Thursday night was the termly meeting of the Governors of Prestwich Arts College (formerly Prestwich High). This is one of the two local schools on which I represent you as a Governor.
There were two particularly interesting issues to report on:
Bury Review of Learning
We had a presenation from Bury’s Assistant Director of Learning about a review […]
Last night was the termly meeting of St Margaret’s CoE Primary Governors. This is one of the two schools in the ward on which I serve as a Governor.
There were a number of important things to report:
- The school is doing really well. In terms of average point scores, it is the second most […]
Last night was the regular meeting of the “Full Council” in Bury. It was a packed agenda with a number of important topics. Please see the separate posting about the debate on Congestion Charging.
As usual my colleagues in the Liberal Democrat group asked some very probing and important questions to the Council Leadership. These included […]
Last night was the meeting of Bury Council’s Executive Committee. As one of two Opposition Group Leaders on the Council I sit on the Committee alongside the portfolio holiding members from the largest Group.
It was a very long and full agenda, with a number of important issues. The full agenda, together with all the papers […]
Last night was the termly meeting of Prestwich Arts College Governors. This is one of two local schools that I represent you as a Local Education Authority Governor.
It was a very good meeting, and the mood of the school certainly seems very good after the difficult times it went through two years ago when it […]
On Tuesday I attended the Governors for St Margaret’s CoE Primary School on Heywood Road. St Margaret’s is one of the two schools in the ward which I serve as a Local Education Authority (LEA) Governor.
At the meeting the Head Teacher reported on the outstanding Diocesan Inspection report that the school received from the Church […]
Bury Council has given the financial go-ahead for not one, but two Children’s Centres in Prestwich.
At it’s Executive Committee on 12 September at which I represent the Liberal Democrat Group, the Council agreed just under £500,000 for a second children’s centre to be located at Butterstyle Primary School. Go ahead has already been given […]
Last night Bury Council met in its first “Emergency Full Council” meetings for many years - certainly as long as I’ve been a Councillor. The Council was called by the Labour group on basis of ideas floated by the Conservative Administration on Bury Council to reduce the capacity of the soon to be built new […]