BGS Parents

If your son/daughter is ill and unable to attend school, we ask all parents to report absences via the Parent Portal.

To do this, please log into the Parent Portal and follow the ‘Report a Pupil Absence’ link on the home page and complete the form to report the pupil absence for that day.

This feature also allows you to report a planned absence in advance for medical appointments or similar one-off absences.

When you submit the form through the Parent Portal it automatically alerts your son/daughter’s Form Tutor, Head of Year, and the School Office of their absence.

Our Parent Portal is available by downloading the iSAMS Parent app or via this link: Bury Grammar School Parent Portal | Homepage. 

If you require any assistance accessing your account, please email parentportal@burygrammar.com 

Infants and Juniors

During the academic year we have a number of assemblies for our pupils and parents to enjoy! Please find all assemblies on our annual school calendar: Calendar.

These assemblies range from our weekly whole school celebration and separate Junior and Infant assemblies to special celebrations, visiting speakers and whole class assemblies. Parents are very welcome to join us for class assemblies which you will find on our School Calendar and useful reminders are noted in the primary newsletters too.  

Form time takes place twice per week when class teachers deliver the pastoral curriculum.

Seniors and Sixth Form

Assemblies at BGS are an important time for the school to come together. COVID restrictions allowing, we meet once per week for a whole school assembly where pupils are always encouraged to play a role. House and faith assemblies take place regularly throughout the term and year groups often have their own assemblies, led by the Head of Year or form group. For at least two days a week, pupils spend time with their Form Tutor during form periods and work through the pastoral curriculum.

The BGS Microsoft Surface Programme

We have a strong partnership with the leading provider of 1:1 device schemes in education: Freedom Technology, who supply and maintain pupil's Microsoft Surface Go 2 devices. Pupils have their own dedicated device, allowing them to access the full suite of school programmes at home and crucially in their lessons, strengthening teaching and learning at BGS.

If you require information or advice on how to report an issue with a Surface device then please email:

surface@burygrammar.com stating your child's full name and year group.

SOCS is our online school communication system for extra-curricular activities. SOCS enable parents to see the full Enrichment Programme, with details of all clubs, activities, workshops, sport practices, fixtures, results, and match reports throughout the year.

The system can be accessed by visiting https://www.socscms.com/login 

BGS offer holiday clubs each half term and over the summer break.

Please read full details and make your bookings via our Holiday Club webpage:

Children's Holiday Clubs | Bury Grammar Schools | Greater Manchester

Each of our Schools has four houses, and all pupils are allocated to one of these houses – under the direction of our Head of House and House Prefects.

Houses compete against each other in annual events such as the House Music Competition, Swimming Gala, Quiz, House Sports and Sports Day. Pupils have a strong sense of loyalty to their houses, which remains long after they leave the School, with all our houses having had affiliation with many generations of the same families. Boys’ uniform relates to their house, as the crest of their blazer and their school tie reflect the colour of their given house.

It is important to be aware of your sons’ house before purchasing any uniform. The house colours are: Yellow, blue, green and red.

Updates on house points can be found on social media and our weekly whole school newsletter.

You can read more about our BGS House system here: https://www.burygrammar.com/enrichmentatbgs/bgs-house-system

The dates for Parents' Evenings are published at the beginning of each academic year, on our school calendar.

The school calendar is available on your iSAMS Parent app, on the Parent Portal or on this website, at the top of the page - please click on the Calendar button (as shown below):

Parents' Evenings usually take place online via 'schoolcloud' our Parents' Evening software.

Our School is a fun, happy and nurturing one, and our system of pastoral care ensures that we provide a safe, tolerant, and nurturing environment, which allows students to reach their potential in every area of life.

BGS Pastoral Care

To read about Pastoral Care at BGS please go to: Well-Being | Bury Grammar Schools| Greater Manchester

Resources for BGS Parents

We have put together some parent resources which we hope you will find helpful. They relate to the issues that young people face today and how you can help support your child as they navigate childhood and the teenage journey. New guides and supportive material will be added to our webpage and specifically to the Parent Portal throughout the year. Please click on the link below and visit the Parent Portal: 

https://www.burygrammar.com/pastoral-care/parent-resources

Who to contact

If you have any queries at all about how your child is getting on at school, or indeed about any aspect of school life, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with their form tutor/class teacher.  They will always be very happy to help and to talk to you over the phone, invite you in or email you – however you wish to communicate. You will find their contact details on the Parent Portal: Bury Grammar School Parent Portal | Homepage.

The most up to date version of our term dates can always be found on our school website:

www.burygrammar.com/term-dates

or

www.burygrammar.com/calendar.

You can also find the term dates, along with the full calendar on the Parent Portal or the iSAMS Parent app:

Bury Grammar School Parent Portal | Homepage. 

If you require any assistance accessing your account, please email ParentPortal@burygrammar.com 

Infants and Juniors

Here are the contact details for our After School Club:  

Seniors and Sixth Form

Doors to both Senior Schools open at 7:30am, allowing pupils to enter using our security code system. Pupils will not be under direct supervision until 8:40am when the school day officially begins but can spend time in their form rooms and get breakfast in the canteen. Punctuality for registration and lessons is essential.

All pupils should be in their form room ready for registration at 8:40am. Pupils who are late for registration must sign in at the main school office. All late attendances are recorded on pupils’ records.

Bury Grammar School operates a 4-week cycle, with 3 double periods per day - for instance, in the schedule below Periods 1 and 2 are taught together as a double :lesson.

ParentPay

We use an online, cashless payment system called ‘ParentPay’ to enable parents to pay for school lunches and school trips. We register your child on the system at school and email you a username and password so that you can access the ParentPay website to set up an account.

You will then be able to load your son or daughter’s account with money for lunches or pay for school trips: https://www.parentpay.com/parents/

Change of contact details

If you wish to make changes to your details, please use the 'Request a Change in Parental Contact Details' electronic form, on the Parent Portal, or email schooloffice@burygrammar.com

Parent Portal

Our Parent Portal is available via this link: Bury Grammar School Parent Portal | Homepage. 

If you require any assistance accessing your account, please email ParentPortal@burygrammar.com 

Emails

We regularly use email to communicate information with parents, so it is important that you provide us with accurate contact details and specific information about where you would prefer our communications to be sent.

SMS (Text Messaging)

School sometimes uses SMS messaging to communicate with parents. We use the SMS messaging service as a reminder for important events in the school calendar and to inform you of unexpected changes to school routines, for example school closures, delayed trips, or cancelled activities. Please ensure we have your latest mobile number so you will receive these messages.