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We recently ran a webinar on the impact of COVID-19, and how we can support disadvantaged parents in their engagement in their children’s learning at this time.

You can view the full recording of the webinar on Vimeo, and if you’d like us to keep you informed about future events, please register here.

“We are all feeling more confident about learning at home”

Iwona 8 January 2024

I was really excited when school started to use Learning with Parents – from the beginning it has helped make learning at home fun. My daughter instantly started to enjoy homework and this is the most important thing for me. When she comes home from school she asks me “What game are we going to play?”

Valuing Every Moment: The role of parents in the early years

Sally Fallows 18 December 2023

The first five years of a child’s life are a period of incredible brain development. It’s a time when every interaction, every word, and every moment counts.

Staff Spotlight – Paula

Dr Paula Fieldhouse 6 December 2023

In this month’s staff spotlight we speak to one of our Content Managers, Paula.

A toy cash register

What teachers think – exploring financial literacy in primary schools

Amelia Ernest-Jones 30 November 2023

We’ve been asking teachers what they think about financial literacy in primary schools.

Staff Spotlight – Maeve

Maeve Dorrian 25 October 2023

In this month’s staff spotlight we speak to Maeve, who joined the Learning with Parents team as a School Partnership Manager in August.

Tackling data exclusion with Vodafone

Alice Oliver 11 October 2023

Over the last year, Learning with Parents has received a donation of 1,225 SIM cards from Vodafone to share with families experiencing data exclusion.

Staff Spotlight – Amelia

Amelia Ernest-Jones 27 September 2023

In this month’s Staff Spotlight we speak to Amelia, who joined the Learning with Parents team as a School Partnership Manager in 2020.

My week shadowing at Natwest

Tom Harbour 30 August 2023

I recently spent three days work-shadowing a Chief Operating Officer at Natwest Group. The idea came from our trustees, with the aim of giving me experience in a very different workplace to Learning with Parents.

A child plays

Summer survey – Hearing from parents and teachers

Katie Bond 10 July 2023

Highlights of our 2023 Summer Term survey from parent and teacher users. Find out how the Learning with Parents programme makes an impact.

A child playing

Learning with Parents gives parents real ownership over home learning

Julia Shingler 21 June 2023

Julia Shingler, headteacher at Causeway Green, tells us all about how Learning with Parents works for the families at her school.

WeRead – Everything you need to know

Amelia Ernest-Jones 31 May 2023

Find out everything you need to know about We Read, our new digital reading log. We Read makes it fun and easy to track reading progress through audio clips shared between home and school.

A parent and child learning together

Highlights of our impact supporting parents in 2022

Alice Oliver 9 May 2023

In this blog, we look at some highlights of our 2022 impact report and the difference our work has made in supporting parents over the last year.

A cover of a report featuring images of families learning together

Supporting all families – Our impact in 2022

Sally Dicketts 4 May 2023

We are excited to launch our 2022 impact report, highlighting the work of Learning with Parents supporting families during the 2021-22 academic year.

Two children read together

Reading – Why parents matter

Alice Oliver 24 April 2023

Every year in the UK, one in four children leave primary school unable to read to the required standard. This has long term consequences for the child’s academic outcomes, employment and health. In this blog, we take a look at why reading at home matters and the difference parents can make by reading regularly with their child.

Introducing our digital reading log at BETT 2023

Katie Bond 12 April 2023

Learning with Parents is delighted to have exhibited at BETT again in 2023. This time we joined our supporter, Promethean, on their stand to talk to schools and MATs about parental engagement and the launch of our new digital reading log.

Learning with Parents and Mathematics Mastery

Gemma Davis and Claire Crosbie 14 March 2023

Learning with Parents exists because not all children have a fair shot at education in the UK. This is down to several different factors, one of which is parental engagement. They exist to support all families to have positive learning interactions together.

The impact of our digital reading log

Chris Burrows 8 March 2023

Chris Burrows, a Year 1 teacher, told us how using our digital reading log has changed and impacted the reading at their school and for their families.

Three-year partnership with IG Group

Tom Harbour 5 January 2023

Learning with Parents are excited to announce a three-year collaboration with IG Group, a leading global fintech, with the aim of addressing educational inequality by empowering parents to engage with their children’s learning.

Talk and interactions as a thread through all we do

Florence Lupton 1 December 2022

At Learning with Parents, we want to help families to have enjoyable learning experiences together. And for us, it is the interactions that children have with the adults at home which are the most valuable.

