Success Stories

Partnership and Fundraising Bonanza: Seaview Primary School, Angus

Working well together has been the key to two years of successful events, fundraising and fun!

Walking Bus Success: Wallyford Primary School Parent Council, East Lothian

Turning an issue into a positive outcome, this Walking Bus has been a real achievement for the school community working together

Participation in Deputy Headteacher Recruitment: Balerno High School Parent Council, Edinburgh

A Parent Council representative involved in the recruitment of a deputy headteacher enthuses about their experience

Spooktacular Halloween: Redwell Primary School Parent Council, Clackmannanshire

This Success Story describes a wonderful school community event which was run when COVID restrictions lifted

Online Winter Raffle: Broughton Primary School Parent Council, Edinburgh

Read this Success Story about an online raffle which was a new fundraiser for this parent group

Children’s Rights - Learning Together: Stepps Primary School and Parent Council, North Lanarkshire

Festive Fun: Kirkcolm Primary School, Parent Council and Community, Dumfries and Galloway

This wonderful Christmas project brought everyone together and gave a boost to celebrations!

Gardening Project and More: Kirkcolm Primary School, Parent Council and Community, Dumfries and Galloway

Read about this fantastic whole-community effort at revitalising school grounds and linking activities in to the curriculum

Defibrillators in schools: Kirklandneuk Parent Council, Renfrewshire

A fantastic campaign by this Parent Council produced great results!

Parkview’s Pantry: Parkview Parent Council and School, Glasgow

Read about this amazing project to create a 'porch pantry' to provide essential food items for families in the school community

Community Playground Revamp: Ormiston Primary School Parent Council, East Lothian

This is a wonderful Success Story about a playground refurbishment

Eco Uniform Exchange: Head of Muir & ELCC Parent Council, Falkirk

Read about this amazing environmentally-friendly and cost-saving project

ESOL Project: Glasgow City Parents' Group

Read about this fantastic project in Glasgow which set out to promote inclusion and wellbeing of school parents whose first language is not English

Diversity and Inclusion Cookbook: Dean Park Primary School, Edinburgh

This Parent Council celebrated diversity through gathering recipes for a cookbook and with an cooking event

50th Anniversary Celebrations: Dean Park Primary School, Edinburgh

Read about how a whole school community came together to enjoy an important anniversary for fun, food and festivities

Diversity and Inclusion: Dean Park Primary School, Edinburgh

This whole school community comes together to celebrate and understand difference and diversity in creative ways

Pre-loved World Book Day Event: St Clare's Primary School, Glasgow

Celebrating World Book Day in an eco, low cost way

Getting Spooky!: High Blantyre Primary Parent Council, South Lanarkshire

This is a great eco and cost-saving idea!

Bruntsfield Primary School: Diversity and Inclusion

Parents and the school work together to create the A+ parents' group

Cost of the School Day and Welcoming S1s: Broughton High School Parent Council

The Parent Council provides a welcome kit for S1s

Parent Council Mythbusters: Larbert High School Parent Council

A guide to Parent Councils helps parents to engage

Introducing Defibrillators: Larbert High School

The whole school community came together to get training and buy defibrillators

Maths and relationship-building: St Nicholas Primary School, West Lothian

Maths and relationship-building were the partnership goals for this primary school community

Literacy, Reading and Wellbeing: Aultmore Primary School, Glasgow

Aultmore Primary School community worked on partnership goals to improve literacy, children's engagement with reading, to refresh parental engagement and to create a welcoming school

Literacy, Numeracy and Wellbeing - St Peter’s Primary School, Edinburgh

The school community worked together on literacy, numeracy, developing growth mindsets and global citizenship

Home-learning, Literacy and Wellbeing: St John's Primary School, Edinburgh

St John's Primary School's community worked together on literacy, home learning and health and wellbeing

Running a Community Charity Shop: Webster's High School, Angus

The school community took part in the Partnership Schools Scotland programme with great results

School grounds, numeracy and transitions: Friockheim Primary School, Angus

This primary school community was part of the Partnership Schools Scotland programme, setting goals which everyone worked on together

News Ways of Communicating and Working with Parents: Redwell Primary School, Clackmannanshire

Redwell Primary School has created a Parental Improvement Plan, with a focus on communication and progression information, the school grounds and food and nutrition

Numeracy Neighbourhood Café: Carleton Primary School, Fife

Carleton Primary School runs successful cafés to help families engage with maths and children's learning

Eco Shop Success: Kinnaird Primary School, Falkirk

Kinnaird Primary School's Eco Shop is a uniform exchange which is run professionally and uses social media to display stock

Grant application successes: Kinnaird Primary School Parent Council, Falkirk

Kinnaird Primary School Parent Council has been successfully applying for grants

Roundtable Discussion Event for Parents of Teenagers: US Middle School

This school organised a discussion event, supported by a counsellor, for parents of teenagers

Café Maths Night: An American Middle School

This Partnership School's Action Team gets creative in engaging families in maths

A PowerPoint about the Parent Council - St Andrew's Fox Covert RC Primary School, Edinburgh

A Parent Council chair creates a PowerPoint to explain Parent Councils to the new committee

Tartan Registration: Kinnaird Primary School Parent Council, Falkirk

Parents and school staff work together to register the school tartan and its badge, to create a legacy for pupils

Warddykes Christmas Fayre: Warddykes Primary School, Angus

The whole school community works together to create a wonderful event which is improved each year by involving everyone in evaluating the fayre

Parent Council Chair Support Group: Angus

Connect works with local Parent Councils and Angus Council to establish a group for Parent Council chairs

