Engaging with parents & the community
- Parent and staff surveys: governors' role Surveys can be an effective way to gather feedback from parents and staff, but there's a right and wrong way to do them. Read on to be sure you're on the right track.
- Statutory guidance on the cost of school uniform Understand what the DfE's statutory guidance on the cost of school uniform means for your school and governing board, and what you need to do to comply.
- Strikes: communicating with parents, staff and stakeholders New Find out who your headteacher needs to inform about industrial action and school closures, and understand what your role is. Use our questions to ask your headteacher about talking to striking and non-striking staff.
- Tips to boost engagement with parents and other stakeholders If your school or trust wants to strengthen stakeholder and parental engagement, your board can help to drive improvement in communications. Find strategies that your chair, board and school can use.