Parents’ evenings are strange affairs. I usually spend the entire evening telling the lovely students how wonderful they are, while the children I actually want to see avoid me at all costs.
We are supposed to have a system in place where we can request appointments with certain pupils. This works to an extent (in that they book appointments), but there is no software that can physically make a parent and their child sit down in front of me.
We started the year with the year 11 parents’ evening so that the students involved then had time to work on their problems or issues before their exams this summer.
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