You must give parents/carers the opportunity to discuss their child's progress
Maintained schools must give each year group at least 1 chance per year for parents/carers to discuss their child's progress with a teacher.
This is set out in Regulation 6 of The Education (Pupil Information) (England) Regulations 2005.
You can decide how to meet this requirement
Schools often hold parents' evenings to meet this requirement.
You can:
- Organise a virtual parents' evening, as long as parents/carers have a 1-on-1 conversation with a teacher
- Use a hybrid system of in-person and online options to give parents/carers a better chance of attending
However, there are no rules on the method you should use.
Make sure everyone can take part
Adjust the way you run parents' evening so that all groups of parents/carers can discuss their child's progress.
Read our article on separated parents for guidance on