Bury Governor Association News
BGA Meeting
The BGA meets on Tuesday 3rd March 2020. The meeting starts at 7.00pm and is in the Peel Room at Bury Town Hall. Tea/coffee will be available prior to the start of the meeting which is open to all Bury governors and trustees. The agenda is below: BGA MEETING 3 March...
Good Attendance at Briefing for Bury Chairs
The Spring Term Chair's Briefing was held in the Town Hall's Peel Room on Tuesday 14th January 2020 and it was excellent that so many Chairs attended the session. Assistant Director Julien Kramer welcomed attendees and talked about the positive developments that are...
Training Programme for Spring Term
The initial training programme for the Spring Term has been produced, The programme can be accessed on the link below: BURY GOVERNOR ASSOCIATION SPRING TERM TRAINING 2020_0 This website has been updated to allow places for courses to be booked on-line. Happy New Year...
Good turnout for AGM
There was a good attendance for the Bury Governor Association's AGM. The meeting heard from BGA Treasurer Elma Hoyle that the Association's finance are in a healthy position. A total of 68 schools bought into the BGA collaborative in 2018/19 and after the various...
Message from BGA Chair
Dear fellow governors, Just a week to go until the next BGA Autumn Term Meeting which is being held at 7.00pm on Thursday 14th November, 2019 - Peel Room in the Town Hall. With a slight change to previous years’, the evening will open with our AGM including election...
Bury Governor Autumn Newsletter
The Autumn Term newsletter has been circulated. You can access a copy by clicking on the link below: Autumn 2019 Newsletter Please note that the newsletter indicates that training courses may be booked via the BEST Trust. This is no longer the case as the BEST Trust...
Great Feedback for Governor Training
Analysis of the governor evaluation forms has been undertaken for the summer term courses and it illustrates fantastic feedback for the Bury based sessions. The chart can be accessed by clicking on the link below: Summer Term Analysis_0 The BGD Committee has been...
NGA Leading Governance Programme comes to Bury
The NGA's Leading Governance Programme for Chairs will be delivered in Bury in partnership with BGD. The 40 week programme will commence in October and includes 3 face to face seminars lead by an NGA consultant and hosted at Bury College. Details of the programme can...
Bury Chair of Governors Autumn Term Briefing
There was a healthy attendance level at the Autumn Term briefing for Chair's in the Peel Room in the evening of Tuesday 3rd September 2019. Paul Cooke chaired the meeting with presentations from Interim AD Julien Kramer and Wendy Jackson and Damian Kay from the...
Autumn Term Governor Training Programme
The programme for training for the Autumn Term has been agreed with new schools based training venues.. Please note that in response to feedback that the afternoon sessions will now commence at 12.30 and will finish at 3.00pm, allowing governors/trustees with child...
NGA Annual Survey 2019
The NGA published their annual survey of governors and trustees this week. The full report can be accessed on the link below: School-Governance-Report-(WEB)-FINAL-2-9-19 Respondents’ opinion of central education policy continues to decline. 78% of respondents...
Extraordinary Chairs and BGA Meeting
On Tuesday 9th July there will be an extraordinary meeting with Bury Chairs and the BGA to consider the future of governor training and development in Bury. The meeting will start at 7.00pm and will be in the Peel Room in Bury Town Hall. The agenda for the evening...
New BGD Terms of Reference Agreed
At the most recent BGD committee meeting, members agreed a new terms of reference for Bury Governance Development. The revised document can be accessed on the link below: BGD Terms of Reference version 11_0
Interim Assistant Director presents at BGA Meeting
Over 30 governors and trustees were present at the BGA meeting on Tuesday 11th June 2019 to hear the newly appointed interim AD, Julien Kramer, outline his vision for Bury and to answer questions. Julien informed the group that Bury is his 12th authority and that he...
BGA Summer Term Briefing
The Summer Term BGA Briefing is taking place in the Peel Room in Bury Town Hall at 7.00pm on Tuesday 11th June 2019. With growing pressures on school finances Steve Goodwin, the Head of Finance for Childrens Services, will be giving an update and answering questions....