The Parent Forum is simply all those with parental responsibility for current pupils at the school.

The School Council represents the Parent Forum and is tasked by the Act to carry out functions which previously were carried out by the School Board and the PTA, as well as other functions (for a full list extracted from the Act see here). (School Council is the name adopted by the Parent Forum instead of the name Parent Council which was suggested by the Scottish Executive). Our School Council constitution is here (JGHS Council Constitution) and further information about the council may be found here.

Our School Council coordinates the work of several sub-groups.

The City of Edinburgh Council has set up a helpful web site with information parental involvement in schools.