Parent Council

The Parent Council is a group of parents selected by all parents in the school to represent their views. Parent Councils have an important role to play in school improvement by ensuring that the parental perspective is represented and taken into account.

What does a parent council do?

Parents play an essential role both in their own child’s learning and in the life of their school and Parent Councils help parents and carers to become more actively involved in their children’s learning.

They work to represent their school and its interests effectively and:

• provide a voice for parents, in schools and in the Council, on issues that are important to them and their children
• help the school to understand how to most effectively involve parents in their children’s learning and in the life of the school
• support the school in its development and improvement and in understanding and making links with the wider community
• support the school and head teacher in developing strong home/school partnerships
• help promote the skills, interests, knowledge and experience that parents can offer
• be involved in the recruitment of head teachers and deputes
• represents Williamwood High school at East Renfrewshire’s Equalities Forum
• represents Williamwood High school at East Renfrewshire’s Parent Council Chairs meetings

If you would like any more information about the role of the Parent Council or would be interested in joining, please contact williamwoodparentcouncil@gmail.com