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Parent Forum

What is the St. Mary’s Parent Forum?

Our Parent Forum is an exciting partnership between parents and carers, the school's Leadership Team and Governing Board. It is a forum for open and beneficial dialogue to enhance communication between all members of our school community. It is an opportunity for parents to ask questions, be listened to and have an active involvement and knowledge of the workings of our school.

The Parent Forum is an opportunity to assist governors, teachers and staff by providing feedback on new initiatives, drawing attention to areas of concern and contributing to solutions that improve the life of the school. It should be noted that the Parent Forum is not a decision-making body. It is to represent the views of parents and carers across the school. The Parent Forum is also not the place to discuss concerns or complaints involving individual children, families or members of staff.

Keeping our school’s Core Values in mind, we are:

Collaborative - participating together for the benefit of the school community

Constructive - helping to identify effective solutions

Transparent - keeping everyone informed of meetings and their outcomes

Encouraging - welcoming ideas and initiatives to foster a positive ethos

How can you participate?

Each term a meeting will be held at 9am East Street or Boston Avenue and there will be a 5.30pm meeting via Zoom for those who cannot attend the morning meeting.

If you are interested in attending please contact Mrs Cashell via Cashell@st-marysprittlewell.southend.sch.uk

If you are unable to attend meetings, you can suggest agenda items to members of the group or via Mrs Cashell.