Parent Council

Glenmanor Parent Council

Our very active  Parent Council provide considerable support to the school. They meet every month to discuss school events, organise fundraising and promote partnership with the school.

Keep up to date with the amazing things that our Parent Council do by following them on Twitter @GlenmanorPC

Rights and Duties

The Parent Council’s rights and duties include:

  • supporting the work of the school
  • representing the views of parents/carers
  • consulting with parents/carers and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest
  • promoting contact between the school, parents/carers, 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.
  • Improving home school partnership and facilitating parental involvement

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.

Glenmanor Parent Council Establishment

October 2007

 Parent Council Members

Chairperson                      Mrs. Carrie Burns

Vice Chairperson                Mr. Brent Robinson

Secretary                               Mrs. Sandra Mackie

Treasurer                          Mrs . Yvonne Leggate

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

The parent council can be emailed on glenmanor.pc@hotmail.co.uk

Procedures for electing Parent Reps to the Parent Council

Any parent/carer of a child attending the school/nursery class can volunteer to be a member of the Parent Council.

In the event that the number of volunteers exceeds the upper limit of 20, Council Members will be selected by drawing lots.

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.

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