Parents Group | Braidhurst High School

Parents Group 2015_2016 Braidhurst Parents’ Group

In October 2015, Braidhurst High Parents Council and PTFA merged to create the new Braidhurst Parents’ Group. The group consists of 11 parent members and 6 co-opted members.

The group organises a wide variety of social and educational meetings, with the broad aim of promoting understanding and co-operation between staff and parents for the benefit of pupils. The Braidhurst Parents’ Group is actively involved in fund-raising activities for the school. All parents are invited to join at the start of each session.

The Parent Forum

As a parent of a child at this school you are automatically a member of the Parent Forum. The Parent Forum is composed of all the parents and carers of children at the school.

As a member of the Parent Forum you can expect to:

Get information about what your child is learning
Get information about events and activities at the school
Get advice/help on how you can support your child’s learning
Be told about opportunities to be involved in the school
Have a say in selecting the Parents’ Group to work on behalf of all parents at the school
Be invited to identify issues for the Parents’ Group to work on with the school.

The Parents’ Group’s rights and duties include:

Supporting the work of the school
Representing the views of parents
Consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest
Promoting contact between the school, parents, pupils and the wider community
Fundraising
Taking part in the selection of senior promoted staff
Receiving reports from the Head Teacher and Education Authority
Receiving an annual budget for administration, training and other expenses.

Members of the Parents’ Group, on a voluntary basis, may also have an advisory role in decisions on placing requests by parents in respect of those situations where the number of placing requests for a particular school or for a particular stage in a particular school exceeds the number of places available.

Members of the Braidhurst Parents’ Group are: