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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.
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SUMMARY:BAISIS/BSA - Visa and immigration summer term conference
DESCRIPTION:Date: May 21\, 2024\nTime: 09:30 – 16:15\nCost: BAISIS/BSA Full Member – £215\, BAISIS/BSA Additional Member Fee – £110\, BSA Affiliate Member – £325\, BSA Additional Affiliate Member Fee – £140\,  Non-member – £430\nAudience: Admissions\, Marketing\, Deputy Head\, Head of Boarding\, Head\, Bursar\, Educational Guardians\, Agents. \nPlatform: Zoom (online) – conference\n\n\nCourse outline \nThis conference will enable delegates to hear directly from the experts on the latest in visas and immigration relevant to the education sector. The summer update will address key issues from members at a crucial time of year for international student recruitment. \nBSA will facilitate questions directly from members to our experts throughout the day\, including Home Office representatives. Delegates are welcome to send their questions in advance to bsa@boarding.org.uk to ensure these are answered during the session. \nSponsored by IGTM \n \nTraining topics will include: \n\nKey sector issues relating to visas and immigration\nMaintaining sponsor licence compliance\nInternational student recruitment risk assessments and due diligence considerations\nSponsor duties\, including Monitoring\, Reporting and Record-keeping Managing the SMS\, CAS allocations and your BCA\nUKVI inspections and educational oversight\nRelationships with educational agents\n\nDOWNLOAD PROGRAMME HERE \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nProgramme: \n09:30 – 09:45 \nSession 1 – Welcome and update: immigration state of the nation \nA review of where we are now as a sector and what’s to come.   \n\nSpeaker: Kate Hollyer\, Director of Legal and Public Affairs\, BSA Group \n\n09:45 – 10:15 \nSession 2 – Preparing for induction\, best practice for welcoming your international students  \nThis session will hear from current sponsors on their integration and induction processes from a sponsorship perspective and focusing on their new international students.  \n\n Chair: Beth Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS \n\nSpeaker: Johanna Prior\, Joint Principal\, The International College\, King’s School\, Canterbury \nJoanna Jackson\, International Registrar\, Sherborne School\nLaura Brayley\, Assistant Head TSI (Pastoral & Co-Curricular)\n\n\n\n10:15 – 10:30 \nBreak \n10:30 – 11:15 \nSession 3 – Promoting positive and transparent relationships with educational agents  \nThis session will bring together voices from boarding schools with international students and BSA certified educational agents to discuss how to promote positive relationships between the two\, focusing on the sponsor duties and wellbeing and care of the child. \n\nChair: Caroline Nixon\, International Director\, BSA Group\n\nSpeaker: Gemma Kilby\, Head of Admissions\, Felsted School\nLauren Moore\, International Compliance Officer\, Felsted School \nTheresa Glasmacher\, Managing Director\, Barbara Glasmacher\, Internationale Schulberatung \n\n\n\n11:15 – 11:30 \nBreak \n11:30 – 12:30 \nSession 4 – Exploitation risks and due diligence \nThis session will be focused on helping schools to be aware of and safeguard their international students whilst best protecting themselves and their international students against exploitation.  \n\nChair: Kate Hollyer\, Director of Legal and Public Affairs\, BSA Group \n\nSpeakers: Mark Taylor\, Consultant\, Verisio\nAndrew Steven\, Director at I-GTM\n\n\n\n12:30 – 13:30 \nLunch \n13:30 – 14:30 \nSession 5 – Home Office: Policy and Operations update \nHear from representatives of the Home Office Study Operations and Student Policy departments about the Child Student / Student visa routes and future developments\, plus pose your questions to the team – an unmissable session!  \n\nChair: Kate Hollyer\, Director of Legal and Public Affairs\, BSA Group\n\nSpeaker: Martyn Foulds\, Team Leader\, Study Operations\, Home Office \n\n\n\n14:30 – 14:45 \nBreak \n14:45 – 15:45 \nSession 6 – Legal update: UKVI compliance and Educational Oversight  \nAn overview of compliance trends and areas of focus from leading immigration expert and Chair of Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA)   \n\nChair: Beth Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS\n\nSpeaker: Hazar El–Chamaa\, Immigration Partner\, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP and Chair\, ILPA\n\n\n\n15:45 – 16:15 \nSession 7 – In conversation with immigration experts.  \nPut your questions to the legal panel and hear a round-up of the day.  \n\nChair: Beth Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS\n\nSpeaker: Kate Hollyer\, Director of Legal and Public Affairs\, BSA Group  \nHazar El-Chamaa\, Immigration Partner\, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP and Chair\, ILPA\n\n\n\n16:15 \nClose of conference \n\nKate Hollyer\, Director of Legal and Public Affairs\, BSA Group  \nKate is Legal and Public Affairs Director of BSA Group and Director of BSA Group Legal Services Ltd\, BSA Group’s SRA-regulated law firm. As a qualified solicitor of England and Wales with more than 12 years’ experience advising clients on UK immigration and nationality law\, Kate supports members with all UK immigration matters including UKVI sponsor licence compliance. Kate is a member of the Home Office Education Advisory Group and is the boarding sector representative for this group. Prior to joining BSA in 2022 Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading full-service UK law firm. Having resided in state\, preparatory and senior school boarding houses since 2014 with her Housemaster husband\, Kate has a unique perspective of boarding life. \n\n \nBeth Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS  \nBethan Waddington 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. \n\n \nCaroline Nixon\, International Director\, BSA Group \nCaroline has worked in international education for over 30 years.  She is International & Membership Director at Boarding Schools’ Association\, and Director of Caroline Nixon Education Ltd.\, as well as a member of the advisory group to the British Government’s All Party Parliamentary Group for international students. \nCaroline set up and runs the BSA educational agent certification scheme and is involved with the BSA’s accreditation of international schools.  Her background is in international education marketing and she also set up and ran a leading international school in the UK.  