{"id":779,"date":"2022-03-09T13:57:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T13:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/?page_id=779"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:26:01","slug":"parent-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/parent-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

PARENT FORUM AND PARENT COUNCIL<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

The Scottish Parliament passed a law called the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 to encourage and support more parents to become involved in their child\u2019s education.<\/em><\/p>\n

The main aims of the Act are to:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Help parents become more involved with their child\u2019s education and learning<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome parents as active participants in the life of the school<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide easier ways for parents to express their views and wishes<\/p>\n

To help achieve these aims all parents will automatically be members of a Parent Forum at their child\u2019s school and will be entitled to have a say in what happens at the school. As members of the Parent Forum parents will have a say in selecting the Parent Council (the representative body) who will work on behalf of all parents at the school.<\/p>\n

The role of the Parent Council is to:<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Support the school in its work with pupils<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Represent the views of all parents<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Encourage links between the school, parents, pupils, pre school groups and the wider community<\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Report back to the Parent Forum<\/p>\n

The new Parent Council\u00a0was recognised in law from August 2007. For more information on the Act to find out about parents as partners in the children\u2019s learning please contact the School or Community Services: Education (01369 708 526)<\/p>\n

or visit the\u00a0National Parent Forum<\/a>\u00a0or Education Scotland\u2019s\u00a0Parentzone\u00a0<\/a>Website.<\/p>\n

PARENT COUNCIL ELECTIONS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

School Council Elections will take place in accordance with the Parent Council constitution. This will be reflective of the statutory procedures to be deployed. All eligible parents will be notified at every stage of the process.<\/p>\n

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PARENT COUNCIL MEMBERS<\/strong> \u2013 from October 2021 are;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Chairperson<\/td>\nJane<\/td>\nDeakin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Treasurer<\/td>\nGemma<\/td>\nDonachie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Secretary<\/td>\nBryony<\/td>\nMcNiven<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adviser to the Board<\/td>\nMaureen<\/td>\nMacdonald<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Staff Member<\/td>\nArlene<\/td>\nMcKerral<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parent Member<\/td>\nLynn<\/td>\nRennie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parent Member<\/td>\nAmy<\/td>\nHannet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Co-opted Member<\/td>\nNiall<\/td>\nWoodrow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Please read important information below.<\/p>\n

Click to access parent-councils-role-and-purpose.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

BPC Minutes 19.01.22<\/a><\/p>\n

Parent Council Letter re Collective Leadership Model – 2021.12.10<\/a><\/p>\n

Head Teacher Report 2021<\/a><\/p>\n

Parent Council Minutes Aug 21<\/a><\/p>\n

Parent Council 12th Nov 19<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PARENT FORUM AND PARENT COUNCIL The Scottish Parliament passed a law called the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 to encourage and support more parents to become involved in their child\u2019s education. The main aims of the Act are to: \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Help parents become more involved with their child\u2019s education and learning \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome parents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-779","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1519,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/779\/revisions\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/bowmorewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}