The school has worked hard over a two year period to develop the relationship and experience that parents have when contacting the school. A lot of work has been done to improve the quality of parents' evenings and letters the parents receive as well as improving communication, introducing parent newsletters and information about what their child is studying each half term in every subject.
We have also been running a parent focus group to discuss and provide an opportunity to voice their opinions on key issues such as reports and uniform. The main areas of success were outlined in the report as:
• The school's openness about its strengths and areas for development and due to this a very trusting relationship has been built up between the school and the parent body
• Communication has been vastly improved
• The induction process provided by the school is very thorough. The parents feel fully informed about the progress of their children
• The school contacts the parents about positive things which have happened and these messages are gratefully received.
Mr McGrane, said, "The framework offered through LPPA has been essential in developing a more rounded whole-school approach to engaging with parents. We have found the process to be hugely beneficial and would highly recommend it to any school looking to improve their work with parents"