Holy Cross Catholic Primary Academy  Tracyes Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6JJ Telephone: 01279 424452 Fax: 01279 424453 E-mail: admin@holycross-pri.essex.sch.uk
	What is Parent Forum? The Parent Forum is a group of parent representatives who meet once a term to discuss school-related issues. Regular, open communication and consultation with parents is really important to the school. The Parent Forum provides a valuable way to listen to your ideas and concerns and seek your views, helping to make sure the needs of children and their families are met. Meetings are led by school staff and governors, usually by the Headteacher and the Chair of Governors. Meetings are informal and a genuine opportunity for open discussion. Examples of issues that have been discussed include: - School development planning - Parking and safe routes to walk / cycle to school - Class mixes - Cost of school trips and events - Parents evenings - Views on school policies when they are updated e.g. Behaviour Policy Sharing Information Parents are encouraged to share information from Parent Forum with parents of other children in their child’s class. Feedback is also included in school newsletters which are distributed to all parents and published on ItsLearning. If you would like a parent representative to raise an issue or make a suggestion on your behalf at Parent Forum please ask them to do so, or send a message to the school office via the link below. Issues raised should be general issues. If you have specific concerns about your child your first point of contact should always be your class teacher. Who is on the Parent Forum? We aim to have at least one parent representing each class, to give a range of views across all year groups. Any parent can volunteer to be on the Parent Forum, so please ask if you would like to be involved. Any Parent is able to come along to the meetings so please have a look at the Agenda in advance. If there is something of interest, please join us. There are going to be 3 meetings a year and dates are set at the start of the school year to give plenty of notice.  We hope that this will give us all a valuable opportunity to talk and to work together.