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Parents as Partners in Their Children's Learning: Toolkit

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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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