Parental involvement in schools takes a step forward
Thursday, February 28 2008
Scottish Borders Council’s education department has launched a 12-week consultation with parents, pupils, parent councils and staff on its new Parental Involvement Strategy.
Executive member for Education, Councillor Catriona Bhatia, said: “Partnerships with parents is recognised as one of the key strengths of our schools in the Borders and this new strategy will help us to build on this. The change in legislation from School Boards to Parent Council has been very significant, with new statutory responsibilities for the Council.
“The consultation document sets out how the Council will meet these new responsibilities and encourage and support the involvement of parents in their child’s education throughout school life.”
Work on developing this document has been led by a group of parents from schools across the Borders, with support and contributions from headteachers, senior education officers and representatives from community learning and development, social work and NHS Borders.
Copies are available in schools and libraries and can be downloaded from www.scotborders.gov.uk.
The cost of developing the strategy, including the consultation work, has been funded by the Scottish Government as it is a direct requirement of the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act, 2006.
The closing date for responses is 9 May 2008.
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