Parent Teacher Association Awards 2023

That this House salutes the continued success of the National PTA Awards, launched by Parentkind, the network of Parent Teacher Association fundraisers; acknowledges these Awards are a celebration of the time, hard work and dedication that all PTAs and supporters volunteer to raise vital funds for the school community; recognises that Parentkind’s most recent Annual Return Survey of PTAs revealed that PTAs collectively raised an estimated £99 million overall for schools last year and an average of £7,814 for their schools in the last financial year; notes that this year’s awards were won by Friends of St Patrick’s at Aghacommon in County Armagh, Friends of Overchurch Infant School at Upton in Wirral, Clowne Infant and Nursery School PTA in Derbyshire, Alexandra Junior School PTFA at Sydenham in London, Greystones Primary School HAS in Sheffield, Friends of More House at Frensham in Surrey, Sacred Heart High School PTFA at Hammersmith in London, Chetham’s School of Music PTA in Manchester, Friends of Christ’s College in Guildford, Ilkley Grammar School PTA in West Yorkshire, Christopher Whitehead Language College and Sixth Form PTA in Worcester, Marshgate Primary School PSA in Richmond, Surrey and the Friends of Glyncollen Primary School PTA (FROGS) at Ynysforgan in Swansea; further notes that the overall UK PTA of the Year award-winner was Clowne Infant and Nursery School; and congratulates those aforementioned 2023 award-winners and pays tribute to the invaluable efforts of all PTAs across the UK.