The 2006 Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act places duties on schools and local authorities to keep parents updated on their child’s progress and make it easier for them to become involved in their learning.
This was only reinforced with the launch of the Curriculum for Excellence in 2011, which calls on schools to actively educate parents about their child’s learning so they can best support it.
According to researchers Feinstein and Symons (1999), parental interest in a child’s education is the single greatest predictor of achievement at age 16.
Not only this, but parents are often described as children’s first and most enduring educators. When you consider that children spend around 15 per cent of their lives from the ages of five to 16 in school and the remaining 85 per cent with their families and communities, the influence of parents is unavoidable.
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