Parental engagement survey

The task The Opportunity Area is seeking to undertake an extensive survey to gather baseline information of all 160 primary schools (including the primary phases of 4 all through schools) and 6 nursery schools across the Bradford district, focusing on parental engagement practice within school. The independent survey is vital to understanding the depth and breath of parental engagement practice across all Bradford Primary Schools. The survey will need to gather data on both how engaged parents are across Bradford and how engaged schools are with best practice. The survey results will then provide identifiable parental engagement ‘hotspots’ (schools demonstrating good parental engagement practice) and ‘coldspots’ (schools which require further support on their parental engagement practice). Exceed Teaching Schools applied in April via Proactis as part of a competitive process for this commission and were successful.

The survey About 20 question 15-20 minutes to complete Headteacher with support of others, e.g. Parent Support Worker Supports self-evaluation Identifies effective practice (top 10 schools) Geographical analysis through mapping survey outcomes Multiple choice, with optional longer responses to allow for elaboration

Caution The EEF acknowledge that there is not enough good evidence about what practice best improves parental engagement. The content of this survey is not intended to highlight what schools should be doing, rather helping them to self-evaluate and consider if there are ways to enhance what schools are currently doing. Each school has a unique context and needs. The Opportunity Area will invest further during 2019-20 to support schools in Bradford to develop parental engagement. The outcomes of this survey will inform the next steps.

The survey 7 administrative questions, e.g. school name, postcode 6 sections Total of 17 questions Questions based on EEF guidance report ‘Working with parents to support children’s learning’ plus section on Bradford Education Covenant

Scaled responses Not yet undertaken: My school has not yet developed this aspect of our provision. Beginning: My school has taken its first steps in developing this aspect of our first provision. Developing: My school has invested time and/or resources to this aspect of our provision, but we've not yet seen the full impact this. Embedded: My school has invested time and/or resources to this aspect of our provision we've seen a positive impact on levels of parental engagement. Exemplary: My school has had significant impact in engaging parents through this aspect of our provision and we could/do share our practice with other schools Weighted responses: Not yet undertaken = 0, Exemplary = 4 Highest score by section and overall = suggests best practice locally

Resources Offline version of survey (Word): https://exceedacademiestrust.co.uk/pes/ Online survey: https://tinyurl.com/OAParentEng Guidance report: https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/new-guidance-for- schools-on-engaging-parents/ Bradford Research School event on parental engagement, 17th June, 16:30- 18:00: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-roadshow-working-with- parents-to-support-childrens-learning-tickets-62197183450

Completing the survey Deadline for online survey submission: 17:00 on Monday 8th July 2019 During June additional support is available from a local headteacher who will arrange a local briefing and telephone support for peer headteachers Schools are encouraged to keep a copy of their offline survey response for their own records The online survey must be completed in full in one session (it can’t be saved and returned to at a later date) In September, each school will receive a electronic version of their responses

Next steps Survey outcomes will analysed and mapped in July to provide a visual representation of parental engagement across Bradford A summary report will prepared for the Opportunity Area Board and working group looking at parental engagement in July This will inform further investment by the Opportunity Area to support Bradford schools to develop parental engagement