Parental Engagement is still the single biggest influence on a child's achievements and attainments at school.
In this short clip Charles Desforges explains how significant parental engagement is!
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Research carried out by Harris and Goodall at the University of Warwick came up with the following findings which show the importance of parents working with their children at home. IT REALLY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Key Findings
- Parental engagement is a powerful lever for raising student achievement in schools. Where parents and teachers work together to improve learning, the gains in achievement are significant.
- Parents have the greatest influence on the achievement of pupils through supporting their learning in the home rather than supporting activities in the school. It is their support of learning within the home environment that makes the maximum difference to achievement.
- Many schools involve parents in school-based or school related activities. This constitutes parental involvement rather than parental engagement. Parental involvement can encompass a whole range of activities with or within the school. Where these activities are not directly connected to learning they have little impact on pupil achievement.
- Parental engagement is positively influenced by the child’s level of attainment: the higher the level of attainment, the more parents get involved.
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