PARENT COUNCIL

If your child attends Townhead Primary School or Nursery Class, you are a member of our Parent Forum. As such, you are invited to attend our Parent Council Meetings.

Meetings usually run from 6:30pm to 7:30pm in the staffroom.

The composition of the Parent Council will be determined by the Parent Forum. The Head Teacher will be the professional adviser to the Parent Council. The agreed composition for the Townhead Primary School Parent Council is a minimum of 3 parents, maximum 12 members. Parent representatives are elected by parents who are on the school’s electoral roll. This roll is updated annually.

The Parent Council’s rights and duties include:

(a)       supporting the work of the school

(b)       representing the views of parents

(c)       consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent    Forum on matters of interest

(d)       promoting contact between the school, parents, pupils, providers of nursery education and the wider community

(e)       fundraising

(f)       taking part in the selection of senior promoted staff

(g)       receiving reports from the Head Teacher and education authority

(h)       receiving an annual budget for administration, training and other expenses

(i)        improving home/school partnership and facilitating parental involvement

 

Parent Council Office Bearers:

Chairperson: Mrs N McGrath

Vice Chair: Mrs H Collins

Secretary: Mr G Riley

Treasurer: Mrs G Crozier

Co-opted members:    Mrs J Cowan & Miss N Edwards

Head Teacher:              Mrs F Ferguson (Adviser)

The Head Teacher has the right and duty to attend all meetings of the Parent Council. Meetings of the Parent Council are open to members of the public.

The Parent Council will be selected for a period of 2 years, after which they may put themselves forward for re-selection if they wish. All the parents of children at the school can take part in the selection of their representatives and will have 2 weeks in which to do so. Any parents of a child at the school can volunteer to be a member of the Parent Council. In the event that the number of volunteers exceeds the number of places set out in the constitution, members will be selected by election. Anyone not selected to be a member of the Parent Council may be offered the opportunity to be part of any sub-groups set up by the Council.

Members of Parent Councils, 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.

Our next Parent Council Meeting is : The AGM on Monday the 18th of September at 6pm