Parent Governor Representatives (PGRs) are elected from serving parent governors to represent the views of all parents on local authority committees dealing with education matters. PGRs were established in the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, amending section 499 of the Education Act 1996, and are subject to their own Regulations, the Parent Governor Representatives (England) Regulations 2001 (SI 478/2001) . PGRs have speaking rights on any issue under discussion by the committee, but may only vote on issues relating to education. The role of the PGR is, primarily, to hold their local authority to account by consulting with and feeding back to parents on discussions and decisions relating to education.

To become a PGR, the applicant must be a parent governor and at the time of election, must also be the parent of a child on the register of one of the local authority's schools or the parent of a child receiving education outside school with funding made available by the LEA. PGRs are elected by other parent governors within the LEA to represent the views of all parents on local authority overview and scrutiny committees dealing with education issues. Each local authority must appoint at least two, and no more than five, PGRs to each committee dealing with education issues.

PGRs provide a feedback mechanism to parents on local authority's discussions and decisions on education issues and are required to follow the local authority's rules on committee procedure and act with due propriety according to standards laid down for conduct in local government.