Leading a primary school for a term as an interim executive headteacher gave me a new insight into parental engagement.
As a secondary headteacher by trade, I was overwhelmed watching the primary pupils arrive at school and seeing so many adults in the playground – teachers meeting and greeting children and the essential daily contact between teachers, support staff and parents. This doesn’t happen frequently at secondary level.
As educators, we are in one of the most trusted jobs in the world. As a school, surely we have a duty to ensure parents know what goes on?
I always use the analogy of a car – I ask on induction evenings, would you lend me your car for the day and not ask me what I am doing with it?
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