Laura Phillips

Trust Safeguarding and Inclusion Lead, Kings Group Academies

Laura Phillips began her teaching career in Surrey in 2006 and has since held a range of senior leadership roles, including SENCO, DSL and deputy headteacher. She is now Trust Lead for Safeguarding, Attendance and Inclusion at King’s Group Academies, overseeing the development and delivery of safeguarding and SEND strategy across the trust. Laura is passionate about equity in education and improving opportunities for all children. She leads the trust’s work on tackling violence against women and girls and plays a key role in developing inclusive practices that have real impact on young people’s lives. Alongside this, she supports leadership development by facilitating SENCO and NPQSL courses, helping staff grow in confidence and expertise. She also works collaboratively with colleagues in other trusts, sharing best practice and strengthening safeguarding and inclusion at a wider level.

1 Workshop series one

A trust wide approach to preventing violence against women and girls

Preventing violence against women and girls requires a culture change within our school communities to address the root causes of men’s violence against women - harmful attitudes, behaviours and expressions of masculinity. In this workshop, we hear how one trust has established an initial three-year strategy to tackle this issue at all levels across its schools including culture, curriculum, systems and behaviours. We'll look at what this means for staff at the trust, especially male leaders and role models, and explore how being the first school trust to achieve White Ribbon accreditation has helped shape and support this work. You will gain insights into how and why the trust is taking this approach, hear about the impact of this work to-date and gain practical ideas to take back to your colleagues.