Wirkungsnachweis aus der Literatur
improved communication between parents and teachers about school
Beziehungsaufbau und Interaktiosfähigkeiten
Teachers felt parents who attended the Parent Academy became better at communicating with teachers about their children’s schooling. Parents were more actively helping children with their English and maths homework. Participating parents who had been considered ‘disengaged’ were seen to be more engaged with their child’s education after taking part.
Beschreibung der Aktivität
Parent Academy, adult learning course
A series of classes for pupils’ parents, designed to improve the English and mathematics attainment of pupils in Years 3 to 6 in English primary schools. Parents were offered the opportunity to participate in 12 Parent Academy classes, 6 on English and 6 on mathematics, delivered fortnightly by tutors with teaching qualifications and experience of teaching adults. The programme also included an educational family trip.
Großbritannien
between November 2014 and June 2015
2593 pupils
year 3 to 6
Familienangehörige bzw. andere Bezugspersonen
Evaluierung der Aktivität
The evaluation used a two-arm randomised controlled trial to test the efficacy of two versions of the intervention. In the first version, parents were incentivised to attend with a payment of £30 per session and in the second version they were not. Children of both groups of parents were compared with a similar group whose parents were not offered Parent Academy. Sixteen schools in two urban local authorities took part in the trial. A total of 2,593 children were involved. The project also included a process evaluation which assessed how the intervention was delivered and reported on its perceived benefits.
(1) average annual costs of running the programme per pupil for the incentivised group, over three years (2) cost rating - incentivised group (3) average annual costs of running the programme per pupil for the unincentivised group, over three years (4) cost rating - unincentivised group
(1) £641 (2) Moderate: up to about £700 per pupil per year. (3) £280 (4) Moderate: up to about £700 per pupil per year.
between September 2014 and July 2015