Parent Involvement

Park View Business & Enterprise School

Emma HarrellEnglish Teacher

Umar WazirMaths Teacher

• PV School has established a good relationship with parents over the years.

• MEAP main focus at our school was to raise level 4 to 5+ through improving pupils literacy.

Strategies used to involve parents.

1. Launched MEAP - Invited parents to a presentation to show work and SATs Qs at NC levels 4 and 5.Presentation conducted in English, Mirpuri, Pusthu, Somali and Urdu to meet needs of the parents.Q&A session with parents at the end.

Collected up-to-date Mobile & Home telephone numbers.

2 Workshop held the following week for parents and pupils to allow them to experience teaching at levels 4 and 5.Parents also given an insight into the content and responses required to achieve a Level 5+.Parents and pupils were notified of workshop sessions, HW and reading reminders.

• 3 Parents received a text message and an automated phone call message every evening to remind parents to read with their child for 30 minutes.

• Messages were altered twice per week.

• After Easter messages reduced to 2 per week.

Rewards for attending MEAP sessions.

• A Dictionary for one term’s attendance

• A visit to Waterstones book shop and a voucher for £15 for completion of sessions.

Results

• Year 8 KS3 Maths SATs

• 75% of pupils from MEAP group achieved higher than predicted.

• 60% of pupils gained a Level 5+ in their SATs exams.

Results

• Year 9 KS3 English SATs• 70% of pupils attained a Level 5+

• Year 9 GCSE Maths Module 1• 65% of pupils attained C+

Currently

• Launching sessions with new cohort of pupils within Key Stage 4.

• Continuing working with parents as their support is vital for their success.

• Working with local community to raise awareness of literacy.

• Researching into different groups of ethnicity within the MEAP cohort to see if there are any trends.