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Luke Ramsden
Luke Ramsden is an award-winning senior deputy headmaster and senior safeguarding lead at St Benedict’s School in Ealing. He started his teaching career at Tonbridge School where he was head of history, and becoming a housemaster at Ampleforth College before moving to Ealing.
In his role as senior deputy head he is responsible for the day-to-day running of the school, as well as the pastoral oversight of all the students and overseeing the school's PSHE programme (among a number of other roles). In Luke’s time at St Benedict's the school has become a flagship school for safeguarding and pastoral care, with the happiness of every student placed firmly at the heart of all the school does. This led to the award of Pastoral Leader of the Year 2021-22 by the NACPE (National Association for Child Protection in Education).
Luke regularly speaks at educational conferences, and also writes on safeguarding, pastoral care, and in particular the use of data to inform excellence in both these areas. Among other positions Luke holds outside St Benedict’s he is chair of the Independent Safeguarding Advisory Board for The Safeguarding Company, is a trustee of the Schools Consent Project charity, and has recently joined the National Executive Committee for the NAPCE.
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Safeguarding lead Luke Ramsden picks out eight key points to consider in responding to the KCSIE 2021 consultation and planning ahead for changes
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Download the checklist for heads and deputies of boarding to help prepare for an ISI inspection and meet the National Minimum Standards
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Download and adapt this lesson plan around the use of social media to stimulate discussion, reflection and critical thinking
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Download the checklist for pastoral deputy heads of independent schools to help prepare for an ISI inspection
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Download the checklist for academic deputy heads of independent schools to help prepare for an ISI inspection
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Luke Ramsden shares a PSHE lesson resource focused around why sleep matters and how to get more of it. Use it to stimulate discussion with pupils
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Luke Ramsden shares a PSHE lesson resource focused around the Extinction Rebellion movement. Use it to stimulate discussion with pupils
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There are some significant changes to KCSIE 2020 which DSLs need to understand and incorporate in training for staff. Luke Ramsden highlights four areas for attention