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.

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  Lessons learned during the first lockdown

  Mental Health

  • Christopher Dryer describes the unique challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and the process that are here to stay
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  How to save time and effort by focusing your COVID communications

  Pupils

  • Simon Hepburn explains how to save time and effort by focusing your COVID communications
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  Why now is the time to adopt a parents app

  Parental Communications

  • Rich Harley, CEO of ScholarPack, examines why many schools are turning to parents apps to help enhance their home-school communication...
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  How are schools coping with the coronavirus crisis?

  Teaching Schools

  • Mark Hayhurst talks to headteachers and school leaders about the problems and solutions caused by COVID-19
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  Top tips to digitally connect with parents

  Parental Communications

  • Sarah West examines the best ways to digitally connect with parents...
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  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...
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  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...
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  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?
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  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...
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  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