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THE National Association is available to all BESD School Leaders

Objectives:

• Primary Objectives:
  • provide peer support for leaders of schools for pupils experiencing BESD needs
  • to promote the sharing of good practice in order to improve the education and welfare of pupils
• to influence policy and practice by providing a collective voice and representing the views of BESD school leaders locally, regionally and nationally.

engage in their future niche is to:

• Specifically support BESD school leaders in education, most of whom are school Headteachers / Principals
• The School Leader’s role in our context, is seen as:
  • helping children with BESD to achieve in education at the highest level
  • helping children to improve their social skills in order to be able to make the transition forward into society.
• Through all School Leaders learning from each other, we can bring up the standards of all BESD schools and therefore improve the welfare of pupils. engage in their future is the effective association which allows for this to take place.
• engage in their future are keen to develop practice and policy in a child centred way in terms of what works well
• engage in their future is a network of professionals who, between them, are likely to have the answer to any child or staffing related issue
• Through their specialist expertise in BESD, engage in their future aim is to also work with the Government to identify behaviour models that work in BESD schools that could be transferable into mainstream and support raising standards and achievements. This also supports the Governments inclusion agenda plus Every Child Matters (ECM) initiative (Be healthy, Stay safe, Make a positive contribution, Enjoy and achieve, Economic wellbeing). This is an area of vital importance to our members.

When appropriate, engage in their future work with other associations supporting BESD in order to express a collective BESD voice.