1. The name of the Association shall be the Gryffe High School Parent Teacher Association.
2. The object of the Association shall be to help the school and the parents it serves, by promoting a sense of partnership between parents and teachers for the benefit of the children who attend Gryffe High School.
3. (a) teaching staff, parents and guardians of pupils attending Gryffe High School are Members of the Association, and may vote on Association matters.
(b) former teaching staff, parents and guardians of former pupils are Associate Members of the Association, and do not have a vote on Association matters.
4. There is no annual subscription
5. The office bearers shall be the Head Teacher, ex officio, as Honorary President, the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer.
6. (a) The business of the Association shall be managed by a committee consisting of a minimum of eight parents and up to three members of the teaching staff. Office bearers shall be elected by the committee at the first committee meeting following the Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting which elected the committee.
(b) the committee shall have the power to appoint a representative of parents of children entering the school during the year following the annual general meeting.
(c) the committee shall have the power to fill any vacancies occurring in the interval between Annual General Meetings.
(d) the committee shall have the power to appoint subcommittees which in turn may co-opt members.
(e) three parents and one teacher shall retire annually but be eligible for re-election.
(f) associate members may not vote.
(g) no member shall serve more than two terms, each term being three years.
7. An Annual General Meeting, for which 4 days notice must be given, shall be held to fill vacancies on the committee, to consider the reports of the Secretary and the Treasurer, and to transact any other competent business.
8. (a) the committee shall meet as frequently as may be found necessary and at any time at the request of the President.
(b) at a committee meeting, five members shall form a quorum.
9. (a) the funds of the Association shall be lodged in a bank in the name of the Association.
(b) money may be drawn from the account on the signatures of any two of the President, Secretary and Treasurer.
(c) it shall be competent for the Treasurer to retain in hand a sum not exceeding Ten Pounds for current expenses.
(d) funds may be spent by the committee to pursue the aims and objectives of the Parent Teacher Association.
(e) in the event of the dissolution of the Association all funds shall be transferred to the Gryffe High School's School Fund.
10. The accounts of the Association shall be closed on April 30th each year, and shall be audited annually.
11. The auditor shall not be a member of the committee and shall be appointed for the ensuing year at the Annual general Meeting.
12. No amendment to the Constitution of the Association shall be made, except at an Annual General Meeting, or Special General Meeting convened for that purpose; such proposed amendment being specified in the notice calling the meeting. A proposed amendment requires to be approved by not less than two-thirds of the members present at the meeting. A motion for amendment of the Constitution shall be submitted not less than seven days before the notice calling an Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting, which notice is sent out not less than fourteen days before the date of the Annual General Meeting or Special General Meeting.