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SUMMARY:Sports Nutrition
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Heads of Boarding\, Deputy Heads\, boarding staff in England\, wellbeing staff\, and staff involved in supporting the health and nutrition of students\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nBoarders often juggle demanding school schedules with busy sporting commitments. This webinar\, led by a registered dietitian\, will equip school staff with the knowledge to support healthy eating habits that optimise both performance and wellbeing. The session will provide practical\, evidence-based strategies that can be applied in the boarding environment. \nTraining topics will include:  \n\nPrinciples of adolescent sports nutrition\nThe role of meal timing in energy and recovery\nPractical snack and hydration strategies for boarding settings\nCommon pitfalls (supplements\, energy drinks\, restrictive diets)\nRecognising when professional referral is needed\n\nLearning outcomes:  \n\nBy the end of this webinar\, participants will be able to:\nUnderstand the key nutritional needs of adolescent athletes.\nRecognise how food timing supports sports performance and recovery.\nIdentify practical strategies to help boarders make healthy food choices.\nSpot potential warning signs of poor nutrition or disordered eating.\nFeel more confident in supporting boarders’ health\, wellbeing\, and sporting performance.\n\nBOOK NOW \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSpeaker:  \nTess Warnes\, Registered Dietitian\, allmanhall \nTess oversees Dietetics at allmanhall\, specialists in food procurement for education settings\, particularly boarding schools. A registered Dietitian with the HCPC\, she holds a BSc (Hons) in Nutrition and Dietetics and has nearly two decades of experience\, including roles in major London teaching hospitals and leading a nutrition consultancy. With allmanhall for over eight years\, Tess delivers bespoke training on nutrition\, hydration\, allergens\, and healthy eating\, while supporting schools with menu reviews and compliance. She is a member of the British Dietetic Association Sustainability Group\, helping clients integrate sustainability into menus alongside meeting nutritional standards. \n\nJason Azevedo\, Development Manager\, allmanhall \nJason is a Development Manager at allmanhall\, where he supports independent schools across the UK in maximising the value of their catering budgets\, playing a key role in enhancing operational efficiency through allmanhall’s innovative procurement solutions.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/sports-nutrition/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251013T110000
DTSTAMP:20250822T143756Z
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SUMMARY:Managing the Single Central Register (SCR)
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Safeguarding Leads\, Governors\, Trustees\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nIs your Single Central Record (SCR) fully compliant? \nAll schools and colleges are required to maintain a SCR in accordance with statutory guidance and relevant legislation. However\, common issues such as inaccuracies and missing information continue to pose compliance risks\, often leading to poor inspection outcomes and negative safeguarding judgements. \nThis webinar is designed to support staff with operational or oversight responsibility for the SCR. It will provide practical advice and clarity on how to meet latest compliance requirements and maintain a robust and accurate record. \nTraining topics will include how long to retain relevant evidence\, procedures for maintenance and auditing\, and actions to take when a staff member or volunteer is found unsuitable. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nGain an understanding of key legislation and statutory guidance related to the SCR\nLearn how to develop a comprehensive checklist for compliance audits\nUnderstand best-practice procedures for maintaining and checking the SCR\nKnow what to review and record when a staff member’s or volunteer’s suitability changes\n\nUnable to attend live? A post-webinar recording will be available. Email bsa@boarding.org.uk to purchase. \nBOOK NOW \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n  \n  \n\nSpeaker: \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 
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/sacpa-bsa-managing-the-single-central-register-scr-4/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251015T113000
DTSTAMP:20251006T141802Z
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SUMMARY:ISI annual review of inspections
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ FREE for BSA members\n🎧 Heads and Senior Leaders of Boarding Schools\, DSLs\, Boarding House Staff / Houseparents\n📍Online \n\nCourse Overview \nThis free webinar will provide members with a focused review of the Independent Schools Inspectorate’s (ISI) 2024–25 inspection findings\, highlighting the significant areas where many boarding schools failed to meet the National Minimum Standards (NMS). Drawing from the latest inspection outcomes\, the session will explore key compliance challenges around safeguarding\, pupil safety\, fire precautions\, and staff recruitment\, as well as the knock-on effects on the management and development of boarding provision. Attendees will gain practical insights and guidance on how to address these shortcomings effectively\, ensuring stronger compliance and safer environments for boarders. \nLearning Outcomes \nBy the end of the training\, participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand the key findings from ISI’s 2024–25 inspection review.\nIdentify the most common areas of non-compliance with boarding school NMS.\nRecognise the interconnection between safeguarding\, safety\, and management failures.\nApply practical steps to strengthen safeguarding\, fire safety\, and recruitment processes.\nEnhance boarding provision management to ensure ongoing compliance and inspection readiness.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeakers: \n \nDavid Walker FTIOB\, Executive Director\, Boarding & Education and Director\, BSA/TIOB\nDavid has over 20 years’ experience in boarding. His career includes leadership roles in senior and prep school settings across the UK and Africa\, complemented by service as a prep school governor and trustee of a multi-academy trust. David was previously Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-educational independent school\, where he oversaw student welfare. His background in safeguarding\, boarding leadership\, and governance gives him a broad perspective on the sector\, enabling him to support schools. \n\nDale Wilkins FTIOB\, Executive Director\, BSA Group Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance\nDale joined the BSA in 2017 to lead safeguarding\, inspection\, and compliance across the UK\, building on his experience as a course tutor since 1998. He works closely with ISI\, Ofsted\, and the DfE\, while also overseeing the Group’s work in Scotland and Wales. A trainer and consultant for BSA and SACPA\, he is Vice Chair of SAFCAB. Dale previously spent 31 years as a boarding practitioner\, including roles as Housemaster and Deputy Head at Old Swinford Hospital. Beyond education\, he trains for the Methodist Church\, is a charity trustee\, chairs a performing arts organisation\, and volunteers widely.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/isi-annual-review-of-inspections/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Achieving effective pupil voice
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ £90-180\, with additional tickets from £45\n🎧 Pastoral leads\, inclusion leads\, boarding staff\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nPupil voice is not only a key element in inspection frameworks but a cornerstone of a thriving school community. When implemented effectively\, it leads to increased engagement\, stronger relationships\, and measurable school improvement. \nThis session will covers the benefits of involving students in decision-making\, practical considerations for organising pupil voice initiatives\, and techniques to promote authentic and meaningful pupil voice. \nIt will also support schools in meeting the expectations outlined in the UK National Minimum Standards (NMS)\, particularly those relating to pupil voice and boarder participation in decision-making. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nUnderstand the value of student participation in school decision-making\nBe equipped to plan and facilitate pupil voice activities\nLearn strategies to ensure pupil voice is meaningful and sustained\nGain confidence in embedding pupil feedback into school development processes.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n  \n \nDale Wilkins\, Executive Director\, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance \nDale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards\, having previously been a course tutor since 1998.  Dale leads on all safeguarding\, inspection and compliance matters for BSA Group\, including liaising with ISI\, Ofsted and DfE in England\, and leading on the group’s work in Scotland and Wales. He trains and delivers consultancy extensively for BSA and SACPA and is Vice Chair of the Group’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Advisory Board (SAFCAB). \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\, is a safeguarding trainer for the Methodist Church\, is a trustee of the National Youth String Orchestra and chair of a small performing arts charity. He also holds volunteer roles in sport and in the Scout Association.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/achieving-effective-pupil-voice/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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