She has helped several UK schools to establish new overseas branches\, advised an international school opening in the UK\, set up a guardianship agency for an educational group\, and advises schools on international marketing and academic and pastoral provision for their international students. \n\nJohanna Prior\, Joint Principal\, The International College\, King’s School\, Canterbury  \nJo Prior grew up in Germany and attended university in England and France. Following a degree in English and French\, she lived and worked in China\, before completing teacher training in Scotland. She was a Teacher\, Boarding Tutor\, UCAS Advisor and Head of Year at Loretto before joining King’s as founding Principal of the International College. \n  \n\nJoanna Jackson\, International Registrar\, Sherborne School \nJoanna joined Sherborne School in 2011\, working at Sherborne International\, where she gained extensive knowledge and experience of the requirements and needs of international students.  In 2021 she moved across to Sherborne School’s Admissions Department where she is currently International Registrar.  Joanna has travelled extensively and has vast experience supporting pupils through the admissions journey and assisting them with their visa applications.  Prior to joining Sherborne\, Joanna worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and an international pharmaceutical training company.  \n\nGemma Kilby\, Head of Admissions\, Felsted School \nGemma is Head of Admissions & International Registrar at Felsted.  Prior to working for Felsted\, Gemma was an EAL teacher and taught in China for two years\, bringing an exciting cultural understanding to the Admissions Office at Felsted. Following her past experience in teaching overseas\, Gemma has a passion for the promotion of internationalism in education\, along with a desire to promote the benefits that boarding at school can bring for both UK and overseas students. \n  \n\nLauren Moore\, International Compliance Officer\, Felsted School  \nLauren Moore is the International Compliance Officer at Felsted School and responsible for ensuring the compliance of Home Office and UKVI guidance and regulations across the school. This includes the issuance of the school’s CAS documents\, monitoring of pupils’ travel and care arrangements during holidays and ensuring all documents and records relating to sponsored pupils and the schools sponsor licence are up to date and accurate. Prior to working for Felsted\, Lauren worked in the aviation industry travelling around the world\, where she enjoyed experiencing and learning about different cultures. \n\nTheresa Glasmacher\, Managing Director\, Barbara Glasmacher\, Internationale Schulberatung  \nTheresa Glasmacher is Managing Director of Glasmacher Schulberatung\, an agency specialized on the placement of students from Germany\, Austria and Switzerland in British boarding schools. After having spent her Sixth Form at a UK boarding school herself\, Theresa first did a banking apprenticeship in Munich. She then studied history and politics at the London School of Economics and at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) in Boston. After university\, Theresa worked in the field of environmental and climate protection in Munich and Berlin\, where she was involved in Poland\, Hungary and Estonia’s processes of becoming EU members. She joined the family business Glasmacher Schulberatung in 2006 and for many years worked alongside her famous mother Barbara. She has been the agency’s Managing Director since 2013. \n\n \nMartyn Foulds\, Team Leader\, Study Operations\, Home Office  \n  \n  \n  \n\nHazar El–Chamaa\, Immigration Partner\, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP and Chair\, ILPA \nHazar has over eight years’ immigration experience and has been advising education providers on all aspects of compliance\, restructuring and business strategies since the inception of Tier 4. Her experience also includes advising on appeals\, judicial review applications and challenges to Home Office decisions which affect sponsors. Hazar is a frequent speaker on immigration law and gives training on sponsor compliance and prevention of illegal working. She is an elected executive committee member of ILPA (Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association) and has been recommended by the Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession. Penningtons is recognised as a key link between the Home Office and educational institutions in the process of implementing and working through PBS reform. \n\nMark Taylor\, Consultant\, Verisio Ltd \nIn a previous reincarnation Mark founded The Taylor Partnership – supporting U.K. independent schools in meeting the compliance demands of their UKVI sponsor licences and training many school staff. More recently\, after travelling the world\, Mark has identified the increased risk to independent schools as a result of the need for greater probity and due diligence in financial awareness of school suppliers\, parents and agents. Mark’s interest in this field was first sparked in 2016-17 when he supported a number of schools following the disappearance of students from Vietnam. \nMark is working in partnership with Verisio\, a specialist organisation concentrating on integrity and due diligence checks on corporations and individuals. \n\nAndrew Steven\, Co-Founder of I-GTM  \nAndrew Steven is the co-founder of I-GTM\, a company established to meet the unique requirements of boarding schools. I-GTM provides a centralised system designed to streamline the process of reminding parents\, collecting information\, and ensuring the checks and balances essential for compliance and safeguarding oversight.  \nHis deep technical expertise\, combined with an understanding of the practical challenges faced by school administrators and transport teams\, has been crucial in developing I-GTM. This solution\, crafted by a UK-based development team\, tackles the issues related to travel and whereabouts for boarding schools.  \nBefore founding I-GTM\, Andrew was a partner at BDP\, a software company offering a SaaS solution for the Scottish conveyancing market. Under his leadership\, BDP experienced significant growth and was successfully sold in 2016 marking a notable milestone in his career and underscoring his ability to drive growth and deliver value in the tech industry.  \nAndrew Steven’s IT career spans several decades\, beginning in the late 90s with roles in web design and e-commerce. This experience has honed his ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both developers and users. With a passion for technology and a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions\, Andrew continues to drive innovation at I-GTM\, ensuring that the company’s clients receive the highest level of service and support.  \n\nLaura Brayley\, Assistant Head TSI (Pastoral & Co-Curricular) \nLaura is currently Assistant Head Pastoral at Taunton School International and has previously worked as Boarding Housemistress and Head of Boarding.
