In this five-part series, Matt Bromley takes a practical look at how schools can avoid exacerbating inequity. In part five he considers how we can engage with our parent community and ensure they feel valued and involved
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This is the final instalment of my five-part series in which I am sharing my ABC of equity in education. A stands for attendance, B stands for behaviours, and C – which we’re focusing on here – stands for community.

It takes a village to raise a child and a whole community to educate one. Schools are not islands, operating in isolation. Rather, they are part of their community – an integral part, but a part nonetheless – and live to serve that community.

Indeed, when I was a headteacher, I used to say that the school I lead was not my school but that I was merely its custodian, looking after it on behalf of the community.

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