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Parental Involvement
Parental Involvement and Engagement (PIE) Census 2022
Research shows that when parents and carers are involved in and engage with their children's learning, and when children and young people live in a supportive home learning environment, it improves children and young people's attainment and achievement.
Parental involvement ensures that parents can help to shape the ethos, activity and priorities for the school in partnership with school leaders. Parental engagement is building, supporting and improving parents' and families' interaction with their child's learning and the positive impact that it can have. Family learning encourages family members to learn together, fostering positive attitudes to lifelong learning.
The Scottish Government wants to improve and increase the ways in which parents, carers and families can work with teachers and partners to support their children and young people. We also want to increase the voice of parents and carers in leading improvements within schools.
To achieve this ambition the Scottish Government, in partnership with local government, developed the Learning Together National Action Plan on Parental Involvement, Parental engagement, Family learning and Learning at home. The plan has a number of actions and goals designed to improve the support and information available to all parents.
In order to ensure that the Scottish Government and local authorities are meeting the commitments made in the National Action Plan it is important that we gather the opinions and feedback of parents to evaluate the progress we are making.
The parental Involvement and engagement census will help us with this evaluation, providing the information that both national and local government need to assess the progress of the work currently being undertaken and to identify areas for further improvement based on the direct feedback of parents.
Responses to the PIE Census questions will remain confidential to protect all parents/carers, and access to any data will be severely restricted to those on a strict need to know basis. Any additional information that would directly identify a parent/carer, are kept separate from the data generated by the responses given in the Census.
Responses to the PIE Census questions will remain confidential to protect all parents/carers, and access to any data will be severely restricted to those on a strict need to know basis. Any additional information that would directly identify a parent/carer, are kept separate from the data generated by the responses given in the Census.
Glasgow's PIE census link:
We will be promoting across our schools and nurseries to encourage as many of Glasgow's parents and carers to take part and let us know your views.
Please click of the link below of use the QR code which will direct you to the survey:
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/PIECensus/
You can access the council's PIE privacy statement here for more information
Glasgow City Parents' Group
Glasgow City Parents' Group (GCPG) are a group of parental volunteers who advocate on behalf of school parent councils. They work closely with GCC Education Services and other departments. They also work in partnership with the National Parent Forum of Scotland, representing the view and concerns of Glasgow parents and carers through consultation.
GCPG regularly hold online information sessions and webinars to support parents and carers with their child's learning and wellbeing. These sessions are advertised through their social media channels and recordings can be found on YouTube here.
You can contact them by email at GCParentsGroup@gmail.com
Or via their social media channels
Parent Councils
We have Parent Councils in almost all schools. They have a key role to play in promoting more parents to become involved in the life of the school and their child's learning. Glasgow City Council aims to have a Parent Council in every school. The support offered includes:
- Help for parents who wish to set up a Parent Council
- Support and guidance with local issues
- Financial support
- Insurance cover for events
- A training programme that supports Parent Council members in their role
Specific training to allow Parent Council members to be involved in the recruitment of head teachers and deputes
Promoting parental involvement at school level
All staff and parents should work in partnership to develop appropriate opportunities for effective parental involvement in the learning of children and young people. This partnership working should continue to seek new ways of encouraging and developing parental interest, leading to more effective home-school communication.
- Schools and parents work in co-operation to ensure that parental involvement in the life of the school is positive, purposeful and mutually supportive
- Schools and parents work in partnership in shaping the school's vision, values and aims
- All information which impacts on a child's education and learning is shared effectively between parents and schools
- Learning at home is valued by schools and parents and designed to ensure partnership working supports that learning
- Decision making opportunities provide appropriate contexts to enable the views of parents to inform positive outcomes
Parental Involvement & Engagement Strategy 2021-24
An action plan will be prepared in consultation with parents and school staff to ensure that our strategy makes a difference. Occasional surveys and focus groups will be used to monitor progress of the plan. The strategy will be reviewed on an annual basis.