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SUMMARY:Annual Conference for Heads
DESCRIPTION:Date: May 07-08\, 2024\nTime: 10:30 – 17:00\nCost: BSA Member delegate rate – £595\, BSA Affiliate member delegate rate – £895\nCost will include two-day conference\, conference refreshments and annual awards dinner on the evening of May 07.\nAudience: Heads\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%. If you need assistance with your Roomex login\, please email priority@roomex.com\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“Head to the Castle” 5 mile run: This is now fully booked. Anyone interested in registering for the reserve list for the run\, please email bsa@boarding.org.uk.\n\n\nSponsored by: \n \n\n \nWe’re looking forward to welcoming Heads from our member schools to our Annual Conference for Heads\, sponsored by Schoolblazer which takes place on May 07-08\, 2024. \nThis two-day conference will bring together leading boarding heads to reflect on the benefits of boarding and how to support heads in their leadership roles. \nThe conference also includes the BSA’s Annual Awards and Conference Dinner\, this year\, taking place on May 7\, 2024. The award categories for the BSA Supporting Excellence Awards are open for entries. Click here to view the categories and entry details. \nVIEW OUR CONFERENCE PROGRAMME HERE \nBOOK NOW \n  \n  \n  \n\nAs always the BSA Annual Conference was a wonderful opportunity to meet new colleagues\, reunite with old and dedicate the necessary time and space to the joys and challenges of leading our incredible schools. The BSA Annual Conference is a unique and special opportunity to dedicate thought and time to boarding and all that it brings to us\, our staff and our students. \nJo Cameron\, Principal\, Queenswood School \n\nGuest Speakers: \nInga Beale\, Former CEO\, Lloyd’s of London \nDame Inga Beale was the first female CEO at Lloyd’s of London between 2014-2018. With over three decades of global business experience she was awarded her Damehood in 2017 for services to the UK economy. Drawing on her own experiences\, Inga will discuss what it means to lead cultural change and steer a company through a technological transition without losing its core character. \n  \n\nBrian Holliday\, Managing Director\, Siemens Digital Industries \nBrian Holliday is Managing Director for Siemens Digital Industries\, a technology company serving the manufacturing and industrial-infrastructure sectors. He is co-chair of the Made Smarter Commission and a long-standing non-executive director at Make UK\, The Manufacturers’ Organisation. \nHe is an advocate for engineering\, innovation\, skills and advanced technology deployment\, contributing regularly to media\, policy forums and peer networks as a former board member for the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and former chair of the CBI’s Manufacturing Council too. \nBrian has been a community governor at a north-west primary school\, in addition to serving on the governing body at a University Technical College. He has contributed to parliamentary select committees on the topics of Industry 4.0 and skills\, indeed being upstaged by Pepper the robot\, on the first occasion AI had been used in such a forum. \nA 2022 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering\, Brian started his career as an apprentice with Texas Instruments and has degrees from Cardiff and Manchester Universities in addition to an honorary doctorate from Middlesex University. \n\n \nSurgeon Rear Admiral Fleur Marshall KHP MRCGP MA\, Director Medical Personnel and Training \nFleur Marshall joined the Royal Navy as a medical cadet in 1992 and has served in a variety of ships  deploying from the South Atlantic and Antarctica to the Middle East and Far East. Since qualifying as a GP\, she worked for Flag Officer Sea Training\, deployed at sea and served in Royal Navy Establishments in healthcare delivery roles.  She is a graduate of the Advanced Command and Staff Course 12. \nSince promotion to Surgeon Captain she has been Regional Clinical Director (South) in the Defence Primary Healthcare organisation\, served as Medical Officer in Charge of the Institute of Naval Medicine and as Assistant Head\, Medical Defence Engagement.  She is a Member of Royal College of Defence Studies completing the course in 2016. \nIn Feb 19 on promotion to Surgeon Commodore\, Marshall took over as Head of Healthcare Plans\, within HQ Defence Medical Group and was involved in early stages of modernisation of the DMS. In Apr 21\, Surg Cdre Marshall became the Head of Healthcare for the Royal Navy and Head of the Royal Navy Medical Service. \nIn Mar 23 she was promoted to Surgeon Rear Admiral and appointed as Director Medical Personnel and Training in HQ DMS. \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\nAdam McRae-Taylor\, Legal Director\, Schools & Charities\, Moore Barlow \nAdam specialises 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. \nHis 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\, he is experienced in employment tribunal litigation and he regularly advises on employment claims such as unfair dismissal\, whistleblowing and discrimination. \nHe 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)\, he spent two years working in-house for a charity which gave him 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 \nJames Wood\, Regional Security Director\, Northern Europe\, International SOS \nIn this role\, James provides strategic security advice\, guidance and support to clients throughout the region on all aspects of our Security service delivery. \nPrior to this\, James led International SOS’ global Security Consulting Practice between 2019 and 2022. He also led a team of 35 security experts who focus on expert consulting engagements with clients in their geographic regions of responsibility\, as well as thought leadership\, operational delivery and oversight and delivery of International SOS solutions. \nA certified Business Continuity expert through the Business Continuity Institute\, James joined International SOS in May 2011 as Coordinating Security Manager for the Asia Pacific region where he supported clients during security incidents such as violent unrest in northern Papua New Guinea\, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and flooding in Jakarta. \nHe subsequently moved\, in September 2014\, to the role of Regional Security Operations Manager in the Europe Regional Security Centre\, with a focus on Europe\, Central Asia and West & Maghreb Africa. In 2015\, James moved to London where he helped to set up the 24/7 Security Centre. In this role\, James oversaw the company’s security support to client Crisis Management and Business Continuity Teams and the evacuations of their employees during escalations in locations including UK\, Germany\, France\, Belgium\, Congo\, Democratic Republic of Congo\, Cote d’Ivoire\, Burkina Faso and Burundi. \nBetween July 2017 and December 2018\, James was the lead security consulting resource in the UK & Ireland