Bury Governor Newsletter - Summer Term 2019
by Mark Granby 5 months ago
The Summer Term Bury Governor's Newsletter was circulated in early April. You can access a copy of it by clicking on the link below:
News
Local Authority - Summer Term Chairs Briefing
by Mark Granby 5 months ago
The termly Chair's briefing took place in the Peel Room of Bury Town Hall on Tuesday 16th April.
There was an update from Karen Dolton, the Executive Director of Children's Services, who re-iterated her commitment to education, schools and governance. A presentation was given by MPLOY on a careers support service they are providing for more vulnerable high school pupils.
Steve Tilley gave an update on the development of School on a Page - with version 2 soon to be released and branded as the School Education Profile.
BGA SPRING CONFERENCE - PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED
by Mark Granby 6 months ago
The Programme for the BGA Spring Conference can be seen by opening the below file:
BURY GOVERNOR ASSOCIATION SPRING CONFERENCE FLYER.docx
Places can be booked on this website through the 'Book a course' link above.
There will be limited availability - so please BOOK EARLY
New Version of Governance Handbook Released
by Mark Granby 6 months ago
The Department for Education published the revised Governance Handbook (March 2019) on Friday 22nd March 2019.
You can open the document by clicking on the link below:
The key changes made from the January 2017 version are outlined in pages 6, 7 and 8.
National Governance Association Northwest Regional Conference
by Mark Granby 6 months ago
A number of Bury governors and trustees attended the NGA NW regional conference on Saturday 2nd March.
The conference was opened by Emma Knight, the NGA Chief Exec and there were presentations from:
Regional Schools Commissioner Vicy Beer
NGA Director Sam Henson
Ofsted Regional Director Andrew Cook
The PowerPoint presentations can be aaccessed on the below link:
Ethical Leadership in Education
by Mark Granby 6 months ago
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and the NGA have recently published a framework for ethical leadership in education. You can access the report by clicking on the link below:
The NGA is also seeking to identify pathfinder schools/governing boards who can trail the framework. Resources will be provided to pathfinder sites. You can read more about this via the link below:
SUMMER TERM GOVERNOR TRAINING PROGRAMME
by Mark Granby 6 months ago
The BGD Board agreed the Summer Term Governor Training Programme at their Board meeting yesterday (12th March 2019).
You can see the programme by clicking on the file below:
Bury Council Advice on School Governance Arrangements
by Mark Granby 6 months ago
Following the council's paper on Bury's education landscape, the Education and Inclusion team at the local authority were asked to prepare a paper to give advice to governing bodies if they are considering their governance arrangements.
Good attendance at BGA Spring Term Meeting
by Mark Granby 6 months ago
Over 20 governors and trustees attended the Spring Term BGA meeting held in the Peel Room on Wednesday 6th March.
BGA Chair Richard Ainsworth welcomed everyone and introduced Suzanne Pendleton, one of Bury's newly appointed Primary Inclusion Officers, who gave a presentation on her role and the partnership work that is now taking place around school inclusion. Suzanne answered a number of excellent questions from governors and her presentation was well received. The accompanying PowerPoint presentation can be accessed on the link below:
BGA Spring Term Meeting - 6th March
by Mark Granby 7 months ago
REMINDER
The Bury Governor Association Spring Term meeting will take place in the Peel Room at Bury Town Hall at 7.00pm on Wednesday 6th March 2019.
The guest speakers will be Gareth Rennie and Suzanne Pendleton, Bury's new Inclusion officers who will talk about their role and the intended impact in the key priority area of school inclusion they will also talk about the the Early Help model that is developing - to give support to our more vulnerable pupils.
There will be the usual update from the BGA executive and the Bury Governance Development Chair.