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BSA Certified Agent and The BSA Certified Agent and
agent’s recommendation, so making
“Certification comes with many
grow, providing reassurance for
knowledge of the school and family is
guardians, as those who are certified
guardian schemes continue to
schools and families.
sure the agent has integrity and what the scheme aims to do.
The schemes’ training and certification
“With our Certified Agent scheme,
schools they are dealing with
diligence on an agent that schools
programmes assure BSA boarding educational guardians and agents
who have the highest standards in the
safeguarding of children, safer
recruitment and training of staff and
host families, knowledge of the UK
education system and careful liaison
with parents and schools. The
schemes are a clear demonstration to
BSA boarding schools of the quality
and intention of the educational
agents and guardians who reach
we’re essentially doing the due
need to do to maintain their sponsor status, saving our members a huge amount of time. We ensure agents
demonstrate a clear understanding of the UK education system; carry out checks on parents; recommend
schools which are right for individual
benefits for both agents and
get access to BSA membership, are listed on the BSA website, receive
regular updates from BSA on training and changes to legislation, and two
free places annually on BSA training
days, as well as discounted access to
other events such as BSA conferences, events and training. Regular checks are also undertaken to ensure the
needs of schools and clients continue to be met.”
students, and maintain the highest
For more information about the
supporting each child.”
Agent Scheme page of the BSA
standards of integrity in placing and
scheme, please visit the Certified
website. For a full list of BSA Certified
certified status.
Ammy Davies-Potter, Director of
With both schemes launching just
group, said: “Again, looking at our
For more information about the
and 41 guardians have signed up, with
of respondents highlighted the
guardian Scheme page of the BSA
assurance around a guardian’s
Guardians, please go to page 57.
over a year ago, currently 45 agents
guardianship and Inclusion, BSA
survey of Chinese parents, 82 per cent
more joining all the time.
importance they placed in having
Caroline Nixon, International
certification. And that’s what our
Director, BSA group, said: “The
importance of finding a suitable
educational agent means it can be a
time-consuming process for schools
and parents, but it’s an absolutely vital one. Our recent survey of Chinese parents (see page 39) tells us that
agents have a major influence when it
comes to choosing the right school for their child, with 74% relying on an
Certified Guardian scheme provides. Similar to the criteria agents are
required to meet, guardians have to demonstrate the highest standards
around their interaction with schools, parents, pupils, and show that they meet our strict assurance
requirements for all aspects of safeguarding.
Agents, please go to page 56.
scheme, please visit the Certified
website. For a full list of BSA Certified
