Parents & Parent Groups

When parents are involved in children's learning and in their school or nursery lives, children do better. When home and school work in partnership together, children can thrive and progress. That's why parental involvement and family engagement are so important!

Being involved in your child's learning and school or nursery might mean volunteering, joining the Parent Council or Parent Teacher/Staff Association (or other parent-run group) or spending time together - whatever is right for you and your child!

How can we help? See the drop-down menu in the toolbar above for the following options:

Resources for Supporting Families in this website's Resources, Advice and Support section
The exclusive resources for Connect Members are now in MyConnect, our easy-to-use digital library of recordings, templates, short films, start-up or reboot help, information and much more. Parents/carers, parent groups and staff can register or log in - check the Membership Directory to see if you are eligible
Details about the Scottish Assembly of Parents and Carers, hosted by Connect. Members of the Assembly share their lived experiences and views to help shape education policy by working with Scottish Government and national education partners
Success Stories for Parent Groups
Parental Engagement in Scottish Education - What You Need to Know.

Parents' Voice

We regularly seek your views so that we can reflect those views to policy-makers and in our consultation responses. Please join our Parents' Voice survey group - we need you!

Latest News

Policy

11th Sep 2026

Scottish Government's Programme for Government 2026-2031

Read Connect's summary of the Scottish Government's plans for education set out in its Programme for Government 26-31

News

10th Sep 2026

Connect's Parent/Carer Survey on Mobile Phones in Schools and More is out now!

Parents and carers are warmly invited to take part on Connect's survey

Policy

15th Jul 2026

Impact of PVG Changes on Parent Volunteering

Connect recently wrote to the Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise to highlight our survey report on how changes to PVG are impacting on parent volunteering. Read our letter and the Minister's response.