Bolton Governance Services

Today is National School Governors' Awareness Day! Thank you all for your time supporting our schools in Bolton and beyond. Your commitment, support and challenge is appreciated. We are always here to support you. #NationalSchoolGovernorsAwarenessDay

We held our in person Partnership Forum last night. We had using data for school improvememt by Catriona Fletcher and Deb Butler. There was also a segment regarding making monitoring visits work for governors and schools. Sign up for the recording here: boltongovernanceservices.org.uk/events/partner…

This week is Children's Mental Health Week. We hope all our school communities enjoy shining the spotlight on this. Find out more here: childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/about

Next week we have training for governors for the new Ofsted Framework. This will look at the roles of governors during the inspection and provide guidance to answering inspectors' questions. Book your place here: bit.ly/4pj6iKa

Lovely to see so many of our governors and trustees at our annual conference this morning. Great discsussion and networking around the theme of sustainability. Thank you for your contributions and your ongoing support to our schools. We couldn't do it it without you!

Thank you @TheGatesPrimary for joining us at our conference this morning. Great to see sustainability in action!

Thank you to Dr Cormac Lawler for his informative presentation at our Governor comference this morning. Lots of practical ideas for governors and trustees to take away to help improve sustainability across our schools.

Great to have you with us! Thank you for sharing your ideas and providing some good discussion points.

Mr Pryle and I were delighted to share the work we do at school to promote sustainability at today’s Governors Conference. We showcased the amazing work of our children to be sustainable and care for our environment and spread the message- ‘At The Gates we go green!’

Our Bolton Governance Conference is this Saturday 8 November. The theme is Sustainability and Eco Governance. The day will provide governors with practical advice and guidance to support operational leaders. Last chance to book here: bit.ly/4oN1kFc

@TheGatesPrimary @thesixthformB6 @WesthoughtonHS So pleased it was useful!

@boltongovserv @thesixthformB6 @WesthoughtonHS It was an amazing session!

Great collaborative work with Designated Safeguarding Leads and Safeguarding link governors from @thegatesprimary, Grosvenor Nursery, @thesixthformB6 and @westhoughtonhs yesterday. Thank you for joining us!

Missed this? The session will run again in March. This is a joint workshop for your Safeguarding governor and the Designated Safeguarding Lead. Book here: bit.ly/4n1XBT5

Our first Chairs' Briefing of the new academic year will be held on Monday 22 September 2025 at IELC at Smithills. Book your place here: bit.ly/4nCuOoz

Our Partnership forum will be held on Monday 6 October 2025 6-7.30pm at ILEC @ Smithills. Caroline Smith will provide an Inclusion Update and Sam Tremblin from HR will be attending regarding HR Panel Meetings. Book here: bit.ly/4m4olBD

Our 2025/26 training programme is live! There are lots of new courses including training for governors about AI, school complaints, sustainability, preparing your board for inspection and safeguarding for governors. Visit the link to book: bit.ly/45UHD6s

Welcome back! We hope all of our governors, trustees and school staff have had an enjoyable summer. We look forward to working with you in this new academic year 2025/2026. See you all soon!

Places still available on our Safer Recruitment Refresher Course next Tuesday 17 June 2025 9am- 12.30pm. This is for people who need to renew their accreditation. Book here: bit.ly/3FIgyuo

It's Volunteers' week! We are fortunate to have so many fantastic governors and trustees working across our schools. Thank you for everything you do to support our young people in your school communities. Read a letter of gratitude from the DfE here: bit.ly/43N3NXv

The end of an era as we say a fond farewell to John Ashworth as Governance Services Manager. We want to say THANK YOU on behalf of all his colleagues, school staff, governors, and trustees. He will be greatly missed, but we wish him all the very best on his next adventure!