and latterly EMEA\, working closely with clients at a strategic level to ensure appropriate support to their Risk Mitigation and Resilience teams. \nPrior to joining International SOS\, James was a police officer with Thames Valley Police\, UK. Having spent time as a uniformed officer in Oxfordshire dealing with incidents ranging from large scale protests to murders\, he then moved to a specialist detective unit investigating acquisitive crime throughout the southeast of England. While in this post he also organised and conducted surveillance\, investigation\, and disruption operations\, gathering intelligence and targeting Organised Crime groups throughout the Thames Valley area and with other UK police services. \nJames has a BA (Hons) in French and History from the University of Warwick\, specialising in French foreign policy and American politics and is a member of both the Security Institute and the Business Continuity Institute. \n\nDr Anthony Renshaw\, Regional Medical Director\, International SOS \nDr Anthony Renshaw is a Regional Medical Director with the (Europe) Health Consulting Practice. He provides medical advisory to a variety of global organisations and has worked extensively across\nEurope\, Asia-Pacific and Africa. \nAnthony joined International SOS\, Beijing in 2008 as Medical Director where he oversaw medical services delivery and health consulting platforms in China\, Mongolia\, Russian Far East\, Korea and Japan. In 2011\, he moved to Sydney to develop medical services and occupational health solutions in Australia and the Pacific\, relocating back to London in 2017. His main areas of expertise are\, crisis management; remote healthcare support; pandemic planning and healthcare management. \nAnthony has overseen remote health services across the world for industrial clients and government departments\, from prisons to defence\, and provided corporate health solutions to numerous Fortune 500 clients in finance\, hi-tech\, professional services and manufacturing sectors. He is currently medical advisor to a UK-based multinational bank and a major international NGO\, amongst others. Prior to joining International SOS\, he was a surgeon in the NHS (UK) and in South Africa. \nAnthony is a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh\, an Associate of the Faculty of Remote and Rural Health\, a Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. He trained in medicine at the University of Manchester where he obtained degrees in immunology and oncology. He also holds a doctorate in plastic and reconstructive surgery from University College London (UCL)\, and an Executive Master in Business Administration from INSEAD\, Fontainebleau. \n\nMaya Birch\, Senior Business Manager – Project Development\, Education\, HAYS \nMaya Birch is an education recruitment professional with over 14 years of experience with Hays. Maya provides innovative and effective talent acquisition solution-led services for schools and MATs. She currently holds a national role in client engagement\, working closely with BSA to curate a new recruitment platform for boarding schools. The objective of which is to help schools manage all vacancies cost-effectively and improve practices for staff attraction and retention. \n  \n\nKatherine Whipps\, Account Director\, HAYS \nKatherine Whipps is an Account Director with 24 years of experience at Hays. Katherine holds a national role and manages relationships with some of Hays’ most valuable PSL customers\, being their central point of contact. Katherine builds meaningful relationships with key stakeholder clients and offers solution-based consultancy to achieve integral recruitment objectives. Katherine’s experience spans many sectors including Construction and Property\, Telecoms and Education\, with the BSA partnership being the most recent. \n  \n\nBerman Zhigalko\, Consultant\, FAIRER Consulting (DE&I Advisory Services\, Hays International) \nBerman is a consultant at FAIRER Consulting\, a part of DE&I Advisory Services at Hays International. He is an experienced professional in diversity\, equity and inclusion\, as well as talent advisory. \nCurrently\, Berman supports various clients across the private sector and is exploring new ways to embed DE&I into various processes within organisations. \nHe has supported and led several client projects around DE&I audit and talent acquisition\, with his key interest lying in building DE&I strategy\, as well DE&I behavioural change and activities. \n\nDominic Norrish\, CEO\, IAPS \nDominic is Chief Executive Officer of IAPS\, the largest Heads’ association in the independent sector\, serving schools in the UK and globally. Prior to this\, he was Chief Operating Officer at United Learning\, with responsibilities spanning digital\, HR and marketing for their then 90+ independent and state schools\, his experience leading them through the pandemic capping a decade spent working at scale to create education-focused services to support school effectiveness. He began his career as a Year 5 teacher before moving into school leadership roles and time spent in the private sector. \n  \n\nMark Coleman\, Founder and Group CEO\, The SDS & IA Group of Companies \nMark Coleman is The SDS Group Founder and CEO. With a degree in software engineering and a passion for history\, Mark established SDS 30 years ago to become one of the UK’s leading companies for online heritage digitisation. SDS supports more than 650 UK independent schools as well as BSA Group\, AGBIS\, ASCL\, GSA\, HMC\, IAPS\, IDPE\, ISA\, ISBA and The ISC. Other clients include the Bank of England\, BBC\, British Museum\, Chatham House\, John Lewis\, National Gallery and the House of Lords. \n  \n\nEd Dorrell\, Partner\, Public First \nEd is a Partner at Public First. Before taking up this role\, he was one of the most experienced and respected education journalists in Britain. He was deputy editor of the Times Educational Supplement (TES) for seven years\, a role he combined with being comment editor and before that he was news editor for five years. Previously he was news editor of the Architects’ Journal\, where he was a well known commentator on planning and regeneration. He has also written for most national papers including the Guardian\, the Times\, the Telegraph and the Independent. He is known for his sharp policy analysis\, his wide ranging network in the media\, and his skill at writing and shaping news and opinion from leading politicians\, chief executives\, high profile individuals\, and large and small organisations. He offers high-value counsel and insight on media affairs\, public opinion and policy formulation to many of Public First’s major clients. \n\nAmy Lockwood\, Education Manager\, Childnet \nAmy joined the Childnet team in November 2017 as Education Officer. Amy is a qualified teacher who taught KS2 in Ely after completing her PGCE at the University of Cambridge. \nPrior to this\, she graduated from Aberystwyth University with a degree in Human Geography. During her degree studies Amy pursued her interest in how young people engage with the digital world\, completing a dissertation titled ‘#digitalcitizenship. A geographical study of the construction of youth citizenship through social media and the Internet.’ \nAmy grew up as an active Internet user and is passionate about the exciting opportunities the digital world has to offer young people. \n\nGinny Rhodes\, CEO\, The Circle Trust \nGinny has been a fully qualified teacher of some 30 years standing\, latterly as Headteacher at St Crispin’s School in Wokingham which is a large (1\,450) mixed comprehensive secondary school.  Her leadership was rated at outstanding and is described by OFSTED as providing “… absolute clarity on the school’s focus for improvement and has created the conditions for all staff to feel included in driving standards forward.”   Currently Ginny is the founding CEO of The Circle Trust which is a Multi-Academy Trust of currently of ten schools (and growing!)   Schools in the Trust span from Infant Schools with nursery provision to Secondary Schools with Sixth Forms and serves over 5000 pupils and 500+ employees.  Multi-Academy Trusts are educational charities they exist to do one thing and that is to promote education for the common good.  To this end Ginny is a Governor at Wellington College playing a pivotal role in developing the state and independent school partnership.  She also serves as a Trustee for AQA the country’s largest exam board and is a Lead OFSTED Inspector. \n\n \nLucy Pearson\, Director of Education\, FA \nLucy plays a strategic role within the technical directorate at St. George’s Park\, with overall responsibility for coach education and the professional development programme with a key objective of growing the number of qualified and appropriately-skilled coaches across the game. \nWorking at the national football centre\, Pearson brings the benefits of a high-achieving career in education coupled with an elite sporting background. \nFormerly the Head of Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire\, where she was the first woman to hold that position in its 150-year history\, Pearson played cricket for England between 1996 and 2005\, and has been a director of the England and Wales Cricket Board since 2016. \n\nOliver Blond\, Chief Executive\, School Partnerships Alliance \nOliver is the Chief Executive of the School Partnerships Alliance\, a charity which supports cross-sector partnerships. He has been a Head in both the state and independent sectors for over seventeen years at The Henrietta Barnett School and Roedean School\, and is also the Academic Director of the PTI\, an educational charity delivering subject-based professional development to school teachers and leaders. \n  \n\nFellow Head Speakers: \nJo Cameron\, BSA Chair\, 2024 and Principal\, Queenswood School \nJo Cameron has been Principal of Queenswood School since 2016\, having previously worked as Deputy Head at Ipswich High School for Girls.  A graduate of the University of Surrey (St Mary’s College) with an honours degree in Environmental Science\, for the past 26 years Mrs Cameron has worked almost exclusively in all girls’ schools. She began her teaching career as a Science teacher specialising in Biology at St Mary’s\, Wantage\, where she quickly progressed to become Head of the Science Department. She has a deep understanding and appreciation of the unique opportunities that single sex education offers\, and is firmly of the belief that ‘happy girls are successful girls’.  Beyond the classroom\, in her spare time Mrs Cameron is a keen sportswoman\, with a passion for hockey\, running and equestrianism. \n\nIrfan Latif\, Principal\, DLD College London \nIrfan is Principal of DLD College. Over the past decade he has served as BSA State Boarding Schools’ Forum Chair\, BSA Vice Chair\, BSA London Boarding Forum Chair and BSA Executive Committee Inclusion and AGBIS representative. Irfan is a Society of Heads committee member\, co-founder of the ISC’s Inclusion and Diversity Group\, a director of AGBIS and a school governor. He is also a charity trustee and former member of the Diocese of Bath & Wells Board of Education. \n  \n\nSir Anthony Seldon\, Head\, Epsom College \nSir Anthony Seldon\, is one of Britain’s leading contemporary historians\, educationalists\, commentators and political authors. Head of Epsom College since February 2023\, he was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham from 2015 to 2020 after being a transformative head for 20 years of Brighton College and then Wellington College. He is author or editor of over 45 books on contemporary history\, including the inside books on the last six Prime Ministers\, was the co-founder and first director of the Institute for Contemporary British History\, is cofounder of Action for Happiness\, was honorary historical adviser to 10 Downing Street for ten years\, was the UK’s Special Representative for Education to Saudi Arabia\, was Deputy Chair of The Times Education Commission\, was a member of the Government’s First World War Culture Committee\, was chair of the Comment Awards\, is a director of the Royal Shakespeare Company\, is the President of IPEN\, (International Positive Education Network)\, is Chair of the National Archives Trust and is initiator and deputy chair of the “commission on the centre” run by the Institute for government. He is patron or on the board of several charities\, founder of the Via Sacra Western Front Walk\, and was executive producer of the film Journey’s End. He appeared on the Desert Island Discs in 2016. For the last fifteen years he has given his money from writing and lecturing to charity. He has three children; his wife of 34 years\, Joanna\, died of cancer in December 2016. He married Sarah in April 2022. \n\nWayne Brown\, Headmaster\, Whanganui Collegiate School\, New Zealand \nWayne Brown is Headmaster of Whanganui Collegiate School\, New Zealand. Whanganui Collegiate is held in high esteem as the preeminent co-educational boarding school in NZ.   Wayne has held boarding\, and senior educational positions in the UK and Australia\, along with serving as a trustee on several NFP boards in the last 10 years. Wayne has extensive knowledge\, understanding\, experience and passion for education\, in particular boarding schools\, building good young men and women to be inspiring role models within a global community.  Wayne has also had a career in professional sport\, both as a player and coach in basketball\, notably\, being Assistant Coach with the NZ Breakers in the professional Australian National Basketball League\, and as an advisor and technical video coach with the National Team – Tall Blacks in the early 2000’s.  