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SUMMARY:Transforming house culture as a new houseparent
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧 Deputy Heads\, Assistant Heads\, Heads of boarding\, Houseparents\, Assistant houseparents\, teaching staff\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \n\nCourse Outline \nTaking over a boarding house with a history of challenges can feel overwhelming. This webinar will guide you through the process of driving positive change and reshaping the house culture. Drawing on real-world experience\, our speaker will share insights\, practical strategies\, and proven approaches for leading a struggling or toxic team toward renewal and success. \nParticipants will gain essential tools to recognise\, evaluate\, and address toxic dynamics within a team. We will cover effective communication methods\, leadership practices\, and collaborative techniques that help build a healthier\, more cohesive\, and productive boarding environment. Whether you are a current houseparent or head of boarding looking to address existing issues\, or an aspiring leader preparing for future responsibilities\, this session will provide valuable guidance and actionable takeaways. \nLearning Outcomes \n\nRecognise and apply the key elements that define a positive and healthy house culture.\nDevelop the confidence and skills to challenge and change harmful or toxic practices.\n\nBOOK NOW \nThis event will be held jointly with: \n \n\nSpeaker: \n \nAndrew Day\, Deputy Head (Pastoral) at Dover College \nAn Educational Senior Leader with an extensive background in the UK boarding sector. During his 17 years of living in 4 boys and Co-Ed boarding houses\, spanning 3 UK HMC schools\, there really isn’t much he hasn’t seen and dealt with. \nBoarding houses run on culture\, good or bad\, it becomes the cornerstone of the house identify. That culture will always be set by the Houseparent – intentionally or not\, and you must be on the front foot\, it’s your ship. \nFailure to acknowledge this and hold it in your thinking through your first year will create a mess with much suffering for everyone\, only some of which you will ever know about. Setting\, or adjusting\, the culture in a house is a delicate manoeuvre requiring EQ\, time\, tact\, tactics\, resilience\, consistency\, candour\, and a sense of humour..! \nDuring his first tenure as a Housemaster\, buried in paperwork\, Andrew Co-Founded an Ed Tech company specialising in boarding and pastoral management: information flow\, informed decision making\, compliance\, and staff workload reduction. Launched at a BSA conference in 2015\, the software ultimately generated significantly benefits for boarding staff at various HMC schools.  \nWhile working internationally\, Andrew held a series of SLT roles leading on: Academic\, Pastoral\, Co-Curriculum\, Staff\, Sixth Form\, and Admin at whole school levels in premium British schools in China\, Singapore\, Qatar\, and Egypt. Always looking for challenge: startup\, crisis\, or significant change.  \nNow back in the UK\, Andrew’s extensive experience in implementing complete cultural change across multiple houses will provide an enjoyable and insightful webinar riddled with actionable take-aways.  \nThe session will be a fascinating exploration of taking on your first boarding house\, particularly where a change in approach is likely to be required.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/79482/
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261008T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261008T150000
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UID:72275-1791468000-1791471600@www.boarding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Should they be taking that? Sports supplements and young athletes
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\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✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \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\nSpeaker:  \nDan Richardson\, DRN Nutrition \nDan Richardson is a performance nutrition expert who supports elite and school-level athletes to optimise their health and athletic potential. He’s worked professionally as a nutritionist with teams such as Manchester City\, Sale Sharks\, Warrington Wolves and currently is currently the Academy Nutrition Lead at Leeds United. His approach to nutrition is simple\, evidence-based & food-first\, focusing on utilising the latest nutrition research to support all students and athletes.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/should-they-be-taking-that-sports-supplements-and-young-athletes-sports-nutrition-and-supplements/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261012T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261012T110000
DTSTAMP:20260923T143307Z
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SUMMARY:Single Central Register Are you really safeguarding compliant
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧 Safeguarding Leads\, Governors\, Trustees\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \n\nCourse outline: \nIs your Single Central Record (SCR) fully compliant? \nGet your Single Central Register right in light of the new DBS requirements and the removal of the supervision exemption\, ensuring your safer recruitment records remain accurate\, compliant and inspection ready.\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  \n\nSpeaker: \nDr Mariya Ali\, Director\, SACPA \nMariya is an internationally recognised safeguarding and child protection expert with over 20 years’ multidisciplinary experience. She has held senior advisory\, academic\, legal\, and leadership roles\, including serving as Maldives Deputy Minister of Gender\, Family\, and Human Rights\, leading reforms in child protection law and policy. Internationally\, she has advised UNICEF\, UNDP\, and ECPAT on child sexual abuse\, exploitation\, and protection systems. Holding qualifications in law and child psychology\, she has published widely on child rights\, online safety\, and trauma-informed practice. Mariya’s strategic vision\, policy expertise\, and frontline insight equip her to bring both global perspective and local understanding to SACPA’s mission.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/managing-the-single-central-register-scr-4/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261015T080000
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UID:72408-1792051200-1792054800@www.boarding.org.uk
SUMMARY:How to achieve meaningful pupil voice in House and across school
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧 All boarding practitioners and leaders.\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up\n✅ Included in BSA CPD Pass \n\nCourse outline: \nNot only is pupil voice a key focus in inspection frameworks but effective pupil voice is also one of the hallmarks of a thriving school community. Meaningful pupil voice leads to increased pupil engagement and improved relationships and overall school improvement. Recommendations from this webinar will also support compliance with Standard 13 of the National Minimum standards.  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nThe benefits of involving students in decision-making \nLogistical considerations for organising pupil voice events \nStrategies to foster meaningful pupil voice \nListening and incorporating ideas into planning and decision-making \n\nLearning outcomes \n\nThe benefits of involving students in decision-making \nLogistical considerations for organising pupil voice events \nStrategies to foster meaningful pupil voice \nListening and incorporating ideas into planning and decision-making \n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nDale Wilkins FTIOB\, Executive Director\, 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/how-to-achieve-meaningful-pupil-voice-in-house-and-across-school/
LOCATION:Online – Zoom
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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