Do Parents Know They Matter?

Alma Harris is Pro-Director (Leadership) at the Institute of Education, London and Professor of Educational Leadership at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning. Kirstie Andrew-Power is Achievement Networks Coordinator for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust. Her current role is facilitating networks of schools engaged in the school improvement agenda, leading shared learning opportunities for this through events and conferences, and contributing and writing publications to support this agenda. Dr Janet Goodall is a research fellow at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick

• Authors' note; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Scene setting; Chapter 2 - Parental engagement and student achievement; Chapter 3 - Engaging parents to raise achievement; Chapter 4 - Effective parental engagement in action; Chapter 5 - Engaging parents in student learning: What we know; Chapter 6 - Where next?; Appendices; 1. Audit tool used as a starting point for the research on which this book is based; 2. Six exemplar case studies from schools that took part in the research in which they developed practice in parental engagement.