The system of School Boards was replaced in August 2007 by a new system of Parent Councils. The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 makes provision for all parents to be members of the parent forum at a school and to have their views represented to the school, education authority and others through a representative Parent Council for the school.
The intention behind the new legislation is to support parental involvement in a much wider sense than before. It aims to help all parents to be:
Involved with their child’s education and learning
Welcomed as active participants in the life of the school
Encouraged to express their views on school education generally and work in partnership with the school
The main changes are as follows:
The school’s parent body (the new parent forum) will decide the size and composition of their Parent Council
The method of appointing (and co-opting) Parent Council members will be decided by the parents. In denominational schools and church nominee must be co-opted
The Parent Council will be required to support school management in improving the quality of education the school provides and develop to their fullest potential the personality, talents and mental and physical abilities of the pupils attending the school
The Parent Council will develop and engage in activities, which support the education and welfare of pupils
The Parent Council can ascertain views of parents on any matter of interest or concern
The present system of approval of Head Teacher spend on books and teaching materials, subject to authority guidance and policy, will be discontinued
In future, if representations made to an authority or Head Teacher remain unresolved a Parent Council may then make them to HMIE
The Head Teacher has both a duty and a right to attend Parent Councils meetings
The Parent Council will still have a role in the appointment of Head Teachers and Depute Head Teachers.
Further information on the Act is available on www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk
Constitution June 2021 – Eaglesham Primary School Parent Council
We aim to meet 7 times a year, and as always everyone is welcome to join us at our meetings. In order to ensure that all classes / age groups are represented at our meetings, every class (including Nursery) now has a class rep at the meetings. Most classes have a group chat, either on Whatsapp or Messenger, where updates and information can be shared by the reps.
2021/22
Nursery - Emma Anderson; Kathryn Miller
P1.1 - Jen Harvey
P1.2 - Karley Stewart
P1.3 - Norma McWhirter
P2.1 - Norma McWhirter
P2.2 - Morag Hannan; Debbie Shields
P2/3 - Claire Barsanti
P3.1 - Stuart Lorimer; Mark Shields
P3.2 - Emma Anderson
P4.1 - Debbie Shields
P4.2 - Robyn Cooper; Emma Messer Doogan; Karen Turner
P5.1 - Felicity Gallagher; Lindsay Black
P5.2 - Laura Bell
P6.1 - Liam MacLeod
P6.2 - Jill Wishart
P7.1 - Jane McLuckie
P7.2 - Lydia Rissmann
All parents are welcome to join our meetings, and we encourage parents/carers of our new P1 and Nursery children to get involved as well. If you would like to attend the meeting, please email epsnparentcouncil@gmail.com, and we will email the Teams Meeting link. Hopefully we will be able to get back to face to face meetings in the near future!
Jill McFarlane
Chair of the Parent Council
epsnparentcouncil@gmail.com