Parent Council Contact Details
Mr. Paul McLaughlin – Chairperson (Outgoing, election of new Chair pending)
Email address: stjosephsacademyparentcouncil@gmail.com
New members are always welcome. If you have an issue you would like to raise, please contact the chair at the above email address.
The Head Teacher is not a member of the Parent Council but has the right to attend and participate in all meetings. As a Catholic school, one member of the Parent Council represents the Catholic Church on behalf of the Diocese of Galloway.
During some meetings, we may be joined by elected members, members of the wider Senior Leadership Team, members of our associated primary schools’ Parent Councils, pupils, staff or representatives of East Ayrshire Council.
Office Bearers
Please note, as of the meeting held on 16th September 2024, Office Bearer positions are not yet decided for session 2024/25, with some members stepping down. This page will be updated once clarity is forthcoming from current members of the Parent Council. As such, the undernoted is not necessarily accurate.
Mr. Paul McLaughlin – Chair (Outgoing, temporarily held)
Mrs. Gail McFarlane – Secretary (September 2024)
Ms. Pamela Chigbo – Treasurer (Outgoing, temporarily held)
Mrs. Dawn Bias – Church Representative (August 2021)
Parent Council Prayers
Parent Council meetings begin and end with a prayer, a copy of the prayers can be accessed by clicking the text link shown below.
Agenda for Next Meeting – 27th January 2025
The agenda for the meeting on Monday 27th January has not been shared by the Parent Council at the time of writing (12/12/24) but will be uploaded here when available.
Meeting Dates – 2024/25
All Parent Council meetings start at 7pm. Dates for the remaining meetings of this session are as follows:
- Monday 27th January 2025
- Monday 10th March 2025
- Monday 28th April 2025
- Monday 9th June 2025
Previous minutes and reports can be found below.
Minutes
The minute of meetings during session 24/25 can be found below.
2024/25 Minutes and School Reports
December 2024
Minute – No quorum, HT report delivered to attendees
October 2024
Minute – No quorum, HT report delivered to attendees
September 2024
Minute Archive
At the time of writing, minutes from 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 can be found below.
June 2024
April 2024
Minute 220424 (Re-arranged meeting date, minute corresponds to correct PC Meeting)
February 2024
January 2024
November 2023
October 2023
September 2023
2022/23 Minutes and School Reports
June 2023
No Quorum
April 2023
March 2023
Minute to Follow
January 2023
December 2022
October 2022
School Report (Redacted) 311022
August 2022
2021/22 Minutes and School Reports
June 2022
May 2022
March 2022
Vision, Values and Aims Overview
January 2022
November 2021
October 2021
August 2021
2020/21 Minutes and School Reports
June 2021
May 2021
March 2021
January 2021
November 2020
October 2020
August 2020
2019/20 Minutes and School Reports
June 2020
School Report – Re-opening guidance
PC Minute – Extraordinary Meeting – 220620
April 2020
March 2020
January 2020
November 2019
September 2019
School Report 300919 (NA – Replaced with pre-inspection overview for parents/carers in attendance)
August 2019
2018/19 Minutes and School Reports
June 2019
April 2019
March 2019
January 2019
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