Kinnaird PTA goes Digital (App): Kinnaird Primary School PTA, Falkirk

Creating an app helps with communication

Sponsored Sport: Southmuir Primary School, Angus

A whole school approach to fundraising via sponsored sporting activities

Kindness Challenge: Promoting Wellbeing, US School

A whole school community came together to promote kindness and to tackle bullying behaviour

Grandparents and the Bingo Connection: US School

A primary school welcomes family members into their school community and helps build connections

Dads and Drills - Involving Dads: a US School

A Primary School project brought the men in children's lives into school for some fun physical activities

A Winter Reading Night to Encourage a Love of Reading: a US School

An American primary school hosts a family event with the support of community businesses and social enterprises

Cultivating a Culture of Reading - Dinner and a Book: a US Secondary School

An American high school project helps young people to enjoy reading at home

Digital Yearbook: Tynewater Primary School Parent Council, Midlothian

Tynewater Parent Council celebrates a busy year digitally

A Parent Council creates a cookbook: Edzell Primary School Parent Council, Angus

Creating a fundraising cookbook was easy using a specialist publisher

Parent 101 Workshop: The Essentials - Meldrum Parents in Partnership, Aberdeenshire

Meldrum Parents in Partnership runs an online workshop on YouTube

Aberdeenshire Parent Council Chairs set up a Facebook group

Aberdeenshire Parent Council Chairs communicate with one another through a closed group on Facebook

Pop Up Shop: Craigour Park Primary School Parent Council, Edinburgh

Craigour Primary Parent Council runs an affordable pop up shop

10 Reasons to Support the Parent Council leaflet: Birkhill Primary School Parent Council, Angus

The Parent Council produces an attractive leaflet to promote its work

Parents support the school library: Tynewater Primary School, Midlothian

Parents take on running and managing the school library

A Social Media Policy: Tynewater Primary School Parent Council, Midlothian

A Parent Council writes and adopts a social media policy

Fundraising: St Columbkille’s Primary School Parent Council, Rutherglen

St Columbkille Primary School parents fundraise with the community and bring everyone together

Bubbles and Buble Evening: Meldrum Parents in Partnership, Aberdeenshire

A social event raises funds and creates community spirit

Code of Conduct: Lhan bryde Primary School Parent Council, Moray

A Code of Conduct helps everyone to work together effectively

easyfundraising: Aberlady Primary School PTA

Joining easyfundraising is easy!

Parent Council Flyers: Trinity Academy, Edinburgh

An A4 flyer about the Parent Council is shared with parents at the school

Equal Access to Digital Learning:Anderston Primary School, Glasgow

Parents are involved in understanding how tablets are used by their children in class

Pupil Equity Fund: Levenmouth Academy, Fife

Levenmouth Academy staff consult pupils and parents about their priorities for the Pupil Equity Fund

School Grounds and Gardening Club: Dunbar Primary School Parent Council, East Lothian

Partnership-working has produced great results for Dunbar Primary School

School Calendars: Dunbar Primary School Parent Council, East Lothian

A school calendar is produced with support from parents

Parent Council Facebook Page: Giffnock Primary School Parent Council, East Renfrewshire

A Facebook Page helps a Parent Council to share information with parents

Parent Council Facebook Page - Middleton Park Primary Parent Council, Aberdeen

Setting up a Facebook page helps with communications

Getting Parents Involved in Parent Councils - Glamis Primary School, Angus

Glamis Primary School sets up a new Parent Council and encourages involvement

International Day - Flora Stevenson's Primary School, Edinburgh

The school community takes part in a day-long celebration of different cultures and countries

Parental Involvement - Earlston Primary School Parent Council, Scottish Borders

Earlston PS Parent Council holds a marketplace-type event to share information

Sports Day - Cortachy Primary School, Angus

A school community comes together to enjoy a school event

A new website - Waid Academy Parent Council, Fife

Waid Academy Parent Council's first website is used to help parents and pupils find out about school trips

For the love of reading - St Peter's Primary, Edinburgh

Volunteers support reading and a refurbished library

An attractive newsletter - Trinity Academy Parent Council, Edinburgh

Trinity Academy Parent Council produces an attractive newsletter

Keeping parents involved in children's progress - St John's Primary School, Edinburgh

A new approach to reporting children's progress to parents is devised

S1 Parent Information Evening - Trinity Academy, Edinburgh

The Parent Council gathers information that parents wished they had known in S1 to share with incoming S1 parents

Improving food choices - St Francis Primary School, Glasgow

Healthy eating is promoted through cookery classes for parents and children

Pupil Equity Fund - Levenmouth Academy, Buckhaven

Levenmouth Academy consult parents about spending their Pupil Equity Fund

Outdoors and numeracy - Friockheim Primary School, Angus

Friockheim PS uses outdoor activities to support numeracy

Parents talk to children about their learning - St Nicholas Primary School, Broxburn

Parents are kept up-to-date with their children's learning by schools

Bereavement Support Initiative - Meldrum Primary, Aberdeenshire

A parent group looks to the wider community for advice on bereavement

Getting Dads Involved - St Patrick’s RC Primary School, Denny

Getting dads involved in schools at this primary school helps boys to engage with their learning

Parent Council Information Videos: Tynewater Primary School, Midlothian

The Tynewater Primary School Parent Council's chairperson produces short animated videos using an online app

STEM Family Activity Day - St Francis Primary School, Glasgow

A family Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths day brings together the whole community

Tesco’s #BagsofHelp Initiative - Meldrum Parents in Partnership, Aberdeenshire

Meldrum Parents in Partnership (MPiP) receives funding from the Tesco’s #Bagsofhelp initiative