BSA & GSA webinar – Developing more inclusive schools in practice, 30.09.21

30 September @ 4.00pm – 5.00pm

Course Outline

BSA and GSA have come together with a short series of joint webinars considering the specific needs of both boarding schools and girls’ schools. In this webinar, colleagues will provide context and experience of developing a whole-school approach to diversity and inclusion, using case study examples to demonstrate implementation.

Training topics will include:

• Inclusion
• Pupil voice
• Developing a responsive strategy.

Learning outcomes:

• Understanding inclusion and belonging
• Developing strategy around pupil voice
• Developing a whole-school approach.

Audience: 

• All safeguarding, leadership and pastoral practitioners

Cost:

• BSA Full / GSA Member – £50
• Additional BSA Full / GSA Member – £10
• BSA Affiliate Member £75
• Additional BSA Affiliate Member £15
• Non-member – £100

Download a copy of the flyer HERE

Trainers:

Bex Tear, BSA Chair 2021 and Head, Badminton School
Bex Tear was appointed Head of Badminton in 2012, a Girls’ Boarding and Day School in Bristol. Previously, she spent seven years at Wycombe Abbey School, firstly as resident Head of Sixth Form and more latterly as Deputy Head. Prior to that she enjoyed seven years at St. George’s Ascot, where she held several academic and pastoral responsibilities. At Exeter University, she read Chemistry, before undertaking a PGCE at The Institute of Education, University of London, where she also completed an MA in Educational Leadership. More recently she completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurship at The Cambridge Judge Business School. Bex is currently a safeguarding Governor for a local prep school and a governor for two senior boarding schools (girls and co-ed). She is a member of the BSA Executive and a Vice -Chair and sits on the GSA Boarding and Education Committees.

Samantha Price, GSA President 2021-2022 and Headmistress, Benenden School
Samantha Price was educated at Malvern Girls’ College and Edinburgh University, where she read History of Art (with modules of European History). Having graduated, she joined the Tate Britain and was responsible for marketing for Members and Patrons and became heavily involved with the Patrons of what is now the Tate Modern.

She started her teaching career in 1999 as a History of Art and History teacher at Reading Blue Coat School, where she stayed for a number of years. She then joined King’s Canterbury as a Housemistress, History and History of Art teacher. Her next post was to be Deputy Head at Hereford Cathedral School and from there she became Head of Godolphin in 2010.

Samantha joined Benenden as the Headmistress in January 2014 and she has until recently chaired the HMC Wellbeing Committee and the GSA Boarding Committee but now stepped down from those responsibilities as she becomes GSA President-Elect. She is a Governor at two schools, one of which is the John Wallis Academy, Benenden’s partner school, where she also works very closely with the Head.

Samantha is married with a daughter and a son. Her husband is an Army Chaplain.

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