Partnership with Parents - Publications

Pathways to Child Friendly Schools: A Guide for Parents by Fiona Carnie
ISBN 1 898321 05 1
Price £7.50
This guide has been written to help parents identify what makes a school child friendly and to support them in finding ways of becoming actively involved to improve the quality of school life for all. The book suggests that schools set up parents' class meetings, parent councils or forums so that parents can contribute democratically to discussion and decision making on school policy.

Chapters include:
Child friendly schools; Parent friendly schools; Existing Opportunities for Partnership; Good Practice Overseas; Parents' Councils or Forums; Alternatives to Mainstream Schooling
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Parents and Schools Working Together - FREE leaflet
This leaflet, based on the work carried out in the DfES-funded project on Setting up Parents' Councils project, is available from Human Scale Education. It gives information about the range of ways in which schools can work with parents with many suggestions for improving parental involvement and reaching out to disengaged families.
Send your postal address and the number of copies required to: info@hse.org.uk

Setting up Parents Councils Case Study Report by Fiona Carnie
This report includes case studies of the four schools involved in the DfES- funded Setting up Parent Councils project, with information about outcomes, successes and barriers. This project was led by Human Scale Education in 2004-5.
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Setting up Parent Councils - Case Studies (373 KB)

Setting up Parents Councils Project - Evaluation Report by Nola Turner, CCCI, London South Bank University, 2005
The Setting up Parents Councils project was evaluated by the Centre for Cross Curriculum Initiatives at London South Bank University

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Setting up Parent Councils - Evaluation Report (108 KB)