Not exact matches
Only nine per
cent of primary
schools and 10 per
cent of secondary schools are known to involve
parents in the writing
of online safety policies.
Whilst there has been opposition from anti-CCTV campaigners, the use
of surveillance in the classroom is often welcomed by students, staff and
parents alike, with a reported 90 per
cent of secondary schools in the UK now using them.
Seventy - one per
cent want a closer relationship with teachers compared to 62 %
of secondary school parents, and two thirds (66 %) feel their child would benefit from them being more involved.
The data showed that 3.5 per
cent of parents did not get any
of their preferences for
secondary school, while 3.1 per
cent missed out on all their choices
of primary
school.
Gateshead was identified as the area which saw the biggest fall in
parents getting their first choice
of secondary school, decreasing from 91.5 per
cent in 2015 to 82.8 per
cent.
Social media is now being embraced by a third
of schools and the recent inclusion
of app technology has reached nearly 20per
cent of parents in both primary and
secondary schools.
There was acknowledgement from
schools that they could be doing a lot more to help
parents with homework, particularly among
secondaries, 30per
cent of whom «never or rarely» provide assistance.
Only 47 per
cent of parents felt concerned by this, but poorer or younger
parents were more likely to be worried, as were those with children at
secondary school.
Comprehensive
schools came a close second with 41 per
cent, while
secondary moderns was the least favoured choice with just 12 per
cent of parents saying they would prefer their child to learn at one.