ESRC doctoral researcher @Warwick_Edu | School Governor | Life-long Liverpool FC fan
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Bridget Phillipson MP confirms that parental engagement is firmly back on the DfE's policy agenda. Good time to check out our recent paper on the positioning of parental engagement within England's educational policy landscape!
Read free @BERJ_Editors
doi.org/10.1002/berj.4175
“The National Parent Survey tells me we need change, and parents need to be partners in that change”
Bridget Phillipson MP, Secretary of State for Education (@bphillipsonMP), delivers the keynote at the #NationalParentSurvey2025 launch — recognising the crucial role of parent voice in shaping education policy.
“Parents should be at the centre of the conversation, as a government we must listen to their voices.”
“We are failing on or responsibility to give a good education for every child.”
“In recent years, parents have been underrepresented, thank you @parentkind for championing the voice of parents”
👉 Explore the full report at nationalparentsurvey.com
#NationalParentSurvey2025 #ParentVoice #Education
@AXAHealth @CareerEnt @YourGuinness @ThePiXLNetwork @sarasinpartners
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🏠🏫 Are teachers ready to work with parents? Data from England identifies key training gaps and highlights concerning trends in teachers' parental engagement knowledge & skills.
doi.org/10.1080/00131911.202…
@MissJonesEd @VassilisSide @OlympiaPalikara @Warwick_Edu @Teacher_Survey
ALT The background image shows a family having a meeting with a teacher. This is overlaid with the ‘Educational Review’ journal title at the top. In the middle is the article title and author name(s): ‘Do teachers have the knowledge and skills to facilitate effective parental engagement? Findings from a national survey in England’ by Cat Jones, Vassilis Sideropoulos & Olympia Palikara. The words “Open Access” appear in a red circle.
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Teachers lack training on how to engage parents in their children's learning, a new
@EdReview study finds🧑🏫
Fewer than 3 in 10 teachers say initial training covered parental engagement basics ⬇️
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
@VassilisSide @OlympiaPalikara @Warwick_SocSc
ALT "Parental engagement with their children’s learning has such a powerful effect on children’s outcomes" - Cat Jones The image shows parents helping their daughter with schoolwork
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Excited to share the project's first peer-reviewed output 📣
Over 1750 teachers helped us identify gaps in their parental engagement knowledge and skills. Teachers need better training and more time for this vital part of their role!
Read for free: doi.org/10.1080/00131911.202…
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Train teachers on how to get parents involved in children’s learning, say researchers, via @EurekAlert! @tandfnewsroom eurekalert.org/news-releases…
📢New research paper published:
Our survey of 1750+ teachers in England identified important gaps in teachers' current parental engagement training, knowledge and skills.
Read free via @EdReview: doi.org/10.1080/00131911.202…
Co-authors: @VassilisSide @OlympiaPalikara
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If you missed our rich webinar with Cat Jones @MissJonesEd on teacher preparedness for parent engagement, the video recording is available now on
@UofGEducation YouTube channel youtu.be/Tq93xYvhmT8
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Interested to know more about teachers' preparation for family engagement? Do not miss our @UofGEducation webinar with Cat Jones @MissJonesEd on April 23 at 12pm ET/5pm GMT based on a survey of 1782 teachers & scoping review of 348 studies. Register here bit.ly/428bC98
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We welcome Keynote Cat Jones @MissJonesEd to our upcoming family learning conference for a discussion of new research findings into teachers’ views on #ParentalEngagement. Book your place: bit.ly/3TTYQrx
Looking forward to delivering the Keynote at the Family Learning Conference next week. Come along if you’re interested in the results of the @Teacher_Survey and the work of all the other incredible speakers 👏🏼
nationalcentreforfamilylearn…
Speakers at our upcoming family learning conference include @MissJonesEd, @learnwparents, @ClacksEducation, @abercrombyPS, @OxfordDeptofEd and @drsophiebooton.
Join us on Thursday 14 November to learn more about #ParentPoweredLearning: bit.ly/3TTYQrx
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In a survey of almost 1800 teachers, the data around gaps in training on parental engagement is shocking, particularly when we consider how important parental engagement is to outcomes and support. Fascinating research by @MissJonesEd . #BERAWERA2024
Free education conference! An informal, supportive space to present your research, with talks of different lengths to accommodate research-in-progress and testing out new ideas. We welcome work done as part of a PGDE/NPQ/MA/EdD etc. Register at forms.gle/nyyR3L8V7eSNBxuG6
ALT The image shows the educational research network logo and the following information: 1st annual conference, Thursday 22nd August, at UCL Institute of Education, London
Fantastic week in Riga sharing my PhD findings with the International School Psychology Association at the University of Latvia. Thanks for all the great questions!
It looks like prison capacity is back at the top of the political agenda in England.
Check out this policy briefing on prison population growth, which I co-authored with @Clare_Lally at the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology @POST_UK
doi.org/10.58248/PB58
Fantastic weekend leading the PGR Residential Writing Retreat, connecting doctoral students from @Warwick_Edu, @CIDD_Warwick & @WarwickAppLing. Very grateful for the UKRI Enhancing Research Culture funding. Look out for what we've learned about supporting part time PGRs!
ALT A collage of photographs from the PGR Residential Writing Retreat. The collage includes photos of attendees in writing sessions and at dinner. It also includes the logos of the University of Warwick and the UKRI Enhancing Research Culture @ Warwick.
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It was great to be able to share some preliminary findings from this project with the national Parental Engagement Forum yesterday. We'll be sharing the findings more widely following peer review. Watch this space!
Excited to get back to my PhD today after a fantastic 3 months working with the DfE Disadvantage Policy and Strategy Team. Time to get stuck in to data analysis! 📊
My PhD survey will be closing in TEN days! Please give it one last share with your teacher contacts - thank you! 👩🏫📊👩🎓
📢Last chance to participate in the National Teacher Parental Engagement Survey! If you teach in England, please help us to understand your training needs in relation to working with families.
🔴Survey closing 31 March
15 min anonymous link: warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jf…
Couldn't agree more with this from @Lem_Exeter's latest book:
"It should be a priority to develop strong partnerships with parents. It’s madness that teachers are not trained in how to work with parents.”
Hoping to be part of the solution with the @Teacher_Survey!