Parents as Partners in Their Children's Learning: Toolkit

The role of the working party could include:

Identifying issues that are important to parents
Consider the options for setting up a Parent Council which would support working on these issues
Develop a draft constitution based on the various options for the Parent Council
Communicate regularly with the Parent Forum to gather the views and approval about the options the working party suggest for the Parent Council and the constitution
Communicate regularly with the school and involve the headteacher and other school staff to help consider the options
Report back to the education authority with suggested arrangements for the Parent Council and the constitution
The education authority could then use this feedback to prepare the scheme to establish a Parent Council
The education authority could formally report back to the Parent Forum on the scheme which would contain the options to set up a Parent Council. The Parent Forum would then reach agreement about its preferred option.

The Scottish Government