A graduate of the Said Business School\, Oxford University\, where he studied Executive Leadership\, Wayne has been recognised as a futurist thinker in character education and has been asked to speak at several conferences across NZ and overseas. \n\nTom Rogerson\, Headmaster\, Cottesmore School \nTom Rogerson has been working in the independent school sector for 32 years and is in his 16th year of Headship at Cottesmore School\, an academic boarding prep school for girls and boys on the border of Surrey and Sussex. \nCottesmore is ‘Prep School of the Year 2020/ 21’ Tatler Schools Awards\, ‘Boarding School of the Year’ Times Educational Supplement Schools Awards 2019 and ‘Happiest Boarding School’ Muddy Stilettos Schools Awards 2023. Cottesmore was nominated for ‘Prep School of the Year 2024’ at the Tatler Schools Awards\, ‘Boarding School of the Year 2023’ at the Independent Schools of the Year Awards and ‘Prep School of the Year’ at the Times Educational Supplement Awards 2023. \nEducated at Eton and Cambridge\, Tom has since taken only one year out of teaching in order to work for Vivendi-owned conglomerate Universal Music International in the A&R department looking after American artists such as Eminem\, Nelly Furtado and Erica Badu. \nHe is in a rock band called The Replicant Saints who met at school; he would like to start a band made up of heads. \n\nAndy Kemp\, Principal\, National Mathematics and Science College \nDr Andy Kemp is Principal of The National Mathematics and Science College\, based in the Midlands on the edge of the Warwick University campus.  The National Mathematics and Science College is the top performing specialist STEM sixth form day and boarding school in the UK.  Joining NatMatSci was something of a homecoming for him as he studied for his BSc in Mathematics\, PGCE\, MSc and EdD in Mathematics Education all at the University of Warwick.  More recently he has completed his MBA at UCL in 2017. \nHe has spoken at conferences around the world in relation to the role that technology and AI play in education\, and has been published in several journals\, magazines\, and collective works. \n\nSimon Henderson\, Head\, Eton College \nPrior to joining Bradfield College\, Simon was Deputy Head (Academic) at Sherborne School. He already knew Eton well having taught history here for eight years from 2001. He was Head of History for four of those years. Simon is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching\, a Trustee and former Vice-President (Europe) of the International Boys’ School Coalition and a governor of the London Academy of Excellence. A graduate of Brasenose College\, Oxford\, Simon is married to Ali (who is the Chief Executive of Royal SpringBoard\, a social mobility charity) and they have four children. \n  \n\nSession Chairs: \nNaheed Bardai\, Principal\, UWC Atlantic \nNaheed assumed the role of Head of UWC Atlantic in August 2021.  As an educational leader\, Naheed believes that education is a deeply moral endeavour\, and the exercise of leadership demands a thoughtful ethical foundation: his rests on the pillars of pluralism\, integrity\, generosity\, and trust. \nOver his educational career\, Naheed has had the privilege of working in two prior schools: most recently as the Head of Upper School at Upper Canada College in Toronto\, Canada for six years and at the Aga Khan Academy\, Mombasa in Kenya serving as Dean of Students and Principal of the Senior School over a 10-year period. \nNaheed holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the Western University in Canada\, a Bachelor Degree in Education from the University of British Columbia in Canada\, a Masters of Arts from the Institute of Education\, University College London in the UK and a Masters of Educational Leadership from Teachers College\, Columbia University in the United States. \n\nSimon Lockyer\, Headmaster\, The Royal Hospital School  \nSimon has been teaching for 28 years of which the majority have been in boarding schools. After leaving Blundell’s School he attended the University of Newcastle\, followed by a PGCE at the University of Cambridge and gained an MA in Educational Leadership at the University of Buckingham.  Simon started his teaching career at Bishop’s Stortford High School where he was a Teacher of Biology and Assistant Head of Sixth Form (1996-1999). He spent ten years at Wellington College as a Housemaster and Head of Department (1999-2009) before joining Portsmouth Grammar School as Second Master (2009-2015).  Simon has been Headmaster of the Royal Hospital School since January 2016 but will be moving to a new role as Principal and CEO of the British School of Milan in September 2024. \nSimon attended boarding school from the age of eight and enjoyed almost every minute of it.  He has a strong interest in character development\, pastoral welfare systems and how schools develop young people for future employment. He has led on various technological innovations in schools and it has been an area that his current school continues to be a leader in the sector. \n\nChris Pyle\, Headmaster\, Lancaster Royal Grammar and BSA Chair 2025 (Incoming) \nDr Chris Pyle has been Head of Lancaster Royal Grammar School since 2012.  He is Chair of the State Boarding Forum and a Vice Chair of the Boarding Schools Association.  LRGS is a selective grammar school with 1250 pupils including 170 boarders.  The Sixth Form became coeducational in 2018\, and the school opened its first girls’ boarding house in 2019.  He is a geographer by background and previously taught at the Perse School\, Cambridge. \n  \n\nSpeakers from the BSA Team: \n \nRobin Fletcher\, Chief Executive\, BSA Group \nRobin Fletcher is CEO of BSA Group\, comprising BAISIS (British Association of Independent Schools with International Students)\, BSA (Boarding Schools’ Association)\, BSA Legal\, HIEDA (Health in Education Association) SACPA (Safeguarding and Child Protection Association) and TIOB (The Institute of Boarding). A former journalist\, editor and communications director\, Robin is a non-executive director of the manufacturers’ trade body Make UK\, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Honorary Fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University. \n  \n\n \nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA and 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\nKate Hollyer\, Legal and Public Affairs Director\, BSA Group\, Director\, BSA Group Legal Services Ltd \nKate is Legal and Public Affairs Director of BSA Group and Director of BSA Group Legal Services Ltd\, BSA Group’s SRA-regulated law firm. As a qualified solicitor of England and Wales with more than 12 years’ experience advising clients on UK immigration and nationality law\, Kate supports members with all UK immigration matters including UKVI sponsor licence compliance. Kate is a member of the Home Office Education Advisory Group and is the boarding sector representative for this group. Prior to joining BSA in 2022 Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading full-service UK law firm. Having resided in state\, preparatory and senior school boarding houses since 2014 with her Housemaster husband\, Kate has a unique perspective of boarding life. \n  \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\n \n\nLee Glaser\, Executive Director\, Specialist Services \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. \n\n \nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS \nBethan Waddington 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. \n\n\n\n\n Add to calendar
