Parent Governor Representatives (PGRs) represent the views of all parents. They are parent governors who have been elected to sit on Local Authority scrutiny committees dealing with education.
Your East Sussex representative is Kym Hearn, and there is one vacancy.
What do we do?
We provide a non-political voice for all parents in their area in local decision making. Our role is an important and challenging one. You can contact us about general education issues, but we can't get involved in individual and specific cases. We can, however, advise on how best to get a problem solved.
We represent parents on the Children's Services Scrutiny Committee and the Admissions Forum.
You are welcome to contact us about general education issues, and give us your views on any of the matters dealt with by the relevant committees. You can see the programme of work, agenda and minutes online:
We are part of the PGR national network and through us you can talk to central government. If you raise issues we can join in national education consultations with the concerns of East Sussex parents.
We have speaking rights on any issue under discussion by the committee, but can only vote on issues relating to education. Our role is primarily to hold the Local Authority to account by consulting with and feeding back to parents on discussions and decisions relating to education.
Who are we?
We are parents of children at state schools in East Sussex. We are also governors and volunteers.
Kym Hearn
I am a parent governor at Bexhill High School and also a co-opted governor at King Offa County Primary. These roles have enabled me to develop a broad understanding of education throughout Key Stages 1 to 4.
I am also a member of East Sussex Local Improvement Network (LINk).
Background information
East Sussex has two PGRs (one vacancy). Each Local Authority is required to have between two and five. Across England there are about 275 PGRs in post at any one time. In East Sussex we serve a four year term.
PGRs were established in the School Standards and Framework Act 1998. They are independent of the County Council and are regulated by legislation:
East Sussex County Council