Leading Parent Partnership Award
As a school we are committed to developing and maintaining a positive working relationship with Parents/Carers. This is highlighted through Whole School Priority 5 which states:
Embed a culture of outward facing collaboration, positive communication and strong community links.
We know that effective and positive Parent/Carer partnerships have a lasting impact on student outcomes, behaviour, attendance, punctuality and wellbeing. By working together we will ensure that all students achieve their full potential and leave The Hamble School as lifelong learners.
We are delighted that we achieved the Leading Parent Partnership Award in November 2024. This is a nationally recognised award, which recognises the school’s work supporting families and other stakeholders.
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The key objectives are detailed below:
- The school demonstrates a commitment to work towards achieving the LPPA
- The school makes and implements effective plans to achieve and maintain the LPPA
- The schooling is a welcoming, communicative and friendly place for parents
- The school promotes awareness and participation of all groups of parents in supporting their children’s learning and developing their own learning. In addition, the school holds and actively promotes a programme of opportunities and events for joint parent and child participation
- The school provides a good induction for all new parents
- The school provides parents with relevant and user-friendly guidance and information to help them support their children’s learning
- The school produces and implements parent-friendly policies to establish effective home-school links and to improve children’s attendance, punctuality, progress and positive participation in school
- The school provides good support for all parents as their children move through or leave the school.
The LPPA Working Party Model is detailed below:
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Comments from the Award Verifier:
“The Hamble School presents an open and welcoming environment for students, parents and visitors.”
“The introduction of class charts for parents to access and have means to communicate about student progress has been received well.”
“There are clear and strong procedures for parents and students to receive information, seek advice or support and to gain access to key staff members such as pastoral leads, SSO’s, progress leaders, and tutors who are particularly approachable and students and parents know who to go to.”
“A range of events take place across the school year including Achieving Excellence Evenings, transition events, study skills workshops for parents and their children, student leadership award evenings to celebrate success.”
“Transition and induction to the school is a strength with much already in place and strategically led by a SLT staff member and team. There are wide ranging events including visits to primary feeders, meet and greet on the gate with The Hamble school Headteacher meeting new and prospective parents as they bring their children into the primary feeders. Staff members from the Hamble school visit and teach in the primaries and student transition prefects have an active role.”
“The parents felt that communication with the school is good and that they have access to the website, newsletters, texts, and Facebook.”
“The parents recognised how the school is working hard within the community citing the involvement in the quarry campaign, inviting primaries in for the music collaborative concert and involvement of grandparents, the local care home and various initiatives of support such as the food bank. One parent said: “There has been an absolute shift in bringing in the community.”
If you would like to read the article about the Award in the local Press, please click here
What can Parents/Carers do everyday to support the school and their children?
- Sign the Home-School Agreement in your child’s planner
- Read the information we send out via text, email, the Weekly Message, letters and newsletters
- Log onto the Class Charts Parent App daily
- Come along to events we organise
- Complete any surveys and questionnaires we send out.
If you would like to get more involved in the life of the school, please join one of our Parent Groups:
