Saint David’s Parent Teacher Council
The composition of the Parent Council is as follows:-
- Four parent members
- One Church Representative
- One staff member
- Head Teacher is a professional advisor to the Parent Council.
The Parent council’s rights and duties include:
- Supporting the work of the school
- Representing the views of parents/carers
- Consulting with parent/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
All parents including nursery parents are invited to become a member of the Parent Council if there are more parents applying than required then a ballot will be held. Parents serve for a period of two years.
Parent Council Members are as follows:
Mrs Kathleen Clezy – Staff Member
Mrs Sharon Ivanova– Church Representative
Mrs Blomerus – Chair Person
Mrs Camilla Minnis
Mrs Debbie McGuigan
Mrs K Gallacher
Mrs K Ruddy
Miss M Clark
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.
Parents and Young People have a right under the Additional Support for Learning Act 2009 as amended by the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2009 to make a placing request for their child or young person to attend a nursery (including partnership nursery), special school or, special class managed by the home authority.
In the event of a successful placing request the authority are not required to provide transport. The Act also enables parents and young people to make a placing request to attend a school/establishment belonging to another authority.
