{"id":454,"date":"2020-01-16T14:41:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/?page_id=454"},"modified":"2023-12-04T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T15:23:12","slug":"parent-council-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/parental-engagement\/parent-council-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 led to the establishment of Parent Councils in primary, secondary and special schools. The Act recognises the vital role that parents play in supporting their children\u2019s learning. It places a duty on authorities to promote the involvement of parents in children\u2019s education and the wider life of the school. It aims to help parents be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Involved with their child\u2019s education and learning<\/li>\n<li>Welcomed as an active participant in the life of the school<\/li>\n<li>Encouraged to express their views on school education generally<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Parent Council, as a statutory body, has the right to information and advice on matters which affect children\u2019s education. Parents who are involved on a regular basis in schools should undertake an enhanced disclosure through Disclosure Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>St Stephen\u2019s has established a Parent Council and the Parent Council meets termly and the dates are posted on X (formally Twitter).\u00a0 Meetings are open to members of the board. Elections take place in line with agreed constitution. Parents are invited to AGM voting if needed.<\/p>\n<p>The Parent Forum can access minutes of the meetings and the constitution by contacting the school office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The parent council can be contacted by email: <a id=\"LPlnk537564\" href=\"mailto:sshsparentcouncil@gmail.com\" data-linkindex=\"0\">sshsparentcouncil@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Members of the Parent Council<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parents:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair Person: Cate McGeachy<\/li>\n<li>Vice Chair: Elaine Murray<\/li>\n<li>Treasurer: Elaine Proven<\/li>\n<li>Secretary: Caroline Cassidy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Church Representative: <\/strong>Fr Matthew Carlin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/pupils\/pupil-council\/school-strive-for-success\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"School Strive for Success\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1-300x100.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1380\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/ststephenshs\/uploads\/sites\/6753\/2023\/09\/27175928\/School-Strive-for-Success-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 led to the establishment of Parent Councils in primary, secondary and special schools. The Act recognises the vital role that parents play in supporting their children\u2019s learning. It places a duty on authorities to promote the involvement of parents in children\u2019s education and the wider life of the school. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/parental-engagement\/parent-council-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Parent Council<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8395,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-454","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1543,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/454\/revisions\/1543"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/ststephenshs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}