{"id":5755,"date":"2015-06-02T13:16:11","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/?page_id=5755"},"modified":"2026-02-06T07:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T07:47:10","slug":"parent-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/parents-information\/parent-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twelve columns mb45\">\n<div class=\"gdl-page-content\">\n<p>The composition of the parent Council is determined by the Parent Forum. The Head Teacher is the professional adviser to the Parent Council. Members of the Parent Council, on a voluntary basis, may also have an advisory role in the investigation of cases of non-attendance and suspected truancy, and 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.<\/p>\n<p>The Parent Council\u2019s right and duties include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"shortcode-list\">\n<li>Supporting the work of the school<\/li>\n<li>Representing the views of parents<\/li>\n<li>Consulting with parents and reporting back to the Parent Forum on matters of interest<\/li>\n<li>Promoting contact between the school, parents, pupils, and the wider community<\/li>\n<li>Fundraising<\/li>\n<li>Taking part in the selection of senior promoted staff<\/li>\n<li>Receiving reports from the Head Teacher and Education Authority<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please click on the documents below to find out more details about the parent council:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/taylor\/uploads\/sites\/25431\/2022\/09\/09101205\/THS-Parent-Council-Constitution.18.05.15-1.pdf\">THS Parent Council Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/taylor\/uploads\/sites\/25431\/2022\/09\/09100747\/What_is_a_Parent_Council_FINAL.pdf\">What is a Parent Council<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/taylor\/uploads\/sites\/25431\/2022\/09\/09100746\/Purpose-and-Role-of-Parent-Councils-Leaflet.pdf\">Purpose and Role of Parent Councils Leaflet<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>LATEST UPDATE FROM OUR PARENT COUNCIL:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/taylor\/uploads\/sites\/25431\/2026\/02\/06074543\/Parent-Council-Booklet-Jan-Update-FINAL.pdf\">Parent Council Booklet &#8211; Jan Update FINAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/public\/taylor\/uploads\/sites\/25431\/2026\/02\/06074614\/Meeting_Minutes_12Jan2026.pdf\">Meeting_Minutes_12Jan2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"gdl-page-content\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The composition of the parent Council is determined by the Parent Forum. The Head Teacher is the professional adviser to the Parent Council. Members of the Parent Council, on a voluntary basis, may also have an advisory role in the investigation of cases of non-attendance and suspected truancy, and decisions on placing requests by parents &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11833,"featured_media":0,"parent":8493,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5755","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11833"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5755"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9861,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5755\/revisions\/9861"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/taylor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}