Parental Communications

Whether by text message or a good old fashioned newsletter, here's how to keep parents informed of all the important systems and events at your school. The more parents know, the better they can help the school achieve its goals.

Constructive Parental Engagement Shouldn’t Take Over your Teachers’ Home Lives
Parental Communications
- Constructive engagement with parents shouldn’t entail having to sacrifice your own personal time, says Winston Poyton...
What Should Happen When Community Groups Protest Your Curriculum?
Parental Communications
- Professor Colin Diamond CBE shares his thoughts on the recent protests against the No Outsiders teaching programme, and the lessons school leaders should heed from it...
How Should You Respond to Parent Protests?
Parental Communications
- One of your decisions has prompted some parents to set up a Facebook group and organise a protest outside the school gates. What should be your next move?
How Should You Respond to an Angry Parent?
Parental Communications
- When confronted by a parent who’s angry at a school policy or perceived slight against their child, how should you respond? Kate Owbridge offers her thoughts...
Put on the Perfect School Open Day
Parental Communications
- Michelle Doyle Wildman explains how schools can effectively show off their parent-friendly credentials and ethos when opening their doors to open day visitors
Make Sure Parents Get Your School’s Message with Clear Communication Methods
ICT
- Are your messages actually getting through to parents? If not, it might be time to rethink your preferred methods of communication…
Is it Possible for a School to Become Five Times Bigger Within a Year?
Pupils
- Headteacher Nicky Phillips explains what’s involved in overseeing the expansion of a school from 75 pupils to 420 the following year...
The Role Parents Can Play In Your School Safeguarding Strategy
Parental Communications
- It’s worth complementing your staff’s safeguarding training with contributions from parents, advises Laura Ralph
Who’s Responsible For Your Parental Engagement?
Parental Communications
- Teachers might value the help and insight parents have to offer, but schools need formal structures in place if they’re to make the most of it…
What Should the Rules be When Kids Take your IT Equipment Home?
ICT
- When schools lend out tablets and laptops to pupils for home use, what should the rules be in terms of how they’re used?