What the Forum Does:
The Forum works in partnership with national and local government and other organisations involved in education and child wellbeing issues to ensure that parents play a full and equal role in education. The overall aim is to help every child to maximise their potential through their school life.
Specifically, the Forum:
- provides a parental perspective at both a local and national level with a view to ensuring that all children achieve the best educational outcomes
- works in partnership with all education authorities across Scotland
- works in partnership with national government
- identifies common educational issues of concern across Scotland and raises these issues with the appropriate bodies
- provides parental representation to any appropriate organisation within the educational sector across Scotland where Scottish educational policy is being designed or discussed
- communicates with NPFS representatives, the educational community and the wider community on educational related issues
Specifically, the Forum:
- provides a parental perspective at both a local and national level with a view to ensuring that all children achieve the best educational outcomes
- works in partnership with all education authorities across Scotland
- works in partnership with national government
- identifies common educational issues of concern across Scotland and raises these issues with the appropriate bodies
- provides parental representation to any appropriate organisation within the educational sector across Scotland where Scottish educational policy is being designed or discussed
- communicates with NPFS representatives, the educational community and the wider community on educational related issues
How NPFS helps parents:
NPFS supports parents to get involved in their child’s education by:
- running focus groups and online surveys for parents to have their say
- holding national and local events such as conferences and information days
- keeping parents up to date with the latest educational developments through their website, e-newsletter and social media channels
- supporting local parent councils by providing advice, information and practical help
- providing parent friendly information through the ‘…in a Nutshell’ series. The full range of nutshells can be viewed on our publications guide.
- running focus groups and online surveys for parents to have their say
- holding national and local events such as conferences and information days
- keeping parents up to date with the latest educational developments through their website, e-newsletter and social media channels
- supporting local parent councils by providing advice, information and practical help
- providing parent friendly information through the ‘…in a Nutshell’ series. The full range of nutshells can be viewed on our publications guide.