Scottish Government

Role of a School Working Party

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.