The Parent Council is a group of parents selected by members of the Parent Forum to represent all the parents of children at the school. Parent Councils are very flexible groups and the Parent Forum can decide on the type of group it wants to represent their views. The type of things a Parent Council could get involved in include:

• Supporting the work of the school

• Gathering and representing parents' views to the Head Teacher, education authority and HMIE

• Promoting contact between the school, parents, pupils and the local community

• Fundraising

• Involvement in the appointment of senior school staff

The membership of the Parent Forum is made up of all parents who have a child at Blackfriars Primary school.
Membership of the Parent Forum allows parents to have a say in the local arrangements to enable their collective view to be represented on matters such as the quality and standards of education at the school and other matters of interest to parents.
One of the ways parents in the Parent Forum will be able to express their views will be through the Parent Council.

Generally members of the Parent Council must be parents of children who attend the school and the chairperson must have a child in the school. However, the Parent Council can decide to co-opt other members including school staff and community representatives who have knowledge and skills to help them.

In denominational schools, the Parent Council must invite the relevant church or denominational body to nominate a representative to be a co-opted member.