Parent access limited to the school gate, no “popping in” to the office, no “quick word” with the classroom teacher – the usual, often informal, parental contact for primary schools has been turned on its head in this era of Covid-19.
Schools are trying to limit access for parents and are strictly controlling those entering and exiting the school site – let alone the school buildings. It means that many of these usual forms of parental engagement have been disrupted.
What is more, not all parents have online connections and accessibility and we know already that Covid has meant some families going under the radar and the hard-to-reach becoming even harder to engage with in some cases.
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