How well are parents and carers engaged by schools?

Parental Engagement Report 2022

The years of remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic have demonstrated the impact parental engagement makes on a child’s learning and community in the school. Having engaged and informed parents who take an interest in how their child is doing at school can lead to increased academic performance, more tight-knit school communities, and even more confident and positive pupils.

Parents and carers are important players in the learning process and wider child development, yet can often be overlooked in developing school improvement strategies. The schools’ efforts on parental engagement frequently focus on dealing with a small, more dominant part of the parent body or on attempts to reach those parents who have fallen out of the traditional communication channels. Therefore, the silent majority of parents are not always heard.

What you will find inside the report

The Parental Engagement report covers findings from over 16,000 parents and carers from 212 schools across England participating in the Edurio Parent Experience survey. Download the report to find out:

1. How parents and carers across England view their school’s efforts to engage them,
2. How parental engagement differs across schools,
3. What drives parental engagement,
4. What should school and trust leaders focus on to improve parental engagement in their schools?