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Main features of Parent Councils
- The Parent Forum decides on the type of Parent Council and constitution that is right for the school
- Only parents of children at that school can be members of the Parent Council
- The Parent Forum can agree that the Parent Council constitution allows other people to be co-opted
- The local church or denominational body can nominate someone to be co-opted onto the Parent Council of a denominational school
- The Parent Council chair must be a parent of a child at that school
- The headteacher or their representative has a right and a duty to attend Parent Council meetings, unless the parents and headteacher decide otherwise
- Schools can choose to set up a Combined Parent Council which would cover more than one school.
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