2.1  The Parents’ Association

The Board of Management is obliged under section 26 of the Education Act, 1998 to “….give all reasonable assistance to parents who wish to establish a parents’ association and to a parents’ association when it is established”. The Parents’ Association is an essential organisation which enables parents to remain fully informed on educational developments, to voice the opinions of parents on issues that concern them and to liaise closely with the Principal, the teaching staff and the Board of the school on all matters relating to the educational welfare of their children.

The Parents’ Associations of Community and Comprehensive Schools (PACCS) is a national organisation of parents/guardians of pupils attending Community and Comprehensive Schools. It is open to the Parents’ Association in each Community and Comprehensive School to affiliate to PACCS. PACCS is, in turn, affiliated to the National Parents’ Council, Post Primary (NPCpp) which is the officially recognised body representing the Parents’ Associations in all sectors of post primary education.

Last Updated March 2011