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Blacon Education Village collaborate

Blacon Education Village (BEV) is a collaboration of 5 Primary schools, 1 high school and a children’s centre within Blacon - a large housing estate on the outskirts of Chester. This article describes how the involvement of the children’s centre has brought numerous benefits to the whole cluster.

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Meet you at the 'virtual' school gate

The school gate has traditionally been an important meeting point where gossip, myths and some facts are exchanged. But what if you can't make it to this important rendezvous?

Schools are tweeting what they eat

This term, caterers in Wakefield and Somerset are using Twitter to tell parents what they are serving their children for lunch. The 'Twitter trial' aims to find out if parents find it useful to get daily menu updates. Read more...

Amendments - regulations on pupil and school information

The government has made a commitment to review and improve the statutory information which schools have to provide to parents. This consultation seeks views on the Government’s proposals for amendments to the ‘Education (Pupil information) (England) Regulations 2005. And the ‘Education (School Information) (England) Regulations 2008.

Ofsted and parents - guidance

"The effectiveness of the school’s engagement with parents and carers’ is one of the eight judgments under ‘Leadership and management". What does this mean for schools and what evidence will inspectors be looking for? Read on to find out more…

Advice to parents

Local authorities have a key role to play in the development of sex and relationships education. A major feature of this must be the work they do with parents. Here Hertfordshire share the information they provide to help parents tackle this difficult subject.

Parent partnerships

Most schools will have worked with the parent partnership service. But how much do you know about it? This article describes some aspects of their role, with particular reference to their work in schools.

Parents online

2010 is the deadline for all secondary schools within the country to have a learning platform in place and be in position to offer parental access to online reporting. Here, Paul Harrington, discusses why it is important that parents are educated prior to the implementation of online reporting and how this can be organised to ensure smooth integration.