Understand the benefits of meaningful parental engagement and how this can affect your school operations.
What will you get from this guide?
Insight into some of the key methods for facilitating meaningful parental engagement.
Key questions you should be asking your potential providers when choosing the perfect parental engagement app for your school.
Delve into some effective strategies for getting parents on board with using your school’s new tech.
Your step-by-step guide to parental engagement
Our end-to-end guide walks you through building strong partnerships with parents and carers to support pupils’ learning and wellbeing.
Inside this guide, you’ll discover:
-
Why parental engagement matters – the impact on pupils, staff, and the wider school community.
-
Practical strategies to involve parents and carers – from communications to events and activities.
-
Tips for sustaining engagement over time – embed parental involvement into school routines.
-
Everything in between – tools, case studies, and best practices to make engagement meaningful.

One app. One back office. One clear way to connect.
Our new unified platform brings everything together — messages, payments, data, and more — all in one place and built to work with SIMS.
Related whitepapers
Ultimate guide to cashless payments
Discover how to adopt and implement cashless payments in your school, from choosing the right system to getting the most from your new solution.
2025 school meals report
Gain actionable feedback from over 236,000 parents in this year’s School Meals Report, in partnership with LACA, the School Food People.
Generation catch-up 2.0 report
Five years on from the covid lockdown, what is the impact on learners today, and crucially, what can we do to support them?

