Encouraging Parental Engagement

Strategy Source
Education Endowment Foundation

What is this strategy about?
In this strategy, you will learn various techniques to encourage meaningful conversations with parents.

Why is it important to engage with parents?
Parental engagement in primary school is closely associated with pupil success. Careful thought is needed when developing and introducing parental engagement approaches.

Will this work with all my pupil's families?
Engagement from disadvantaged families does tend to be lower but by making small continuous changes you will be able to improve parental engagement with most families.

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- Encourage effective parental engagement can lead to +4 months’ progress in pupils
- Ensure parents are equipped with more information to support their pupils

Interested in this strategy?
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