8 October 2025: The Annual General Meeting of the Parent Council was held on Wednesday 8 October 2025 in the library at James Gillespie’s High School.
Election of office bearers
The meeting elected the office bearers for the Parent Council in 2025-26.
- Co-Chairs: Tiziana Basciani and Liz Hilton
- Vice-chair: Samantha Ross
- Secretary: Padraic Kinsella
- Treasurer: Kirstin Leighton
- Comms: Kate Pinault
- Refreshments: Julita Burgess
Hilary Snaith stepped down as co-Chair of the Parent Council.
The full list of members of the Parent Council for 2025-26 (* indicates new member for this session):
- Duncan Bell (PC representative for James Gillespie’s Trust)
- Laura Bird
- Shane Buckeridge
- Adam C
- Orla Hobson
- Gidona Henderson*
- Barbie Lyon
- Thomas Perc*
- Ulrike Peter
- Bec Phipps
- Lucy Picken*
- David Pollock
- Hilary Snaith (website)
- Séamus Spencer
- Penny Tarsia
- Garrick Wagner*
- Hazel Wilkinson*
Reports
Annual report 2024-25 from Parent Council (opens as pdf)
Gaelic Learning Board report 2024-25 (opens as pdf)
PC presentation from PC meeting 8 October 2025 (opens as pdf)
Minutes of the PC meeting 8 October 2025 (draft, opens as pdf)
Next meeting
The next meetings of the Parent Council will be on Tuesday 25 November 2025 (online) and Wednesday 28 January 2026 (in the school).
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