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SUMMARY:Safeguarding highlights for boarding Governors
DESCRIPTION:🏷️ From £135\n🎧 Governors\n📍 Online \n\nCourse outline: \nThis webinar offers Governors a focused and up-to-date overview of their statutory safeguarding responsibilities\, with particular attention to the latest developments in the education and safeguarding landscapes\, including any recent changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for those based in England. The session will also offer practical guidance on effective oversight\, scrutiny\, and self-audit processes to support strong safeguarding governance and ensure Governors are aware of the broader context in which they operate. \nLearning outcomes: \n\nIncrease awareness of current and emerging safeguarding challenges\nUnderstand individual and collective responsibilities for safeguarding within their governance role\nGain insight into best practice approaches for managing\, monitoring\, and improving safeguarding provision.\n\nBOOK NOW \nSpeakers: \n\nDavid Walker\, Executive Director\, Boarding & Education 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. \n\nDale Wilkins\, MA (Ed)\, FTIOB\, Executive Director\,  BSA Group Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance \nDale Wilkins 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. \n 
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/safeguarding-highlights-for-boarding-governors/
LOCATION:Virtual – Zoom\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Online,Seminar
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SUMMARY:Prep boarding conference
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n\n🏷️ From £110\n🎧 Prep boarding staff\, senior leaders\, marketing and admissions\n📍 Millfield Prep School \nPart of CPDSAVE: 4 tickets for the price of 3 across 1-day conferences \n\nBSA Prep Boarding Conference 2025 is a one-day professional development event for educators and leaders in prep school boarding. The conference covers best practices in providing outstanding academic and pastoral care\, managing pupil transitions\, and key operational areas such as admissions\, compliance\, and staff retention. Expert-led sessions and a collaborative round table discussion will provide practical strategies and insights\, with a special focus on the crucial topic of pupil wellbeing and sleep optimisation. \nTraining topics will include: \n\nDeveloping outstanding academic and pastoral provision\, with a focus on supporting a smooth transition to senior boarding.\nCreating a strategic roadmap for marketing\, admissions\, compliance\, and staff retention in prep boarding schools.\nApplying strategies to improve pupil wellbeing through optimised sleep environments and routines.\n\nLearning Outcomes \nParticipants will be able to: \n\nIdentify and apply best practices for delivering outstanding academic\, pastoral\, and boarding provision in a prep school setting.\nImplement strategies that effectively support pupils in their transition from prep to senior boarding.\nDevelop a strategic roadmap for marketing\, admissions\, and compliance that drives enrolment growth and meets inspection standards.\nRecruit and retain high-quality staff and pupils by addressing key challenges in the boarding sector.\nApply practical techniques to promote healthier sleep and improve the overall wellbeing of boarding pupils.\n\nBOOK NOW \n\nProgramme:  \n09:30  – 10:00 Registration and refreshments   \n10:00 – 10:15 Welcome \n\n10:15  – 11:00 The best prep school provision \nThis session explores what defines outstanding prep school provision\, sharing best practice in academic\, pastoral\, and boarding excellence to support pupils’ success. \n\nSpeaker: David Walker\, Executive Director\, Boarding & Education and Director\, BSA/TIOB\n\n\n\n11:00 – 12:00 Prep boarding to senior boarding transition \nThis session examines how schools can best support pupils moving from prep boarding to senior boarding\, ensuring a smooth transition academically\, pastorally\, and socially. \n\nSpeaker: Millfield Prep Team\n\n\n\n12:00  – 13:00 Networking lunch. Sponsored by   \n\n13:00 – 13:45 Creating a marketing and admissions roadmap for prep boarding  \nThis session guides schools in developing an effective marketing and admissions roadmap for prep boarding\, focusing on strategies to attract families\, build engagement\, and secure enrolment growth.\n \n\nSpeaker: Aileen Kane\, Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer\, The BSA Group\n\n\n\n13:45 – 14:30 Prep boarding compliance and inspections \nThis session explores key compliance requirements and inspection frameworks for prep boarding\, offering practical guidance to ensure schools meet standards with confidence. \n\nSpeaker: Dale Wilkins MA (Ed)\, FTIOB\, Executive Director\, BSA Group Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance\n\n\n\n14:30 – 15:00 Refreshment and networking. Sponsored by  \n\n15:00 – 15:45 Recruitment and retention\n \nThis session addresses the challenges of recruitment and retention in prep boarding\, sharing strategies to attract staff and pupils while sustaining long-term success. \nRound table discussion \n\n15:45 – 16:30 Maximising your boarding house for better sleep \nThis session explores how to optimise boarding house environments and routines to promote healthier sleep and improve pupil wellbeing. \n\nSpeaker: Dr Lindsay Browning\,  chartered psychologist\, neuroscientist and sleep expert\n\n\n\n16:30 Conference close  \n\nSpeakers: \nDavid Walker\, Executive Director\, Boarding & Education and Director\, BSA/TIOB \n \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. \n\nDale Wilkins\, MA (Ed)\, FTIOB\, Executive Director\,  BSA Group Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance  \nDale Wilkins 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. \n\nAileen Kane\, Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer\, BSA Group \nAileen Kane is a marketing and communications strategist with extensive experience in education\, specialising in brand positioning\, admissions\, and audience engagement. As Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer at BSA Group\, she leads strategic marketing\, admissions support\, and business development to help schools attract and retain boarding students. Her expertise spans marcomms\, operations\, and organisational growth across education\, legal services\, and the charity sector. Aileen has a proven track record of building influential partnerships\, shaping effective admissions strategies\, and driving sustainable growth. She is passionate about equipping schools with the tools to strengthen their                                      marketing and admissions impact. \n\nDr Lindsay Browning\, CEO\, Trouble Sleeping \nDr Lindsay Browning is a chartered psychologist\, neuroscientist\, and renowned sleep expert. She earned a master’s in neuroscience and a doctorate (DPhil) in insomnia from the University of Oxford\, with her thesis exploring the connection between worry\, rumination\, and sleeplessness. Founder of Trouble Sleeping in 2006\, she provides Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) to individuals and organisations\, including the NHS\, police\, airlines\, and charities. Dr Browning is also a bestselling author of Navigating Sleeplessness and a frequent media commentator on sleep issues. \n  \n\nGavin Horgan\, Head\, Millfield School \nGavin Horgan became Headmaster of Millfield in September 2018. Gavin was previously Headmaster of Worksop College in Nottinghamshire since 2012\, where he delivered academic turnaround aligned with a substantial building programme and whole school restructure.\nPrior to Worksop College\, Gavin’s earlier career included working internationally in schools in Sri Lanka and Argentina\, before returning to the UK in 2009 as Deputy Head of The Glasgow Academy\, an independent co-educational school with 1300 pupils. Gavin also has extensive experience of the state sector at schools in Hampshire and Lambeth. \n\nDan Thornburn\, Head\, Millfield Prep \nDan joined Millfield Prep in 2022 from Edgeborough School in Surrey\, where he has was head since 2017. He was previously head of St Petroc’s\, North Cornwall\, and his earlier teaching career included spells at Lockers Park and Chafyn Grove. Educated at Wrekin College\, Thornburn read history at Exeter University whilst playing rugby for the Exeter Chiefs 2nds. He also gained an MEd in Educational Leadership from the University of Buckingham.
URL:https://www.boarding.org.uk/event/prep-boarding-conference/
LOCATION:Millfield School
CATEGORIES:Conference,In-person
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