Step-By-Step Parent Handbook
Online parent forms
It's confusing for parents when a child starts school, with forms to complete and information to read and understand. Typically, a folder or envelope with separate sheets of literature can add to the confusion… with sheets and small booklets easily mislaid.
It can unintentionally become an information gathering process…don't forget the person.
Perforated 'tear-off' forms…or online forms
In our printed Parent Handbooks, each form has a perforated edge, so parents simply complete it, tear it off and give it to the school.
You can also have online forms, where parents access your forms via your website and complete them online.
There are also sections featuring Key Information, FAQs, Policies, Term Times etc.
Three options
Option 1: Printed Parent Handbook with perforated forms to be completed by parent and returned to the school office.
Option 2: Digital Parent Handbook supplied as a pdf, placed on school website, with ‘active’ forms to be downloaded by parents to home computer, completed, saved and emailed to a designated email address (see examples below).
Option 3: Digital Parent Handbook supplied as a pdf, with google forms hosted on the school website, where parents complete online, with forms automatically submitted to a designated email address (see example here).
Creating a good impression from the beginning
Our Printed and Online Parent Handbooks shows parents that you are professional and have thought of their needs. It takes them, 'step-by-step', through which forms to complete, puts a parent-friendly emphasis on normal 'primary school-to-parent' information, and keeps all policies in one place.
Updates
We also offer free yearly updates, so your Parent Handbook is always relevant.
The whole process of developing this Parent Handbook has enabled us to review critically at what we tell parents, and refresh that information. The Handbook also looks very professional. The fact that it is updated free of charge at any time also means that it could contain 'up-to-the-minute' information and will never be out of date!