Bury Governor Association News
BGA Spring Conference
The Bury Governor Association Spring Conference will be hosted by Bury College on Saturday 27th April 2019. The BGA are delighted welcome back Dr Tony Breslin as the key note speaker and the theme will focus on curriculum and inclusion. The conference will open for...
BGA Spring Conference – Programme Announced
The Programme for the BGA Spring Conference can be seen by opening the below file: BURY GOVERNOR ASSOCIATION SPRING CONFERENCE FLYER Places can be booked on this website through the 'Book a course' link above. There will be limited availability - so please BOOK...
New Version of Governance Handbook Released
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:...
Summer Term Governor Training Programme
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 GOVERNOR ASSOCIATION SUMMER TERM TRAINING The courses will soon be updated onto the...
Good attendance at BGA Spring Term Meeting
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...
National Governance Association Northwest Regional Conference
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...
BGA Spring Term Meeting – 6th March
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...
Bury Council Advice on School Governance Arrangements
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. The paper was approved by the...
Ethical Leadership in Education
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: ELC-final-report The...
Spring Term Training Programme
The governor training programme for the Spring Term has now been agreed. You can see the programme by clicking on the link below: BURY GOVERNOR ASSOCIATION SPRING TERM TRAINING Attendance on the courses is free to any school buying into the BGA/BGD package. Otherwise...
New BGD Board Chair
Mark Lockwood has been elected by the BGA Executive as the new Chair of the BGD Board. Mark brings a wealth of experience as an educator and a governor and we all wish him well in his new role.