Information for parents

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Research shows that children do better if their parents are involved in their education. So it is important for us to give you the information you need to be involved.

Use the links below to find out more about each different area of interest:

Each of our schools has a handbook which is updated every year. It is a good source of information about the school, and can be picked up from the school office.

Engage for Education is a Scottish Government website which acts as a hub for direct conversation with and feedback from everyone who has an interest in Scottish education, including pupils, parents, practitioners and members of the public. You can contribute to the conversations by either visiting the site and leaving a comment or an idea, by visiting our dedicated area on Glow (an information site for teachers, pupils and parents) or through various social media channels.

You can also find out more about parental involvement with schools at the parents as partners in learning website.

For school catchment area enquiries, please call 0141 842 5583. For all other enquiries, please call 0141 842 5663.

Your feedback is really useful to us. We want to make sure we are doing everything we can to help you to help your children, so if there is anything you feel you need to know which we don’t already cover, please tell us by contacting us:

• email: schools.els@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 0141 842 5663
• fax: 0141 842 5699
• write to:

Education and Leisure Services
Renfrewshire House
Cotton Street
Paisley
PA1 1LE

We try to provide the best possible service, but things do go wrong. It helps us to improve our services if you let us know about your concerns or complaints. We have provided a leaflet, notes for parents on our complaints process. View the leaflet here:

notes for parents on our complaints process (pdf 160kb)

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