Your trust board must oversee stakeholder engagement across your trust – so, it's important that everyone knows who you are and what your board does. Use our expert tips to help raise trustees' profile in all your schools.
Surveys can be a great way to gather feedback from parents/carers and staff if done effectively. Use this article to get the most from your surveys and see examples from schools and trusts.
Find out what questions you can ask about your school or trust’s newsletter and what you can expect it to cover, so you can make sure your community is kept up to date.
Your school/trust may sometimes need to deal with negative parent/carer behaviours on social media. Take these steps to prevent and deal with any incidents.
Understand what the DfE's statutory guidance on the cost of school uniform means for your school, and you as a board. Also, find out about the limit on compulsory branded items.
Your involvement in difficult conversations should be quite rare, because your school leaders should be proactively engaging with families during day-to-day school life. But, read our hints and tips if you're asked to join or set up a meeting with parents/carers.
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