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Fiona Henderson
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School funding: Should parents be teaching assistants?
Schools are increasingly turning to parent volunteers to help in the classroom – but this is worrying, says Fiona Henderson
17 October 2019
Are primary schools setting too much homework?
Schools need to be clearer with parents about the evidence around setting homework in primary school, says this mother
6 December 2018
‘WhatsApp? Parents are drowning in school info’
One frustrated mum says she is now receiving information from school in nine different ways each week
24 September 2018
How should you tell me that my child is naughty? Well, it’s definitely not in an after-school chat...
Singling parents out for a chat when they arrive to pick up their children risks causing them embarrassment and putting them on the defensive
12 February 2016
How should you tell me that my child is naughty? Well, it’s definitely not in an after-school chat...
Singling parents out for a chat when they arrive to pick up their children risks causing them embarrassment and putting them on the defensive
11 February 2016