... It was felt that if schools opened its door to their local community it would become a more welcoming and productive establishment. The benefits to pupils has been pointed out by many education internet sites, the 'teacher net' government site goes on to say... There is evidence that extended services can help to improve pupil attainment, self confidence, motivation, and attendance and reduce exclusion rates. www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/extendedschools (October 2007) Teachers themselves cannot control the whole aspect of this policy so this report looks at how they feel about inviting parents into class which is a little way into making parents more welcome. On many of the Government Education Websites I have found a lot of information for schools on how to involve parents more so they feel more comfortable and at ease entering the school. The teachernet Government website has a list of ideas for example to send out more letters home, have raffles on ...

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