Safeguarding against sexual violence and harassment in boarding schools

• Date: February 09, 2024
• Time: 10:30 – 15:30
• Cost: BSA Full Member – £155, BSA Affiliate Member – £230, Non-member – £310
• Audience: Boarding house practitioners
• Platform: Zoom (online) – Day Seminar

Course outline

This seminar will take delegates through the latest statutory guidance around sexual violence and harassment in schools considering, in particular, the boarding environment, as set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Since 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 and the subsequent Ofsted review, work in this area is absolutely vital.

The boarding environment can lead to additional areas of vulnerability and weakness. This seminar will support delegates in considering best practice in this area and work in their settings and communities.

Training topics will include: 

• Finding and understanding the latest guidance
• Embedding a proactive culture in your setting
• Hearing pupil and survivor voices and managing allegations.

Learning outcomes:

• Delegates will leave with a clearer understanding of the application of sexual violence and harassment guidance
• Delegates will understand the specific focus required in boarding
• Increased confidence in managing allegations and supporting survivors and pupils.

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David Walker, BSA Director

David is the BSA Director and joined the BSA group in August 2023. He has over 20 years’ experience in boarding schools and has worked in a range of schools in the UK and Africa, alongside being a prep school governor and a trustee of a MAT. Before taking up his post at the BSA, David was Deputy Head Pastoral at a large co-ed independent school in the South-East.