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SUMMARY:BSA/HIEDA Certificate in Professional Practice for School Nurses - January
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £750-1\,450\n🎧 School medical staff\n📍 Online \nWe offer a self-funding route for all courses.  We can arrange payment plans for manageable monthly amounts to make training accessible and affordable.  To find out more\, please e-mail Liz McDonald at liz.mcdonald@bsagroup.org.uk \n\nBSA Advanced Certificate in Professional Practice for School Nurses \nContext: \nSchool nurses form a key part of the safeguarding and pastoral care framework within our schools however staff CPD opportunities seldom focus on the key areas to support their professional development. As part of a refocus of the training available through the BSA\, we can now offer a standalone Professional Practice Certificate for school medical staff. \nThis course will link professional practice with current research and best practice to provide a unique opportunity for school nurses\, whether working in relative isolation or as part of the medical team\, to develop their knowledge\, skills and practice across a wide range of the key current themes/topics most relevant to their role. In addition\, there will be a linked research project which will provide the chance to focus on a specific aspect in more detail. \nCourse Outline: \nThe course is tutor led and will consist of 4 separate live online study days spread over a full academic year. The sessions on each study day will be a mixture of presentations often with an external expert\, and group discussions. \nBSA – HIEDA Certificate in Professional Practice for School Nurses: \nStudy Days for The January Module Are: \n\nDay 1 –  January 20th 2026\nDay 2 –  February 26th 2026\nDay 3 –  May 07th 2026\nDay 4 –  June 04th 2026\n\nAll study Days will be held online via Zoom. \nTO BEGIN YOUR QUALIFICATION IN JANUARY\,CLICK HERE \n\nThe role of the Nurse in a school setting\nThe medical centre in the wider context: inspection planning\, managing medicines\nWhere to now: progression and development within the medical centre: auditing/department development plans\nWorking with children with ASD and ADHD\nTravel Health and immunisations\nManaging a critical incident\nDrug misuse and screening\, Guest Speaker\, Dave Parvin\, Drugsense UK\nDelivering health education in a school setting\nWorking with young people with disordered eating\nMental health risk assessment/working with a mental health lead/pastoral team\nlegal issues\nPolicy writing\nSexual health\, contraception and screening\nManaging children from overseas with medical conditions\nSupervision/revalidation and clinical supervision\nWorking with external agencies\nCourse Assignment & Reflection\n\nCourse Assignment: \nThe course assignment provides course students with an opportunity to focus on a specific area of particular relevance to their school/role. This can range from ‘supporting a student with a complex medical condition; a review of the nursing provision in the school; the development of a new appraisal system; the management of medical records across a whole school; health promotion models; to a student guide to accessing specific support for an emotional health issue. \nThe assignment will take the form of a 2000 – 3000 word written project which can be an essay or a report which must be submitted by August 2026. These will be assessed by the course tutor and the results published/certificates issued in the early Autumn. \n\nCourse Tutor \nSinead O’Grady\, Lead Nurse\, Harrow School \nSinead is an Advanced nurse practitioner with over 15 years of nursing experience across hepatology\, haematology and emergency medicine. She now specialises in school medicine and is the lead nurse at Harrow school medical centre. \nSinead’s aim is to improve the health literacy of her pupils and empower them to utilise the variety of health and wellbeing services available to them. She has a passion for health promotion which involves reactively and proactively engaging and educating her pupils during face to face consultations and through pupil-led committees\, awareness campaigns and anonymous school health forums. \nStudy Days for The January Module Are: \n\nDay 1 –  January 20th 2026\nDay 2 –  February 26th 2026\nDay 3 –  May 07th 2026\nDay 4 –  June 04th 2026\n\nAll study Days will be held online via Zoom.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/bsa-hieda-certificate-in-professional-practice-for-school-nurses-november/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Training
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SUMMARY:Leading a boarding team
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £175\n🎧 All boarding staff\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nLeading in Boarding: Skills for Aspiring and New Boarding Leaders\nBuilding confident\, reflective\, and effective leadership for the boarding community. \nThis virtual day seminar is designed for those aspiring to\, or recently appointed in\, leadership roles within boarding. Whether you’re a new Houseparent\, Head of Boarding\, Deputy Head (Pastoral)\, or overseeing a boarding team\, this training will help you reflect on your personal leadership style and build the skills needed to lead with confidence and clarity. \nWhile classroom leadership often takes the spotlight\, pastoral leadership requires a unique and wide-ranging skill set—often subtle but profoundly impactful. Strong leadership in boarding cultivates effective teams\, enhances boarders’ wellbeing\, and shapes the overall tone and culture of the boarding community. \nThis interactive session offers opportunities to share experiences and challenges with fellow practitioners and benefit from peer support and expert guidance. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nLeadership Styles\nExploring the demands of leadership and identifying various recognised leadership approaches\nBuilding an Effective Team\nCommunication\, collaboration\, shared vision\, and appreciating individual strengths within the team\nEffective Leadership in Practice\nTime management\, resource deployment\, prioritising pupil outcomes\, and managing competing demands\nPutting Leadership into Action\nEmbedding learning into day-to-day practice through self-reflection\, feedback\, and ongoing development\n\nLearning outcomes: \nBy the end of the session\, participants will: \n\nGain a deeper understanding of different leadership styles and how to apply them in a boarding context\nLearn strategies for building and sustaining a high-performing\, cohesive boarding team\nEnhance their ability to manage time and resources with a focus on student wellbeing and outcomes\nDevelop their skills as reflective practitioners\, capable of leading with empathy\, clarity\, and impact\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeakers: \n \nGaelle Sullivan\, Director of Research\, Inclusion and IELA \nGaelle is Director of Research\, Inclusion and IELA 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\nDavid Walker FTIOB\, Executive Director\, Boarding and Director\, BSA/TIOB \nDavid Walker has over 20 years’ experience in boarding education\, having worked in a variety of schools across the UK and Africa. His career includes leadership roles in both senior and prep school settings\, complemented by service as a prep school governor and trustee of a multi-academy trust. Before joining the BSA\, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-educational independent school in the South-East\, where he oversaw student welfare and pastoral care. His extensive background in safeguarding\, boarding leadership\, and governance gives him a broad perspective on the sector\, enabling him to support schools in delivering outstanding pastoral provision.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/leading-a-boarding-team-8/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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