1. Home access and parental support Mike Briscoe, Director, Institutions, Becta Chris Stevens, Head of Inclusion Policy, Inclusion Policy, Becta BETT 08 Friday, 11 January 2008

2. This seminar will introduce: The opportunities to improve parental engagement An understanding of what parents say they want Information about the Home Access and Computers for Pupils programmes Information about real-time reporting for parents How to find out more.

3. What parents say they would like.. to contact schools via email, receive training using ICT more information about which websites they should encourage their children to use. Help from schools to support their children’s school work

4. to use ICT to give flexible patterns when developing learning materials ahead of lessons so that they are tailored for different pupils, such as those with special needs to take advantage of formal and informal professional development opportunities available online. to transfer, edit and save work on a shared area to effectively address teacher workloads What teachers say they would like..

5. What parents and schools see as the benefits Video clips are available – to watch these, please download the zip file from the web page http://events.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=35111

6. The Parents’ Premium Parental involvement in a child’s schooling between ages 7 and 16 is a more powerful force than family background, size of family and level of parental education (Feinstein, L & Symons, J. Oxford Economic papers, 51 (1999)) AchievementParent effectSchool effect Age 70.290.05 Age 110.270.21 Age 160.140.51 Effects of parents/Effects of schools:

7. What is it that makes a difference? A father’s interest in a child’s schooling is strongly linked to educational outcomes for the child; (Hobcraft. CASE briefing Nov 1998) It is the ‘at-home’ relationships and modelling of aspirations which play the major part in impact on school outcomes. (Desforges 2003) Very high parental interest is associated with better exam results than for children whose parents show no interest (NCDS 1999) Pupils’ achievement in the schools where the impact of parental involvement was [judged to be] outstanding had clearly improved. (Ofsted 2007) They [parents] should be supported… providing the results of periodic assessments for parents in an easy to understand format, such as using ‘traffic lights’ to indicate children’s understanding of key concepts (2020 Vision: recommendations)

8. What is it that makes a difference? A father’s interest in a child’s schooling is strongly linked to educational outcomes for the child; (Hobcraft. CASE briefing Nov 1998) It is the ‘at-home’ relationships and modelling of aspirations which play the major part in impact on school outcomes. (Desforges 2003) Very high parental interest is associated with better exam results than for children whose parents show no interest (NCDS 1999) …It’s what parents do rather than who they are that counts Pupils’ achievement in the schools where the impact of parental involvement was [judged to be] outstanding had clearly improved. (Ofsted 2007) They [parents] should be supported… providing the results of periodic assessments for parents in an easy to understand format, such as using ‘traffic lights’ to indicate children’s understanding of key concepts (2020 Vision: recommendations)

9. What parents say (Parents’ Involvement in Children’s Education survey 2007) 57% would like to be updated termly or more often 79% would find web access to reports on their child very or quite appealing Using technology in schools (Harnessing Technology review 2007) “Technology enables the achievement of productive time efficiencies most where it is embedded effectively across the institution. Teachers report time savings using technology in lesson planning and lesson delivery. However, overall, evidence suggests that efficiencies from technology relate mainly to quality improvement for the same resource input and improved use of practitioner time, rather than significant time savings”

10. Learner ParentSchool Home Access ProgrammeReal-time reporting Computers for Pupils

11. Home Access Programme “The Home Access Programme aims to ensure every learner in England (5- to 19-year-olds and in maintained education) has access to increased educational opportunities via ICT resources at home.”

12. Examples of Home Access Products THE HOME ACCESS PROPOSITION Educational Vision Vision DVD Out of the box solutions Safety & Security Benchmarks X-Cutting Policy Initiatives Functional Expectation Maximising the benefits of Home Access Raising Awareness of improved learning Removing barriers of cost

13. Home Access aspects of the work An educational initiative not a roll out of technology An entitlement backed by minimum specification No assumption that it will be centrally funded Report to Jim Knight in April 2008 Possible roll out September 2008 Monitoring extending and improving over a number of years Further investigations Fully inclusive with all learners benefitting Public consultation

14. Computers for Pupils 2 year initiative to provide 100,000 pupils in the most deprived homes with computers and internet access Second year - 41,000+ homes benefiting already but target may not be met for variety of reasons Becta mini-competitions and connectivity offer Additional funding so more learners can benefit 10% of most deprived backgrounds will have benefited from chance to access technology and the internet from home. Funding solely for the technology. Challenge is to design a programme that ensure both equality of access and enhance educational benefit for all learners

15. “Parents will have regular, up to date information on their child’s attendance, behaviour and progress in learning;” By September 2008 all secondary schools will be expected to provide information to parents covering achievement, progress, attendance, behaviour and special needs, on a timely and frequent basis – this should be at least once per term. By September 2010 all secondary schools will need to offer parents real-time access to this information (including the opportunity for secure online access) wherever they are and whenever they want. Primary schools must also meet the basic requirement by September 2010 and the real time requirement by 2012. Real-time reporting

16. Learner ParentSchool Community information Access from home Parents resources Access to resources Home and course work Access to materials Online reporting Parent and learner days Electronic reports Email exchanges Mobile ‘phone alerts SMS texting

17. Community information Access from home Parents resources Access to resources Home and course work Access to materials Online reporting Parent and learner days Electronic reports Email exchanges Mobile ‘phone alerts SMS texting Real-time access, reporting and dialogue

18. Learning Platforms MIS 20122010 Real-time access, reporting and dialogue Absolute basis of reporting supported by ICT (MIS) Recording and reporting Parental engagement Workforce involvement Exploiting technology

19. Learner ParentSchool Home Access ProgrammeReal-time reporting Computers for Pupils

20. This seminar has introduced: The opportunities to improve parental engagement An understanding of what parents say they want Information about the Home Access and Computers for Pupils programmes Information about real-time reporting for parents How to find out more.

21. For more information: Visit us on Stand J40 – National Hall Visit us online at www.becta.org.ukwww.becta.org.uk