VAT – preparing for possible future changes to VAT law

Friday 19 January, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Date: January 19, 2024
Time: 10:00 – 12:00
Cost: Free of charge to BSA member schools
Audience: All those involved in boarding
Platform: Zoom (online) – Webinar

With the ever-changing political landscape, with sector experts Julie Robinson, Chief Executive, ISC and David Woodgate, Chief Executive, ISBA are delivering a free, two-hour webinar to our members. They will be reviewing what’s on the UK’s political horizon and how this will affect the boarding sector. Members will leave the webinar with thoughts around what they can do now to mitigate the risks.

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Speakers:

Julie Robinson, Chief Executive, ISC

Julie attended Sackville School, a state secondary in East Grinstead, before studying English at the University of Birmingham. She began her career as a teacher and was head of two IAPS, co-educational, day and boarding prep schools for children aged 3-13. She led education and training for IAPS for five years and was appointed General Secretary of the Independent Schools Council in 2015.

As CEO, Julie is responsible for the day-to-day management of the ISC and answers to the ISC Board and Chairman.

The ISC’s data analysis informs advocacy of the sector and Julie has appeared in the national media regularly. Her live appearances include Newsnight, Sky News, The Today Programme, BBC and Channel 4 News.

The ISC is a coordinating, umbrella body providing a vital link between the independent education sector and government policy. It brings together AGBIS, GSA, HMC, ISA, IAPS, ISBA and the Society of Heads along with affiliates BSA, COBIS, SCIS and WISC. The ISC’s three priority areas of activity are (1) research/data, (2) media/communications and (3) policy/public affairs. In all things, the ISC seeks to support, inform and promote the sector, rebutting untruths and explaining the value of independent education to wider society.

Julie is a school governor at a state school as well as an independent school in London.

David Woodgate, Chief Executive, ISBA

David Woodgate was appointed Chief Executive of the Independent Schools Bursars’ Association in May 2016. Prior to this he was Chief Executive of the Institute of Financial Accountants from 2007 to 2015 after which he spent a year as the Strategy Consultant to the Institute of Public Accountants in Australia.

David qualified as a Barrister in 1982 following a first degree in Languages (French and Russian), Law and Linguistics. He moved from the law into the City, holding several senior management and executive positions in the National Westminster Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland – in Strategic Planning, Corporate Finance and latterly as Director of e-Commerce for the corporate bank. He ran an outsourcing business and a specialist internal consultancy providing market intelligence and competitor analysis.

He completed an MBA at Warwick University Business School in 1992. A former Chief Executive of the Institute of Administrative Management, he also holds a postgraduate diploma in Charity Management from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Chartered Banker, a Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights. David is also Chairman of Governors of an HMC Independent school.

Joe Moore, Associate Director, Hanbury

Joe is a senior member of Hanbury’s Labour Unit and leads on policy development, political strategy, and engagement for clients across a wide range of sectors. Prior to joining Hanbury, Joe was a political adviser to the Labour Party for over five years, working for current Deputy Leader Angela Rayner and Kate Green throughout their time as Shadow Education Secretary. As the main policy adviser in Angela Rayner’s team, Joe led the development of Labour’s education policies for both of Labour’s 2017 and 2019 manifestos, including the commitments relating to private schools.

Before joining Angela Rayner’s team, he worked for Marvin Rees during his successful campaign to be elected Mayor of Bristol. Joe graduated from the University of York with first class honours in law, before gaining a graduate diploma in quantitative economics from Birkbeck, University of London.