Parent Forum

The meeting is chaired by the link governor Kate Moody and attended by the Headteacher (Katharine Ellwood). The agenda will comprise items identified by the Head for discussion.

Prior to the meeting, Parent Forum members consult parents on a particular issue identified by the Head.  The feedback is shared at the meeting and the Forum collectively draws conclusions and recommends action to the Head and Governing Body.

By way of example Parent Forum has consulted parents on the school’s approach to:

• behaviour management which has informed the school’s Behaviour Policy
• relationships and sex education which has informed the school’s Relationships Sex and Health Education Policy
• transition
• healthy eating
• communications between home and school to include school reports

Members of the Parent Forum adhere to the following terms of reference agreed by the Governing Body on 13.2.25:

1. The Parent Forum is a body of parents, representing parents, led by the Governing Body.
2. The aims of the Parent Forum are:
   • To act in an advisory and consultative role only. The Governing Body remains the decision maker and provides strategic leadership.
   • To learn about the school community and parental perspectives
   • To provide a constructive tool with which the Head and Governing Body may consult the parent body.
   • To provide a conduit to feed information from the school to parents and from parents to the school.  When asking for feedback from parents forum members should
     • adopt a neutral stance and not offer or promote their personal view.
     • not allow parents to involve Parent Forum representatives in any other course
       of action.
3. Membership of the Parent Forum and Code of Conduct 
   • Any parent may nominate themselves to become a member of Parent Forum. Ideally each class will have two representatives. Nominations for members are invited at the beginning of the school year and during the year when a vacancy arises.  Elections will only be held in cases where nominations are received from more than two parents for a class.
   • All  members of the Parent Forum agree to
     • show respect to all other members of Parent Forum by listening to and
       respecting a diverse range of opinions.
     • stick to agreed timescales for discussion of topics as established by the Chair.
     • maintain confidentiality of individual members of the school community.
     • avoid discussing individual concerns, grievances or complaints which should
       be dealt with outside of the Parent Forum through the appropriate channels.
4. Frequency of the Parent Forum
   • Parent Forum has evening meetings as and when required at the school or remotely. They are scheduled to run for 90 minutes (maximum).
   • Parent Forum is attended by the Head; chaired by a Governor; and minuted by a separate governor.

The Forum does not:

Arrange the teacher collections or parent social evenings this is the role of the class rep. Nor is it to be the interface for specific areas of concern around individual children.

Parent Forum members for 2022/2023 are shown below.

Members of the Parent Forum can be contacted via the school office