Family engagement in learning is especially important in special schools because students with additional needs often benefit significantly from consistent support across both home and school environments. 

Family engagement in learning has benefits for both adults and children. This can be done through activities which focus on supporting adults with parenting skills, developing an understanding of their children’s learning needs, and improving their own skills to support their child’s development. It can also be done through a focus on children and adults learning a new skill together and sharing their learning experiences. 

It’s been proven that families learning together can lead to improvements in children's behaviour, attainment, and wellbeing.  

We offer Shared Learning Experiences in school termly, in which families can come into school and take part in learning with their child. 

We also offer workshops in school and can signpost parents and carers to various training providers.

Shared Learning Experiences 

We regularly invite parents and carers into school to take part in learning with their child.  Learning sessions can be in a wide range of subjects, such as reading, sensory learning, phonics, maths or music.  Our learners truly benefit from sharing these experiences with their parents and carers, and likewise, parents and carers can learn a lot from these sessions and can enjoy being involved in their child's educational experiences. 

Below are some images from one of our recent 'Love for Reading' sessions in which parents and carers came into school and took part in the session, making bookmarks and puppets with their children.