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The impactThe impactof parental engagement onof parental engagement onchildren’s development and children’s development and
achievementachievement
Professor Charles Desforges OBE
OverviewOverview
What is at stake
What are the key challenges - parents - staff
What to do leadershipbasicshome learning environment
What works
Factors shaping educationalFactors shaping educationaloutcomesoutcomes
▫ child’s characteristics
▫ family characteristics
▫ parental involvement
▫ school quality
▫ community
▫ peer group
▫ family support services
Teenage outcomesTeenage outcomesand socio-economicsand socio-economics
Poorest Richest 25% 25%
5 GCSE(A* to C inc Ma & Eng) 20% 75%
NEET at 17 15% 2%
Truant at 14 24% 8%
Explaining the link: major factorsExplaining the link: major factors
- parents’ attitudes and behaviours
- material resources
- young person’s attitudes and behaviours
“What parents do is more important than who they are”
Effects of parents/effect of schoolsEffects of parents/effect of schools
achievement parents / school effects
age 7 0.29 / 0.05
age 11 0.27 / 0.21
age 16 0.14 / 0.51
from Sacker et al (2002)
Barriers to parental involvementBarriers to parental involvement
▫ extreme poverty and social chaos
▫ substance abuse
▫ depression
▫ the difficult relationship
▫ lack of confidence or knowledge
▫ alternative values
▫ barriers set up by schools
Challenges to modern parentingChallenges to modern parenting
Changes in: relationships
social networks
working circumstances
children’s power
finances
Implications for leadershipImplications for leadership
strategy for parent support
analysis
vision
personalisation
resourcing
partnerships
MER
LeadershipLeadership
▫ driven by ‘families matter’ vision
▫ whole school approach
▫ proactive
▫ outcomes focussed
▫ capacity building (capacity = motivation x skill x opportunity)
Excellent basics 1Excellent basics 1 Ofsted (2011) Schools and Parents
▫ values: parents as partners
▫ training
▫ planning
▫ evaluation
Excellent basics 2Excellent basics 2
▫ communication : front of house
: information
assessment and progress
attendance and behaviour
▫ consultation
▫ complaints
Toolkit neededToolkit needed
▫ identify parent needs
▫ audit current work
▫ identify useful initiatives
▫ develop action plan
▫ evaluation
▫ engage with other organisations
Good practice in family learningGood practice in family learning (Ofsted 2009)
leadership
targeting and recruitment
specifically designed programmes
focus on building … confidencecommunication skillsliteracy/numeracy
Lessons from researchLessons from research (Goodall and Vorhaus: 2011)
best programmes train academic and parenting skills
best effects: effect size
parents helped to read to child 0.18
parents helped to listen to child read 0.51
parents helped to teach specific reading skills 1.15
ReferencesReferences
Allen, G. (2011) Early Intervention: the next steps (an independent report to HM Government, Jan 2011)
Estyn (2009) Good practice in parental involvement
Field, F. (2010) The foundation years: preventing poor children becoming poor adults (the report of the independent review on poverty and life chances) (www.frankfield.co.uk)
Goodall, J., and Vorhaus, J. (2011) Review of best practice in parental engagement London, DfE, RR DfE-RR156
Lexmond, J., Bazalgette, L., and Margo, J (2011) It is time to be honest about what good parenting involves: the home front. Demos (www.demos.co.uk)
Ofsted (2011) - Schools and parents
www.c4eo.org.uk
www.nationalcollege.org.uk Leadership for parental engagement