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Stakeholder engagement

Engaging with parents and carers

Learn how governing boards can engage with parents as an important stakeholder group who offer rich and diverse insights into school life.

Guidance
04/03/2026
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Parents are one of the most important stakeholder groups; they can offer governing boards rich and diverse insights into school life, ethos and culture.

This joint guidance from the National Governance Association (NGA) and Parentkind explains why parent participation in pupils’ learning is important, actions schools and trusts can take, and how boards monitor and support effective parental engagement.

Two separate guides are available for multi academy trusts (MATs) and single schools, covering:

  • parental participation benefits
  • effective engagement strategies
  • overcoming barriers
  • governing board monitoring and oversight
  • how governance can be made visible to parents and other stakeholders

Parental engagement in MATs

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Parental engagement in single schools

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E-learning

Stakeholder engagement: the governance role

Using case studies and interactive questions, our bite-sized e-learning module explores what stakeholder engagement is, what it looks like when done well and how to go about doing it successfully in your school or trust.

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