The Parent Council

QHS Parent Council members work towards the following goals for the good of the pupils in the school:
• To work in partnership with the school making it inclusive for all parents.

• To identify and represent the views of parents, in school and externally.

• To support the education and welfare of the students.

We are involved in a wide variety of parent activities such as being part of school working groups, liaising with our cluster schools and representing the parent forum to the local authority (City of Edinburgh Council).

Parent Council Members (2018/2019)

Martin Bennett - Chair

William Tunnell - Vice Chair

Mark Elder - Treasurer

Alan Balanowski

Alison Hancock - PSA Liaison

Carolyn McDonald

Eileen Grant

Louise Middleton

Mel Kinchant

Sarah Clarkson - Cluster Group Liaison

Steven Budge - CEC Locality Rep

Tim Hall

Cara Prot - Staff Member

Karen Dickson - Staff Member

Donna McLean - PC Clerk

Meetings (2018/2019)

Meeting dates for session 2018/2019 are:

Wednesday 22nd August 2018 (Information Evening /AGM)

Wednesday 5th September 2018 (Special Planning Meeting for Parent Members of PC Only)

Wednesday 24th October 2018

Thursday 6th December 2018

Wednesday 30th January 2019

Tuesday 19th March 2019

Thursday 16th May 2019

All parents/carers of QCHS pupils are members of the parent forum and therefore very welcome to attend these meetings. If you are interested in joining the Parent Council then please come along to the Information Evening / AGM in August. We try to ensure we have representation for all school years so we welcome new members from any year group.

In additon to the AGM, the Parent Council meets 6 times in a school year and it’s remit is to work towards the following goals for the good of the pupils in the school:

• To work in partnership with the school making it inclusive for all parents.

• To identify and represent the views of parents, in school and externally.

• To support the education and welfare of the students.

We are involved in a wide variety of parent activities such as being part of school working groups, liaising with our cluster schools and representing the parent forum to the local authority (City of Edinburgh Council). We also work closely with our local councillors as well representatives from Queensferry and district Community Council; and have a strong working relationship with key CEC officials such as representatives from the Children and Families group and Facilities Management.

Note that the PC is not directly involved in fundraising activities, that is the remit of our very successful PSA who are a separate group (notification of the PSA AGM will be made separately).

The Parent Council’s constitution and copies of previous minutes can be found on this page.