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/annual-conference-for-heads/
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SUMMARY:BAISIS/SACPA Conference - Safeguarding international students
DESCRIPTION:Date: April 24\, 2024\n\n\n\nTime: 09:30 – 16:30\n\n\n\nCost: BSA/SACPA/BAISIS Full Member – £215\, BSA/SACPA/BAISIS Additional Member Fee – £110\, Non-member – £430\n\n\n\nAudience: SMT/SLT\, DSL/CPO\, Pastoral staff\, all practitioners supporting international students\, Agents & Guardians\n\n\n\nPlatform: Zoom (online) – webinar\n\n\nCourse outline: \nSafeguarding international students remains a complex and challenging area of work. It is important to recognise the vulnerabilities of international students studying\, and indeed living\, away from home. This conference brings together expert speakers with specialist knowledge and experience who work with international students.  \nIt aims to inform and support colleagues managing safeguarding in international contexts and focusses on emerging themes and concerns including mental health\, online safety and navigating cultural norms.  \nWe will facilitate questions directly from members to our experts throughout the day and encourage delegates to come prepared with questions for our panels.  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nKey themes for 2024: safeguarding children and young people in international settings \nDelivering preventative safeguarding education: navigating cultural norms and picking up unmet trauma needs \nHow does the online safety agenda influence international safeguarding practice? \nThe crossover between safeguarding duties and Sponsor responsibility \nSafeguarding young adults: empowering international young people  \nThe practical application of safeguarding policy \nPanel discussion summary of the day with key learning points from the day. \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nBe confident that you have the most up to date information on key trends in safeguarding international students \nIncrease knowledge and understanding of cultural norms and how to navigate barriers to delivering better outcomes \nFeel more informed about how the online safety agenda influences international safeguarding policy and practice \nIdentify which learning points highlighted may be applicable to your own safeguarding practice and consider how these may be implemented. \n\n*If you are a BSA member\, we are pleased to offer this booking at the members price* \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nProgramme:  \n09:30 – 10:15 \nWelcome and keynote – Exploring Safeguarding through a rights-based lens \nOur keynote speaker will explore safeguarding through a child rights lens and discuss how underpinning safeguarding practice with the UNCRC can support practitioners to navigate the global and domestic complex\, multi-layered safeguarding landscape. The session will include relevant statistics and specifics around supporting international students and how supporting students as agents of change can present opportunities to applying and adapting our safeguarding principles and practice. \n\nSarah Bellotti\, Chair\, BAISIS and Head\, Mill Hill International\nSarah Lancaster\, Director of Safeguarding: Children’s rights\, safeguarding and participation\, UNICEF \n\n10:15 – 10:30 \nBreak   \n10:30 – 11:30 \nHow does the online safety agenda influence international safeguarding practice?  \nMany safeguarding concerns and issues around online safety\, internet use and engagement are very similar for all young people. However\, we know that for young people coming from different\, in some cases more restrictive\, backgrounds\, be that parental\, cultural or political\, new freedoms and access can be exciting and bring their own challenges. This session will highlight areas for discussion around online safety that may require extra consideration for international students including the impact of different languages when filtering and monitoring\, awareness of more popular apps and functions\, VPN use and educating the students themselves. \n\nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS\nKarl Hopwood\, esafety expert and Chair\, SACPA\n\n11:30 – 11:45 \nBreak   \n11:45 – 12:30 \nSafeguarding considerations when working with cultural aspects of trauma  \nThis session explores how practitioners can support international students exposed to trauma either through lived experience or through navigating cultural variations in studying away from home.  \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA\nTom Caston\, Principal\, MPW Cambridge \nMark Heywood\, Principal\, The Royal School Wolverhampton\n\n12:30 – 13:30 \nLunch  \n13:30 – 14:30   \nStatutory risks: implementation of safeguarding and due diligence from the point of acceptance \nThis session will identify the areas where your duty of care and safeguarding responsibilities intersect with your statutory requirements as a Sponsor. Our speakers will highlight the importance of embedding a robust safeguarding thread through all processes relating to the recruitment and acceptance of international students addressing possible risk areas including pre-arrival\, travel and forming a relationship with the family. \n\nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS\nKate Hollyer\, Legal and Public Affairs Director\, BSA Group \n\n14:30 – 14:45 \nBreak  \n14:45 – 15:30 \nSafeguarding young adults: empowering individuals through school and further education \nDo your international students know about your safeguarding policy and their right to a safe and happy time in your care? Is this information readily accessible and highlighted to them? This session will consider how we can equip students with the knowledge and understanding of safeguarding to empower them as they engage with their education\, extra-curricular activities and life in the wider community. \n\nClaire Dan\, Director\, SACPA\nBill Prior\, Joint Principal\, The International College\, King’s School\, Canterbury\n\n15:30 – 15:45 \nBreak  \n15:45 – 16:30   \nThe practical application of safeguarding policy: case studies concerning international students and Conference close \nIn this session we will hear from a panel of current practitioners on their experiences of implementing safeguarding and related policy with international students and their families. \n\nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA and BSA Group\nSimon Hill\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Christ College Brecon\nCarolyn Harrison\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Fettes College\nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa\nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS\n\n\nSpeakers: \n \nClaire Dan\, Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa \nClaire is Director of Safeguarding and Director\, Sacpa and leads on the provision of safeguarding advice