This web page focuses on helping teachers to engage with parents, with the motivating trigger for teachers in the UK being the legislated requirement that all primary schools provide parents with online reports by September 2012.

Here we have some practical advice, resources and tools for schools using technology to engage with parents.

Applying technology

This is the type of information your school can share with parents and how technology can help support the communication process:

  • School life and events
    • Information such as school terms, holidays, training days and parent events can be made publicly accessible through your school website, email newsletters and subscription text message services.
  • Learning and achievement
    • Academic, social and behavioural achievements, learning progressions, assessments and educational needs can be made available by parents logging into a secure system, such as a learning platform, personal device or email account.
  • Urgent and sensitive information
    • Attendance, sickness, transport arrangements and sensitive information can be communicated using email or text message alerts to keep parents informed.

It’s definitely worth a look: http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=oe&catcode=ss_es_fam_02&rid=16430