BSA/AGBIS Box Set – Foundations for boarding school Governors – roles, responsibilities and collective governance

Name: BSA/AGBIS Box Set – Foundations for boarding school Governors – roles, responsibilities and collective governance
Start: 2024-09-17T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-17T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Virtual – Zoom

September 17 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Date: September 17, 2024
Time: 16:00 – 18:00
Cost: BSA/AGBIS Member Rate: £135, Non-member Rate: £270, BSA/AGBIS Member Full Box Set Rate: £850
Audience: School Governors
Platform: Zoom (online) – Seminar

Course outline:

This seminar, led by Richard Harman, CEO, AGBIS will review the roles and responsibilities of Governors of boarding schools and discuss how governors demonstrate collective governance. Best practice recommendations as to the development of the role of Governor, fulfilling responsibilities and ensuring successful governance will be discussed.

There will be opportunity for delegates to put any questions they may have about being a Governor of a boarding school, understanding the role and current issues to Richard.

Training topics will include:

Roles and responsibilities of a boarding school Governor
Collective governance
Developing the role
Understanding the boarding sector
Demonstrating collective governance and working with SLT.

Learning outcomes:

Increased confidence in understanding the remit of the role of Governor
Increased confidence in asking questions of the wider board
Best practice recommendations for ensuring collective governance.

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5. Developing strategy	June 5, 2025
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Speakers:

Richard Harman, Chief Executive, AGBIS

Richard Harman was educated at The King’s School, Worcester, followed by Trinity College, Cambridge, where he read English. Having spent two years working for an academic publisher, he decided his real vocation was in teaching. After five years at Marlborough College teaching English and Drama, during which time he also completed his PGCE at Exeter University, he spent 12 years at Eastbourne College. Progressing from Head of English to Housemaster of a Sixth Form girls’ house to member of the Senior Management Team, he then became Headmaster of Aldenham in September 2000 and thence to Uppingham in 2006. After a decade leading Uppingham and 32 years overall in teaching, he embarked on a third career as Chief Executive of AGBIS. Richard is much enjoying the challenges at AGBIS, having been Chairman of the Boarding Schools’ Association for 2011-12 and Chairman of HMC for 2014-15.

Dale Wilkins, Executive Director, Scotland/Wales and Accredited/Compliance, BSA Group

Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards, having previously been a course tutor since 1998. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s training programme, including both day seminars and accredited training courses. Dale leads on all safeguarding and inspection matters for the BSA, including managing the Commitment to Care Charter and has also developed a process of BSA Accreditation for our international members. He also liaises with ISI, Ofsted and DfE on matters relating to compliance and inspection standards, and compiles the BSA Self-Assessment toolkit, which he first produced in 2002, since which time he has been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding.

For 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner. After boarding positions at Norwich School and Tettenhall College, Dale became a Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital in 1992, and was promoted to Deputy Head in 2007, and subsequently also DSL. He has also been a multi-agency trainer for the Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board.