and support to members and the development and delivery of CPD and safeguarding consultancy services. Claire is a safeguarding specialist and leader with a background in education welfare\, youth justice\, and early help contexts which have involved a strong focus on diverse and collaborative partnerships\, professional development and supervision of front-line safeguarding colleagues\, and leading multi-disciplinary teams and projects. Between 2006 and 2013 Claire was involved with Luton Safeguarding Children Board as a lead multi-agency safeguarding trainer\, developing and delivering single and multi-agency safeguarding training\, and since 2013 has delivered pieces of bespoke consultancy work\, and providing a range of safeguarding consultancy on a freelance basis. \nKate Hollyer\, Legal and Public Affairs Director \nKate is Legal and Public Affairs Director of BSA Group and Director of BSA Group Legal Services Ltd\, BSA Group’s SRA-regulated law firm. As a qualified solicitor of England and Wales with more than 12 years’ experience advising clients on UK immigration and nationality law\, Kate supports members with all UK immigration matters including UKVI sponsor licence compliance. Kate is a member of the Home Office Education Advisory Group and is the boarding sector representative for this group. Prior to joining BSA in 2022 Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading full-service UK law firm. Having resided in state\, preparatory and senior school boarding houses since 2014 with her Housemaster husband\, Kate has a unique perspective of boarding life. \n \nBethan Waddington\, Director\, BAISIS \nBethan Waddington 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. \n \nDale Wilkins\, Senior Director\, BSA and 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 \nSarah Bellotti\, Chair BAISIS and Head Mill Hill International \nSarah was elected BAISIS Chair in January 2022\, having served as Deputy Chair since November 2020.Sarah started her career in education at an international school in Rome\, Italy and then returned to the UK to take up a post at King’s Ely where she later became Director of King’s Ely International. Since 2014\, Sarah has worked at Mill Hill International as the founding Headteacher. \n  \n \nKarl Hopwood\, E-Safety Expert and Chair\, SACPA \nKarl Hopwood is an esafety expert. He is a member of UKCCIS (UK Council for Child Internet Safety) and sits on the advisory board for the new UK Safer Internet Centre. Karl has worked for a number of key players in the UK and abroad including CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre)\, BECTA (British Educational and Communications Technology Agency)\, the European Commission and several Local Authorities within the UK. As an ex headteacher\, he continues to work closely with children\, young people\, parents and teachers to develop safer online behaviours and the promotion of digital literacy. Karl works closely with the Boarding Schools’ Association and supports many of their schools. He is also an in-house consultant for INSAFE which is the coordinating node of the EU safer internet programme. \nSimon Hill\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Christ College Brecon \nSimon grew up in Eastbourne\, East Sussex and was educated at Eastbourne College. He gained a BA (Hons) Geography at Kings College London University and a PGCE at the Institute of Education\, London. He started his career as a teacher of geography at King Edward’s School\, Surrey\, before moving to Glenalmond College\, Perth where he was Senior Housemaster. In 2010\, Simon was appointed as Director of Boarding at Brisbane Grammar School\, Queensland\, before moving back to the UK to join Christ College as Deputy Head (Pastoral) in 2016.  His focus is on pupil wellbeing\, the second curriculum and sport of all types.  He also runs the school’s annual pupil exchange programme to Japan. \n  \nSarah Lancaster\, Director of Safeguarding: Children’s rights\, safeguarding and participation\, UNICEF \nSarah Lancaster is the Director of Safeguarding at UNICEF UK and oversees a team of technical specialists that support UNICEF UK’s work around Youth Voice and Influence\, Children’s Rights in Sport and Safeguarding.  \nSarah has over 16 years child protection and safeguarding experience\, both within statutory and NGO organisations working with children and young people. In her spare time\, she is also a Cub Scout Leader\, supporting young people in their personal development\, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society\, and gain important skills for life that support their growth and development.    \nSarah is passionate and committed to upholding the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and uses a rights-based approach throughout all of her work\, ensuring children are not discriminated against and that their voices are amplified and their views listened to. \nBill Prior\, Joint Principal\, The International College\, King’s School\, Canterbury \nBill is founding Joint Principal at King’s International College in Canterbury. He has worked in China\, Scotland\, England and Germany in school management\, development\, teaching and qualifications. He has a First in Chinese from the University of Oxford\, trained as a teacher at Edinburgh University and later returned to Oxford to complete a Masters in Education. He is a Scot and speaks fluent Mandarin and German. \n  \nTom Caston\, Principal\, MPW Cambridge  \nTom Caston is Principal at MPW Cambridge\, as Fifth and Sixth Form College with 50% international students. Tom read Geography at the University of Exeter and subsequently gained an MSc in Managing School Improvement from the University of Reading. He worked in investment banking before starting his teaching career at Shiplake College in 1999. Prior to joining MPW he held senior posts in a number of independent schools\, most recently a Deputy Headship at Framlingham College. \n  \nMark Heywood\, Principal\, The Royal School 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 \nCarolyn Harrison\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, Fettes College \nCarolyn grew up in the Outer Hebrides on the Isle of Lewis. Having studied Modern Languages at Cambridge University\, she joined Fettes College initially as a French teacher but was quickly drawn to the pastoral side of life at the school\, as a Houseparent in both the Prep School and the Senior School for over twenty years. Now as Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, she feels privileged to lead the school’s pastoral team\, supporting students\,families and staff every day. Outside the school gates\, her secret passions are spending time in the Harris hills and Formula 1. \n 
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/baisis-sacpa-conference-safeguarding-international-students/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="The Safeguarding and Child Protection Association (Sacpa)":MAILTO:info@sacpa.org.uk
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