an opportunity to review academic progress
At least once per year, parents are invited to attend a parents' evening. These important events are designed to ensure that parents are kept up-to-date on their child's progress.
One to one meetings allow teachers and parents to discuss and feedback any successes, concerns or issues, offering a forum where they can work together to help the child reach their full potential.
we can attend on your behalf
Although some schools now offer online parents' evenings, this is still very rare. Overseas parents are often unable to make the journey to the UK just to attend a parents' evening in person, so UK guardians have an important role to play, in acting as the parent's representative.
As well as hearing about their child's academic progress, parents can also speak with pastoral staff, to discuss their child's boarding experience and any non-academic concerns. Academic progress can often be heavily influenced by a student's overall wellbeing and parents' evenings offer the opportunity for teachers to provide additional detail face to face.
As guardians we must be ready to ask the right questions and report on any discussions in full. This added insight not only reassures and informs parents but also helps us to fulfil our promise in safeguarding the children under our care.
feedback from a Bright World parent
Dear Simon, I would like to say thank you to you and especially Martyn Pape for the perfect preparation for the parents evening at Walhampton. We have read the reports and are impressed about the detailed and extensive news and information. That helps us a lot.
a full report in our parent portal, Blink
After attending a parents' evening, we write a full report, detailing each subject discussed and this is uploaded to Blink, the Bright World parent portal for parents to read. Blink allows parents to keep up to date with a timeline of all our communications with their child. Reports, phone calls and even text messages are uploaded so parents really don't miss a thing.
Simon King, Senior Guardianship & Operations Manager
Before the parents' evening takes place, we ask parents whether there are any particular issues or concerns they would like us to raise. This helps us to ensure we are communcating with schools and teachers effectively and allows for more comprehensive reports that answer any questions the parents may have.
