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Parent Council Leaflets

These leaflets are designed to answer some of the questions you may have about Parent Councils and help you to make your Parent Council work well. If you have been involved with a School Board or PTA before, some of this information may be familiar to you – but there will also be some new ideas that will help you develop your Parent Council. If this is your first time on a parent group these leaflets will give you some basic information and quickly help you take part in discussions and decision making.

Welcome to the Parent Council

What Do You Want To Achieve?
The Parent Council is what you and the Parent Forum want to make of it. Parents can decide what is most important for you to work on at your school.

Getting Started – The Practicalities
This leaflet has suggestions for that all-important first meeting of the Parent Council.

Getting the most from your Parent Council
Everyone on the Parent Council will bring something different and something useful to help you be successful. There may also be others; parents, grandparents, relatives, community members and local authority staff who can help you with your work.

Help and Support
Now that you are on the Parent Council you may feel that you’ve taken on a big task – but you are not on your own and there are plenty of people to help and offer support.

Helping More Parents Get Involved
This is one of the main challenges for all Parent Councils. Helping parents to get involved in their children’s learning is one of the most important ways of making a difference for children and young people.

Working Together
Making your meetings interesting and enjoyable will help to make your Parent Council a success. This leaflet includes some tips to help you make the most of your Parent Council meetings.

Roles of Office Bearers
Your Parent Council may choose to have office bearers to help to organise how you work and to carry out some of the tasks that need to be done in order to run smoothly. Some parent groups have joint office bearers who work together and share out some of the tasks.

Finding Out More
Your Parent Council is supported by law under the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006.