Parental Engagement
At Hordle CE Primary School we value the contribution our parents make to the school and the education of our learners and we understand that the support of parents is invaluable.
The objectives of Parental Engagement are:
- to support the educational development and welfare of all pupils
- to support the continuous development of the school
- to provide a channel for communication between school and parents and parents and school
- to be informed of and consider items raised by school pupil groups
- to seek to utilise the wide range of professional expertise of parents
- to share good practice from a range of institutions
- to consider and recommend future innovations
- to liaise with PATCH where appropriate
Parental Engagement Channels
We have several ways of engaging with you as parents and involving you in the school community:
- Two annual learning reviews
- Two face-to-face drop-in sessions
- One full annual report
- Weekly whole school newsletter
- Phase newsletters
- Social media posts
- School website
- Letters home
- Texts to parents
- Availability for meetings with parents
- Available to contact via telephone and/or email
- Praise postcards
- Parent governors
- PATCH
- Grandhordles
- Parent workshops
- Transition meetings
- Phase celebrations and special days
- Parent forum
- Parent volunteers (eg reading, trips, Maths games)
- Parent surveys
- Special church services
- Performances
- Sporting events
- Charity events including team cake sales
Parent Forum
Our Parent Forum is an opportunity to express your views/make suggestions for our Senior Leadership Team on any matters relating to school. This could include (but is not limited to) curriculum, school activities, uniform, trips and school events.
Please can we ask that questions posed for discussion at the Parent Form are broad in nature and not specifically related to your child. . These questions are best answered by your child's class teacher who will be happy to discuss them at a mutually convenient time. Please email them directly in the first instance.
If you have any comments you would like to be discussed by the Senior Leadership Team at any time, please complete the form below. Even if you cannot attend on the day but you wish for a particular subject to be discussed, please complete the form and give us as much information as possible