Bury Governor Association News
Local Authority Chairs’ Briefing
There was an excellent 'virtual' attendance at the Chairs' briefing on Wednesday 13th January 2021. Interim Assistant Director Julien Kramer opened the meeting and asked Chairs to extend his thanks to all governors for the time they dedicate to supporting Bury schools...
First Virtual BGA Conference and Annual General Meeting
There were 35 'virtual' attendees for the BGA conference and AGM on Thursday 12th November. BGA Chair Richard Ainsworth welcomed everyone and introduced interim Assistant Director Julien Kramer who thanked governors for their work and described the current local...
Training For Bury Governors And Trustees
Bury Governor Association has entered into a prtnership arrangement with One Education. A 12 month programme of training which is free of charge for for the Bury governors and trustees whose schools buy into the Bury Governnace Development collaborative can be seen on...
Paul Coates
It is with great regret that the BGA has to report the passing of Paul Coates. Paul has been a champion of governance in Bury for over 20 years, serving both the Bury Governor Association and the Bury Govenance Development Committee. He also served on the governing...
Suspension of Governor Training and Conferences
It is with regret that the BGA announces that the training courses scheduled for the remainder of the Spring Term have been postponed. This is in light of Government advice in relation to the coronavirus pandemic. Sadly the BGA annual conference scheduled for Thursday...
Bury Governor Spring Term Newsletter
The Spring Term Newsletter has been published by our partners at Bury Council's Governor Support team. The newsletter can be accessed on the link below. Spring 2020 Newsletter.doc Please note that the induction training detailed in the list of training courses has had...
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...