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SUMMARY:Boarding essentials
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £175\n🎧 New boarding staff\n📍 Online \n\nCourse Outline: \nThe level of professionalism expected in boarding supervision has significantly increased in recent years\, driven by stronger regulatory frameworks and rising parental expectations. This seminar is designed to support staff who are new to boarding by complementing their school-based induction and providing essential context around the key responsibilities and expectations of the role. \nBy equipping new boarding staff with a solid understanding of the principles\, legal context\, and practicalities of boarding care\, schools can quickly establish confident\, capable teams who enjoy their duties and provide high-quality support to the young people in their care. \nThe session will explore the Duty of Care framework\, safeguarding\, roles and boundaries\, and how to meet the everyday needs of boarders. Delegates are encouraged to familiarise themselves in advance with their school’s boarding handbook and relevant boarding-related materials from their school’s website. \nTraining Topics: \n\nSafeguarding and the National Minimum Standards for Boarding:\nAn overview of legal and inspection requirements\, with a focus on current safeguarding expectations in boarding practice.\nMeeting the Needs of Boarders:\nPractical case studies to explore common scenarios in boarding life and how to manage them effectively and empathetically.\nUnderstanding Your Role in Boarding:\nDiscussion around the expectations of the school\, the boarding house\, parents—and your own expectations as a member of the pastoral team.\nWorking Safely and Looking After Yourself:\nTips and guidance on maintaining your wellbeing\, working safely\, and finding fulfilment in your boarding role.\n\nLearning Outcomes: \nBy the end of the session\, participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand the key principles and expectations of working in a boarding environment\nFeel more confident in supporting the wellbeing and development of boarders\nRecognise the legal context\, including safeguarding responsibilities and the National Minimum Standards for Boarding\nReflect on their role within the wider pastoral team and identify strategies for maintaining personal wellbeing and resilience\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker:
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/boarding-essentials-12/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Student Sponsorship: BCA Changes and Summer Essentials
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £90\n🎧Admissions staff\, Sponsor licence key personnel\, International student liaison officers\n📍 Online\n🎥 Watch live or on catch up \n\nCourse outline: \nNew Basic Compliance Assessment (BCA) guidance came into effect on 1 June 2026\, introducing tighter compliance thresholds and a new Red-Amber-Green (RAG) rating framework for Student sponsors. For schools\, these changes increase the importance of effective monitoring\, accurate reporting and early intervention where issues arise. \nTraining topics include: \n\nWhat has changed under the revised BCA framework and why it matters for schools\nUnderstanding the new compliance thresholds and RAG rating system\nKey recording duties for sponsored students at the end of term and throughout the holidays\nTimely tips to support smooth visa processing over the summer\nCommon compliance pitfalls for sponsors during the holiday period\nVisa refusals: reporting requirements and the impact on your BCA performance metrics\nMonitoring key compliance data and identifying potential compliance concerns\nThis session will help schools take a proactive approach to sponsor licence compliance\, manage risk effectively and ensure they are well prepared for the year ahead.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nSpeaker: \nKate Hollyer\, Partner and Director\, BSA Group Legal Services Ltd \nKate Hollyer is Executive Director (Legal) of BSA Group and Director of BSA Legal Services Ltd. A qualified solicitor with over 14 years’ experience in UK immigration law\, she advises and supports members on a full range of immigration matters. Before joining BSA in 2022\, Kate was Partner and Head of Department at a leading UK law firm\, where she built extensive expertise in complex immigration cases. Since 2014\, Kate has lived in boarding houses alongside her Housemaster husband\, giving her a unique\, first-hand perspective on the challenges and opportunities of boarding life.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/student-sponsorship-summer-essentials-2/
LOCATION:Zoom (online) – This training will be recorded
CATEGORIES:Online,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260623T103000
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UID:65161-1782210600-1782228600@www.boarding.org.uk
SUMMARY:Safeguarding against sexual violence and harassment in boarding schools
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £175\n🎧 All boarding staff\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nThis half seminar will take delegates through the latest statutory guidance now in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 around sexual violence and harassment in schools\, considering in particular the boarding environment. `Everyone’s Invited` and other disclosures highlighted the prevalence of sexual violence and harassment\, both adult-on-child and child-on-child\, in education settings.  The subsequent Ofsted review demonstrated the importance of work around this area.  \nThe boarding environment can provide additional areas of vulnerability. This seminar will support delegates in considering best practice in this area and their work in their settings and communities.  \nTraining topics will include: \n\nFinding and understanding the latest guidance \nEmbedding a proactive culture in your setting \nHearing pupil and survivor voices and managing allegations. \n\nLearning outcomes: \n\nDelegates will leave with a clearer understanding of the application of sexual violence and harassment guidance \nDelegates will understand the specific focus required in boarding \nIncreased confidence in managing allegations and supporting survivors and pupils. \n\nBOOK NOW
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/safeguarding-against-sexual-violence-and-harassment-in-boarding-schools-7/
LOCATION:Virtual (Zoom) – This event will NOT be recorded\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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