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We’re working on The BSA School Continuity Briefing, a digitally-delivered tactical protocol, created to help schools prepare for the ‘what if’ moments that can create disruption and chaos. It will include strategic thinking, protocols and planning.
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Schools already teach children what to do if a shooter enters the building. But do the adults who look after them have the same level of preparedness? The BSA School Briefing helps senior leadership teams plan for the moments that can’t be scheduled.
School leaders carry a weight of responsibility that goes far beyond curriculum and budgets. They are responsible for the physical safety and psychological wellbeing of hundreds — sometimes thousands — of young people, every single day.
Yet when it comes to crisis preparedness, most schools are working from instinct rather than protocol. Fire drills are rehearsed. Safeguarding is in place. But what about the scenarios that fall outside the standard playbook?
The what if moments that every school leadership team should have considered
These are not remote possibilities. They are the kind of disruptive, high-impact events that schools across the UK and internationally have already faced — and for which advance planning makes the critical difference.
A different kind of thinking
Businesses have long understood the need for continuity planning. The BSA Continuity Briefing — developed by former UK Special Forces soldier Jack Felix and B2B communications specialist Neil Martin — has brought that operational mindset to the commercial world.
The BSA School Briefing applies the same rigorous, scenario-based thinking to an educational context. The tone is different. The priorities are different. But the underlying principle is the same: when something goes wrong, the people who are prepared are the ones who lead their communities through it.
This is not about creating anxiety. It is about the quiet confidence that comes from knowing you have thought it through — and your team has too.
What the Briefing will include
Designed for headteachers, deputies, bursars, and governors, the BSA School Briefing will be a practically focused, digitally delivered guide. It will draw on real operational experience — not theoretical frameworks — to help school leadership teams build protocols that are genuinely usable under pressure. Alongside the core Briefing, subscribers will receive a regular insert report with updates as the landscape changes.
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