Norwich School and Tettenhall College\, Dale became a Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital in 1992\, and was promoted to Deputy Head in 2007\, and subsequently also DSL. He has also been a multi-agency trainer for the Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board. \n\nMark Brooks\, MBA\, Director\, Brooks Education \nMark began his career as a marketing executive with the Financial Times in London and moved on to become the marketing manager for a theological college\, and then for a leading boarding school in Oxfordshire. At both establishments Mark revolutionised the student recruitment processes and saw pupil numbers reach record levels. During this time\, he also completed an MBA\, focusing on schools marketing. His specialisms are marketing strategy\, school turnaround and boarding recruitment. He has advised heads and governors at major IAPS\, HMC and GSA schools in the UK and overseas. Mark has worked with the British Council\, and leading schools such as Roedean\, Junior King’s Canterbury\, Wycliffe College\, Dulwich College and over 100 others. He is a regular conference speaker (IPSEF\, AGBIS\, British Council\, AMDIS\, BBSW\, and APEN). His Masters in Business Administration (MBA) focused on school strategy and marketing\, his final year was sponsored by the Independent Schools Council (ISC). Mark visits at least two independent schools a week and runs marketing initiatives overseas. \n\nMatt Albrighton\, Headmaster\, Burford School  \nBefore working in boarding Matthew worked in the Boys day Sector at KES Edgbaston and Warwick school. Alongside his role as Head of Geography at Wellington College\, Matthew coordinated the introduction of the IB Middle Years Programme for students in years 9-11. Carrying principles from the IB forward to St Edward’s he developed an alternative series of qualifications to sit within a middle school suite alongside GCSE.  This involved working with the support of Buckingham University to create a rigorous moderation and authentication process. \nMatthew has an almost fervent belief in the value of a broad curriculum in supporting the development of a young person. He is an advocate of the maintenance of sport and the Arts alongside more stereotypical classroom learning all the way through to 18. With this in mind he advocates curriculums such as the IB diploma and perhaps a little overzealous about the Theory of Knowledge course. \nMatthew has held a post on senior leadership for 12 years\, 9 years at St Edwards as Deputy Head Academic and then latterly as Headteacher at Burford School\, an academy of 1500 students in the Cotswolds with Boarding House attached. Throughout Matthew has had oversight of the appraisal process and recognises the importance of defining an overarching educational philosophy to provide guard rails for staff motivation. \n\nSteve Gardner\, Deputy Head\, Holyport \nSteve is the Deputy Head Master at Holyport College\, where he leads on behaviour and boarding. He has worked in boarding schools for 18 years as a teacher of Drama and Theatre Studies\, alongside boarding roles that include House Tutor\, Housemaster and Director of Boarding. Steve led Holyport through a significant pastoral restructure in 2021 that not only gained an upgrade of Ofsted’s judgements but also instigated an increased commitment to staff wellbeing. \n  \n\nHelen Cullen\, Head\, Sexeys \nHelen is Headteacher of Sexey’s School\, an 11-18 years Church of England SBS. Having previously been a Pastoral middle and senior leader well being of staff and students is something Helen is passionate about and during the schools improvement journey has been a key priority. Helen considers herself very fortunate to have the team of staff at Sexey’s that she does and so is always committed to considering and exploring further strategies to support staff well being and in turn recruitment and retention. \n  \n\nMark Heywood\, Principal\, Royal Wolverhampton  \nCurrently Principal/CEO of The Royal School\, Wolverhampton an all-through\, co-ed\, non-selective day and state boarding school of some 1500 pupils in the West Midlands.  Has been in post since 2011\, converting from independent school to State Free School/Academy in 2016.  Over past 40 years he has worked in state and independent schools\, boarding and day settings in London\, Cumbria\, Tyneside and now West Midlands. \nThe Royal School has developed experience in working with Looked After Children (LAC) and UASC for a number of years\, the work of which featured in the Independent Review into Children’s Social Care report of 2022 and works closely with the RNSCF Springboard Trust on their Expert Advisory Group to the Government on the potential benefits of boarding in working with vulnerable children. \nMark has taught geography\, geology\, PE and Games and has a passion for outdoor education and international expeditions. \n\nJonathan Webb\, Head\, Ripon Grammar \nJonathan has been head at Ripon Grammar for nearly 7 years. He was previously Deputy Head at Durham school\, having been a Head of Department at Pocklington School. Jonathan began his career at Giggleswick and Manchester Grammar School. \n  \n  \n\nRailton Blyth\, Director of Safeguarding at The Circle Trust \nMember of the Education & Welfare Committee. Lead Governor for: Safeguarding \nRailton is the Director of Safeguarding for The Circle Trust as well as Senior Deputy Headteacher at St Crispin’s School. He was previously a PiXL (Partners in Excellence) associate\, managed and chaired the local Designated Safeguarding leads network and Secondary Behaviour Leads group as well as chairing the Wokingham Primary/Secondary liaison group. He is currently a Trustee for a local charity that seeks to support young people in navigating their teenage years. \nA Historian by training\, Railton’s passion lays in Inclusion and Outdoor Education. He is a qualified Forest School leader and he has created bespoke courses to ensure our young people are able to connect with nature and embrace risk away from screens. In 2017\, Railton’s work was recognised for his contribution to working with children with Special Educational Needs by being named as Building for the Future’s Teacher of the Year 2017. \nOutside of school\, Railton’s life is dedicated to his wife and two children (as well as Sooty the dog) as he seeks adventure to create special memories for them. Being a boy from Kent originally\, Railton is at one with the sea and as a family\, they have a deep love of North Cornwall and the RNLI.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/sbf-summer-conference-2/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Conference
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