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At Flixton Girls’ High School, specialist Sports College, we strive to create a culture where parents and the community as a whole can engage with the school and feel able to ask for support if they need it.
Parents have an important and influential role in the educational achievements of their children. By effectively engaging parents in the education process, we can continue raising achievement in our schools and provide students with the opportunity to reach their full potential.
Parental engagement goes beyond being involved in activities in and around school. It is about parents and teachers working together to support the child’s learning in the classroom in the home.
Research as conducted by the SSAT (EPRA) shows that parents’ engagement in their children’s learning makes a difference – to their children and to their children’s achievement and success in a wide range of educational outcomes. Below are some benefits that can be experienced as a result of parental invovlement:
Benefits for students
1. Higher grades and test scores
2. Higher achievement in reading
3. Better attendance and more homework done
5. Greater enrolment in post-secondary education
6. Students exhibit more positive attitudes and behavior
7. Negative student behaviours, such as alcohol use, violence, and antisocial behaviour decrease as parent involvement increases
Benefits for parents
1. More confidence in the school
2. Greater confidence in themselves as parents and in their ability to help their children at home
3. Greater likelihood that the parents will enrol in continuing education to advance their own schooling
4. Ability to make contacts and build social networks that they can use to create opportunities for their children and themselves.
5. Develop closer ties to their communities and neighbours.
6. Learn how to influence decisions made in their schools and communities
Benefits for school quality
1. More support from families
2. Schools that work well with families have improved teacher morale and higher ratings of teachers by parents
3. School programs that involve parents outperform identical programs without parent and family involvement
4. Schools where children are failing improve dramatically when parents are enabled to become effective partners in their child's education
To find out more about parental and wider community engagement opportunities at FGHS please
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To find out more about parental engagement in general please visit
http://www.specialistschools.org.uk/uploads/documents/REPORT%20EPRA%20for%20SSAT%20FINAL_609.doc and
http://www.ict-register.net/pe-research.php