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Parental engagement
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How can school leaders communicate to build parental trust in difficult circumstances? Karen Dempster and Justin Robbins offer tips to try and a template to plan communications
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Share this advice with parents, carers and families of the pupils with SEND in your school, to help them in homeschooling during Covid-19 and in other situations
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Download and adapt our social media code of conduct for use in your school
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Many children will grow up with a parent or carer with some degree of mental illness. Dr Rina Bajaj looks at ways to support these parents and key tips for difficult conversations surrounding mental health
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Despite parents being eager to support their child's learning, challenging circumstances can act as barriers to engagement. How can schools help parents integrate into school life?
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What can you do to bring more parents and carers into your school? Liz Worthen shares tips on building positive parent relationships and questions to consider
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Managing internal and external communications is key in protecting staff wellbeing and workload. Mike Lamb suggests what to include in a communications policy to manage expectations
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Kelly Hannaghan explains how engaging parents has improved wellbeing for her school community, changed lives and highlighted the power of connection
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Developing successful relationships with parents based abroad is key in helping pupils settle in. Mike Lamb offers suggestions to overcome common barriers and form successful relationships
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Parents play a vital role in supporting what you do to improve the mental health and wellbeing of students. Use our template letter to explain your initiatives and keep parents informed