1. Parental Engagement

2. Parental engagement at the heart of home access Learner Family & Learner Family and Society Personal Cost Savings e.g Energy; holidays Communications (potential for free phone calls) Social Networking (Inclusion for all children) Skills and employability (e.g. 10 unique community users for every computer) Government Services (CLG savings – estimate at £80m) Health (NHS Direct) Parental Engagement Online Reporting Home ICT =+0.5 grade =+9% 5A-Cs Improved behaviour and lower truancy rates

3. May 2008 Sept 2008 Jan 2009 May 2009 Sept 2009 Jan 2010 May 2010 Sept 2010 Jan 2011 May 2011 Sept 2011 Jan 2012 May 2012 Sept 2012 Jan 2013 SecondaryPrimary All schools moving towards online reporting – exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting

4. Summer term 2008 Letter to all headteachers and chairs of governors from: Jim Knight Stephen Crowne IRU WAMG

5. The principles: – Extending what is already good practice – Making best use of what is already in place and available – Efficient and effective practice (enter once, use many times) – Not a duplication or replacement of annual reports or parents evenings – To support sustainable approaches and processes for reporting: Pupil progress, behaviour, SEN, attainment and attendance The rationale To improve the quality of dialogue between schools, learners and parents to support the immediate, emerging and developing needs of learners.

6. Timely for the learner Meaningful for the parent Manageable by the school Community information Home access to learning Information for parents Access to resources Course and home work Materials and achievements Online reporting Parent and learner days Electronic reports Email exchanges Mobile phone alerts SMS texting Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting Two way communication

7. Online reporting supporting parental engagement Recording and reporting Parental dialogue Workforce involvement Exploiting technologies Limited use of data held in Management Information Systems Aspirational and innovating Coherent and embedded Moving in a number of areas Developing new approaches Little in place 1 2 3 4 5 Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting ABCD

8. 7 Framework designed to support self and peer review and assist with action planning Developed by school practitioners

9. Clear introductory guide to the agenda with links and advice on how to move forward Online reporting framework for download with links, updates and further material www.becta.org.uk/engagingparents Evidence and research papers Introduction to the agenda Examples of existing practice Video examples and experiences Guide to making a start and developing a strategy Framework for review and planning Guide to using the framework Whole-school review School experiences (case studies) On-line diary / blog EPRA toolkit and support Regional workshops Supplier and technical information Local peer advice