Walsall Academy Parents' Advisory Council
What is the Parents’ Advisory Council?
The Advisory Council exists to provide advice and information and to support the Head and Governors.
What does this involve?
- Developing links with the community
- Advising and assisting with student activities
- Advising on community use of the premises
- Organising Social functions
- Monitoring and continually improving the standards for students
- Helping with the development and preparation of Academy policies.
In order to carry out these duties we meet once a term with the Head and other school staff and more often as a fundraising sub group. This summary was taken from the document entitled Parents’ Advisory Council Brief.
Who are we?
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Current members of the Council are:
- Anthony Allen (6.2)
- Lynn Kaya (6.1 / 8)
- Louise Parker (6.1)
- Geoffrey York (6.1)
- Michael Lightley (11)
- Toni Unsworth (11)
- Graham Smith (10)
- Vicky Hodson (10)
- Jasbeer Singh Johal (8)
- Joanne Nicholls (8)
- Joanne Timmis (8)
- Emma Nightingale (7)
- Lisa Cooper (7)
- Zahid Ali (7)
- Kevin Golby (7)
- Sorana Hammonds(7)
- Angela Lovesey (7)
- Frances Price (7)
How can you get involved?
There are many ways you can become involved with the Parents' Council not all of which involves committing a great deal of time.
- You can become an elected committee member (Charity Trustee). This involves helping to fulfil the duties outlined in the brief, attending both council and fundraising meetings. The Parents' Advisory Council is a registered charity, you would therefore be required to be a charity trustee along with the other committee members (this sounds quite scary but it’s not … honest!)
- A member of the Fund Raising Sub Group. This involves attending Sub Group Committee Meetings and assisting with the organisation and facilitation of fundraising events.
- If you cannot join the committee we still need your support with our events - for more information see our forthcoming events information below.
- Let us know your views on issues to do with your school. Click here to contact the Parents Advisory Council.
Dates of Parents' Advisory Council Meetings 2011 - 2012
- Tuesday 27 September 2011
- Tuesday 24 January 2012
- Tuesday 17 April 2012
- The Parents’ Advisory Council AGM date and time will be confirmed at a later date.
All meetings will start at 6.15pm
Sub Committee Meetings 2011 – 2012
As a sub committee to the Parents’ Advisory Council, we would welcome anyone who could help us support the Academy and raise some extra money to improve the facilities and school life for our students. Anyone interested in joining our meetings, please contact us.
Forthcoming Events 2011 - 2012
If any Parents have unwanted items suitable for a raffle that they would like to donate, please could you bring them along to Student Resources for the attention of Parents Advisory Council. Thank you.
Travel Plan 2010
The School Travel Plan is a way in which the school can record in writing its support for things that can be done to make the journey between home and school safer for pedestrians and cyclists. It also has ideas to help cut the number of car journeys to and from school and encourage more young people to walk or cycle to school.
Internet Safety
Our local Police have provided information for Parents about Internet Safety.