{"id":577,"date":"2015-05-31T16:33:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T16:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/?page_id=577"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:21:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T19:21:04","slug":"your-parent-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/information-for-parents\/your-parent-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Deepark Primary School Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.deerpark.clacks.sch.uk\/images\/X-20090326140800265.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>The role of the Parent Council is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>support the school in its work with pupils<\/li>\n<li>represent the views of all parents<\/li>\n<li>encourage links between the school, parents, pupils and the wider community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A School\u2019s Parent Council\u00a0is recognised in law and therefore the \u00a0school and the local authority must listen to the views of the Parent Council says and give it a proper response.<\/p>\n<p>Every school\u2019s Parent Council will be different because it will be parents in each school who decide such things as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>how their Council will be set up<\/li>\n<li>what it should be called<\/li>\n<li>what size it should be \u2013 e.g. in a very small primary school, all parents could be involved<\/li>\n<li>who should be a member of the Parent Council<\/li>\n<li>how they should be appointed<\/li>\n<li>what is the most convenient time to hold meetings<\/li>\n<li>what will be discussed at meetings \u2013 these might be topics such as school uniform, parking near the school, fundraising<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Generally, members of the Parent Council must be parents of children who attend the school and the chairperson must have a child in the school.\u00a0 However, the Parent Council can decide to co-opt other members from teachers and the community who will have knowledge and skills to help them.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to join our Parent Council, or would like to hear more, contact\u00a0our Parent Council Chair through the school.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399\">OFFICE BEARERS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chairperson<\/strong> &#8211; Arron Uytendhal<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice Chairperson &#8211;<\/strong> TBC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Amy McMillan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Treasurer<\/strong> &#8211; Lewys Evans<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The role of the Parent Council is to: support the school in its work with pupils represent the views of all parents encourage links between the school, parents, pupils and the wider community A School\u2019s Parent Council\u00a0is recognised in law and therefore the \u00a0school and the local authority must listen to the views of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/information-for-parents\/your-parent-council\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Deepark Primary School Parent Council<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2900,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10666,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/577\/revisions\/10666"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}