WHAT DO PARENT COUNCILS DO?
The main aim of the Parent Council is to help the school operate as a successful school. Also:
- There is an important role in improving links between all parents and the school.
- Making sure that parents get all the information they need and that the school staff gets feedback on parents’ views.
- Discussing any issue that’s of interest to parents, including school policies on such things as bullying, school uniform, drugs and sex education. Individual issues should not be dealt with by the Parent Council.
- Working jointly with the school to set up extra-curricular activities and after-school clubs.
- Under Curriculum for Excellence, parental involvement in their children’s learning is recognised as very important: the PC has a role to play in working out how this can happen.
- Representing parents’ views to the education authority and others on those issues that are of concern to parents, staff and pupils.
- Taking on those social and fundraising activities previously run by the PTA.
