BASG Executive Minutes 17th July 2020

Apologies:

Bernadette Allison (Secretary)

Tomas Pukalski – received and accepted

Agenda Subject

Action

1.

Apologies for absence

Tomas Pukalski

2.

Notification of any other business

PGL Travel

3.

Declaration of interest

Maggi Bull – Chair of NGA

Gwyneth Langley – BEP

4.

Approval of minutes from the meeting held on 16.06.2020

Minutes approved with the amendments, as below.

Agenda Item 5

There remains a vacancy for a parent governor on the Select Committee. It does involve a big commitment but it would be helpful for the vacancy to be filled.

5.

Consultative Board

The next scheduled meeting is planned for 16.07.2020

It would probably be better to have dates set within the yearly schedule of BC dates.

The use of ‘Teams’ as the virtual meeting set up does result in some technical issues with some forms of hardware for participants.

6.

Side by Side Reference Group

There continues to be some co-ordination issues regarding the organization of meetings, minutes and attendance.

There needs to be analysis of what is working regarding this provision with a possible SWOT analysis. The model is good in principal but not in execution.

There are no dates at present for moving forward.

7.

Communications with Buckinghamshire Council (BC)

PR’s communication with BC continues on behalf of BASG and governance across the county.

Information regarding September and the reopening of schools for all pupils has been issued from BC.

BASG profile has increased over the last year which is supportive of governance across Buckinghamshire.

8.

Networking groups

The South Bucks and Aylesbury networking groups continue to meet virtually.

The Aylesbury group is not only attended by Chairs and facilitates a variety of governor attendees. This was thought to be a networking opportunity for all governors and opens up succession planning.

Discussion took place linked to attendance at these meetings by BASG representatives so as to get a further cross section of governors input across the authority.

9.

Governor Training

Online virtual training from BC has continued with a Public Health webinar for Governors which was informative.

Reference was made to the NGA webinar for

Virtual Governance: Planning for the Autumn term and what do boards need to do linked

into their monitoring role. This provided a

good overview of the role of governance in this important area.

10.

NGA & Learning Link membership

Thank you to PR for continuing to follow up regarding the communication to Governing Boards of NGA membership.

An email has now been sent to Chairs confirming that BC will provide membership to NGA including the Learning Link through the next school year.

If boards wish to upgrade this to Gold membership, there will be an additional charge of £158.

Information was also included for Academies.

11.

Schools opening for more pupils

The opening of schools for all pupils in September continues as a major priority at the moment.

A plethora of information exists from NGA, BC, DfE of how schools need to prepare for September and beyond.

Further guidance will continue to be issued.

12.

AGM 2020

Discussion took place regarding planning for the BASG AGM

MB will ask Emma Knights from NGA for her availability to present at such an event.

It is anticipated the AGM would take place in November 2020 which is well within the timeline required for the next AGM.

MB

AOB

AS referred to the fact that discussions are taking place with the LA regarding reimbursement to parents for school trips which have been made through PGL but not taken place. It was felt this money should be repaid to parents, and governors should ensure this happens.

NGA are aware of this and are following up on this matter.

Date and venue of next meeting

Tuesday 27.07.2020 at 18.00

Meeting finished at 19.10