Parents & Parent Groups

When parents are involved in children's learning and in their school or nursery lives, children do better. When home and school work in partnership together, children can thrive and progress. That's why parental involvement and family engagement are so important!

Being involved in your child's learning and school or nursery might mean volunteering, joining the Parent Council or Parent Teacher/Staff Association (or other parent-run group) or spending time together - whatever is right for you and your child!

How can we help? See the drop-down menu in the toolbar above for the following options:

Resources for Supporting Families in this website's Resources, Advice and Support section
The exclusive resources for Connect Members are now in MyConnect, our easy-to-use digital library of recordings, templates, short films, start-up or reboot help, information and much more. Parents/carers, parent groups and staff can register or log in - check the Membership Directory to see if you are eligible
Details about the Scottish Assembly of Parents and Carers, hosted by Connect. Members of the Assembly share their lived experiences and views to help shape education policy by working with Scottish Government and national education partners
Success Stories for Parent Groups
Parental Engagement in Scottish Education - What You Need to Know.

Parents' Voice

We regularly seek your views so that we can reflect those views to policy-makers and in our consultation responses. Please join our Parents' Voice survey group - we need you!

Latest News

Policy

15th Jul 2026

Impact of PVG Changes on Parent Volunteering

Connect recently wrote to the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise to highlight our survey report on how changes to PVG are impacting on parent volunteering. Read our letter and the Minister's response.

News

8th Jul 2026

Want to find out about Scotland's Curriculum Improvement Cycle? Read Connect's overview

Connect Executive Director, Gavin Yates, sets out the key information about ongoing work to review and improve the curriculum

News

8th Jul 2026

Connect summarises updated Scottish Government Mobile Phones in Schools Guidance

Read our overview of the Scottish Government update