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Parent and Carer Information
Harrogate High School aims to establish and promote a close relationship with all parents/carers, in the interests of their children.
We recognise that children will feel more secure when they receive consistent messages from both home and school. Parents’ views and queries are welcomed, including the expression of any concerns. At the same time, we undertake to inform parents/carers as soon as possible about any issues or concerns with their child, so that we can gain co-operation in resolving them.
What do we do to communicate effectively with parents/carers and avoid concerns arising?
At Harrogate High School we work closely with parents to keep them informed of all aspects of school life.
We share the following with parents/carers:
- information on transition into and out of the school
- our home-school agreement
- information on their child’s progress at parents’ evenings
- updates on homework, praise, and behaviour via the ClassCharts platform
- termly progress reports for their child
- successes or concerns via telephone calls/emails
- praise postcards when their child has been awarded one by a staff member
- enrichment information
- catering information
- social media posts that share information or celebrate student successes
- our half-termly newsletter
- the opportunity to join the HHS Parents’ Forum - a parent focus group which meets five times per year
- a wide range of information via the school website (policies, uniform, enrichment activities, curriculum details, etc.)
- parent/carer information events (e.g.: literacy, parent coffee mornings, etc.)
Policies and procedures are available on the school website. Furthermore, we ensure that all members of staff joining the school, both teaching and associate, are aware of our policies and procedures.
Harrogate High School Parents’ Forum is a group of parents representing all year groups who meet 3 times per year to discuss matters of school improvement with senior leaders and 3 times a year with the SEND Parent Forum. Following the disruption caused by the lockdowns, we relaunched this group in the summer term 2021. The Parents’ Forum is a vehicle for parent consultation and feedback and allows school leaders to gauge parental opinion and perspective on a variety of issues, such as communication, curriculum, assessment, reporting, use of technology, catering, enrichment, literacy, and many more. Students and staff often present to parents/carers, and there is an agenda published in advance of each meeting. Parents are welcome to suggest agenda items but will need to be aware that this group is not a forum for discussing individual concerns or provision for individual students. All parents/carers are welcome to join, and meetings are limited to one hour (6-7pm). All we ask is that members are committed to attending the meetings and come with enthusiasm and a willingness to chat.
If you would like to join the group help us to improve the school experience for all our students via your feedback and ideas, please email admin@hhs.nsat.org.uk. We will be very grateful for your participation!
Parent view is a questionnaire compiled by OFSTED which gives parents the opportunity to give feedback on Harrogate High School.
Your views are important in helping us know about your views of our school, and to help us know what is going well and what could be improved.
We value your feedback, and consider it as the starting point in discussing plans for change and improvement.