The Parents Union

Campaigning for parents & pupils in education.

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

Support for #families from @LibDems. @DamianHinds @AngelaRayner where are you on this? https://t.co/Hr9pO3zmaa https://t.co/rCdJBiTUHS

[Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ @LaylaMoran]

The @LibDems view: allow up to 10days absence at discretion of headteacher. It’s a common sense approach recognising value of family events/cost of holidays balanced with schoolwork and burden to teachers. https://t.co/mgv8u6VgDQ

[Jo Nye @jonye44]

@parentsunionuk @LaurenceCawley Fines for disability, illness AND lateness due to behaviour (often unidentified need) with little to no support is 'breaking' families, increasing demand on already overstretched services AND rate of families choosing home education.

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

@LaurenceCawley No disagreement on scale/state intrusion into family life! And fab, yes please on next task. Lots of parents v happy to help - follow back for DM phone number.

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

@LaurenceCawley thank you for covering attendance fines for absence. The real story is about fines for illness, disability, lateness. See sample of cases https://t.co/Hr9pO3zmaa

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

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[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

#parents don't be tempted! Lets ignore league tables & trust our engagement with school & families to make judgements. LTs creating too many perverse incentives & don't measure wellbeing. https://t.co/EpU3SB8rug

[BBC Education @bbceducation]

School league tables to be published with new 9-1 GCSEs https://t.co/DekUJtQO7e

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

Oh my the irony. Investigation of the role of our education system in causation of mental health issues (for all involved - pupils, parents & professionals!) would be welcome. https://t.co/wNAjzVIegN

[Tes magazine @tes]

The new website, Mentally Healthy Schools, is set to be launched by the Duchess of Cambridge today and will host more than 1,500 online teaching resources on student mental health https://t.co/a1wKtUVhyr

[Ann Mroz @AnnMroz]

Excessive workload and constant scrutiny are among the causes of mental ill-health among teachers, study from Leeds Beckett University says https://t.co/2dGKMxztTk via @tes

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

A Head claiming school assumes full parental responsibility for child once enrolled. Really?? In loco parentis only whilst child registered as present surely? @NickGibbUK @NEUnion @NAHTnews @Ofstednews

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

More PNs 4 children's illness when school sent them home in 1st place. NickGibbUK @NAHTnews @Ofstednews @NEUnion

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

@NickGibbUK Regret we cannot endorse this when all our requests for meeting to discuss the very real damage being inflicted on children and families in the name of attendance policy are ignored.

[Justine Greening @JustineGreening]

Honour & privilege to serve in Govt since 2010. Social mobility matters to me & our country more than my ministerial career. I'll continue to do everything I can to create a country that has equality of opportunity for young people & I’ll keep working hard as MP for Putney.

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

Happy 2018 to all - may times of joy and comfortable content outweigh the tricky bits.

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

@tes Dear teachers, we hope you enjoy friends and family, good food, good wine and good laughs.

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

Reply from parent after helping on threatening letter from school re medical appointments. A neat summary of what we hear day in day out. #morethanascore @NAHTnews @CommonsEd @PTAUK @JustineGreening @NickGibbUK

[The Parents Union @parentsunionuk]

End of term mood starts - we've all been loving this from @McInTweet https://t.co/Q19Sapn17S

[Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell]

Hadn't realised that a school academising gets its "coasting" stats reset, as apparently it's a "new school". Another subtle way of incentivising move to this sector, along with Ofsted amnesty? (No inspections of MAT HQs also seems to favour one sector): https://t.co/S36nJ6x0Tf