{"id":692,"date":"2025-11-28T14:27:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/?page_id=692"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T14:31:34","slug":"parent-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/parent-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 aims to encourage and support more parents to become involved in their child\u2019s education.<\/p>\n<p>The main aims of the Act are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Help parents become more involved with their child\u2019s education and learning.<\/li>\n<li>Welcome parents as active participants in the life of the school.<\/li>\n<li>Provide easier ways for parents to express their views and wishes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To help achieve these aims, all parents are automatically members of the Parent Forum at their child\u2019s school and are entitled to have a say in selecting the Parent Council (the representative body) to work on behalf of all parents at the school.<\/p>\n<p>The objectives of the Parent Council are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To work in partnership with staff to create a welcoming school which is inclusive for all parents.<\/li>\n<li>To promote partnership between the school, its pupils and all its parents.<\/li>\n<li>To develop and engage in activities that support the education and welfare of the pupils.<\/li>\n<li>To identify and represent the views of parents on the education provided by the school and other matters affecting the education and welfare of pupils.<\/li>\n<li>To be involved in the recruitment process for appointing the Head Teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>St Palladius Primary has a strong, supportive Parent Council.<\/p>\n<p>Chairperson: Victoria McCallum<br \/>\nSecretary: Lynsey Reid<br \/>\nTreasurer: Christina Stevenson<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact Details: School Office\u00a0<strong>01294 832692<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 aims to encourage and support more parents to become involved in their child\u2019s education. The main aims of the Act are to: Help parents become more involved with their child\u2019s education and learning. Welcome parents as active participants in the life of the school. Provide easier ways for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/parent-council\/\" 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":29742,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-692","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":697,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/692\/revisions\/697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/stpalladiusprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}