Schools deemed to be ‘good’ = 5% on average Parents who are involved and informed = 30% on average Professor Charles Desforges of Exeter University carried out the most influencial research in this field in 2003. He was requested by the DCFS to review all the technically excellent research in the English language on the effects of parental engagement on pupil achievement. The outcomes of his work were staggering. Common sense tells us that when parents are interested and engaged in what their children are doing in school, this will assist children in doing well and achieving more. It is also obvious that some children do very well in school and some children do not so well and we know what lots of the reasons are for this variance in achievement. In the point at issue, CDF discovered that differences in schools accounts for only 5% in the variance in achievement at the age of 7. But differences in parenting accounts for nearly 30%. These finding are really important for schools. CDF concluded that what parents do to support learning in the home is the key driver for pupil attainment. He is noted for saying, if you’re doing well in school, don’t change your school, better to change your parents!

69% of parents do not help children with their homework because Everything has changed since they were at school at they are not confident in the new methods.

Encourage partnership In this workshop we aim to: Encourage partnership Demonstrate Share tools Offer tools for use at home Support Improve writing (5 week programme)

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Children begin writing words by writing the start and end sounds. What should we correct here?