Promethean collaboration to tackle education inequity through parental engagement

Astrid Jenkinson 15 November 2022

Learning with Parents is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Promethean. This will see the two organisations work together on a series of initiatives to help tackle inequality in UK education.

Top tips for a successful parent launch

Michala Warner 31 October 2022

Our School Partnership Manager, Amelia, spoke to Michala Warner, Vice Principal at Edward Worlledge Ormiston Academy in Norfolk, about their top tips for using the Learning with Parents programme.

Free School Meals for All

Alice Oliver 22 September 2022

As the worst cost of living crisis in a generation takes hold, MPs, mayors, unions, charities, faith leaders and medical bodies urge the Prime Minister to take action to ease the pressure for every family.

Terms and Conditions

PARTIES

(1) LEARNING WITH PARENTS a registered charity (CIO) in England and Wales with charity number 1189812 whose registered office is Newminster House, Bristol, BS1 1LT (Company);

(2) Your school or setting (School);

WHEREAS

(A) The Company has developed a programme to motivate and empower parents to engage in their child’s learning.

(B) The School wishes to use the Company’s programme to help their children and families.

(C) The Company has agreed to grant access to sections of its website to the relevant school staff and families.

(D) The Company has agreed to provide and the School has agreed to pay for access to the Company’s website on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS

1. Definitions

The definitions and rules of interpretation in this clause apply in this Agreement:

“Initial Price” is the price for the Initial Subscription Term. This is calculated by the “Price Calculation”.
“Initial Subscription Term” means the initial term which shall begin on the date this contract is entered into and end after one calendar year.
“Intellectual Property Rights” means patents, rights to inventions, copyright and related rights, trade marks and service marks, business names and domain names, goodwill and the right to sue for passing off or unfair competition, rights in designs, database rights, rights to use, and protect the confidentiality of, confidential information (including know-how) and all other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications and rights to apply for and be granted, renewals or extensions of, and rights to claim priority from, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or will subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.
“Learning with Parents Package” means a section of the Company’s website personalised for the School that contains the Videos provided by the Company via the Website or any other website notified to the School by the Company from time to time.
“Ongoing Price” means the price for the applicable Ongoing Subscription Term calculated by the Company. This will be shared with the school at least 30 days prior to the renewal date. It is dependent on the number of classes whose parents or carers are offered access to the Learning with Parents Package, as reported by the School in accordance with clause 4.5 below.
“Ongoing Subscription Term” means the term which shall begin at the end of the previous Subscription Term and last for one year.
“Permitted Users” means the School’s current staff, and parents and carers of pupils currently at the School, in each case as at the applicable time of use.
“Price” means, in respect of the Initial Subscription Term, the Initial Price or the Ongoing Price, in respect of the applicable Ongoing Subscription Term.
“Price Calculation” means the value calculated using the formula agreed upon initial sign-up, or updated upon renewal.
“Subscription Term” means the Initial Subscription Term or the Ongoing Subscription Term, as applicable.
“Videos” means the videos provided within the Learning with Parents Package which consist of short clips of children explaining school techniques and are supported by related activities that parents can complete with their child.
“Website” means mathswithparents.com, learningwithparents.com, learningwithparents.org, englishwithparents.com or any subdomain of those domains, as appropriate.

2. Learning with Parents Package

In consideration of the School paying the applicable Price to the Company (in accordance with clause 5 below) the Company grants the School a nonexclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to access, and to allow the Permitted Users to access, the Learning with Parents Package during the Subscription Term.

3. Company’s Obligations

Subject to payment by the School of the Price (in accordance with clause 5 below), and compliance by the School with its obligations under clause 4 below, the Company agrees to:

3.1 provide the Learning with Parents Package to the School and use reasonable endeavours to ensure it can be accessed by the Permitted Users at all reasonable times.

3.2 work with the School to support increased parental engagement

4. School’s Obligations

4.1 provide the Company with such information and materials as the Company may reasonably require to supply the Learning with Parents Package and ensure that such information is accurate in all material respects;

4.2 ensure that only the Permitted Users use the Learning with Parents Package and that they do so inaccordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement;

4.3 allow the use of the School’s name and logo on the Company’s website and marketing materials;

4.4 no later than 30 days prior to each Subscription Term, provide an accurate estimate of the number of classes whose parents or carers will be offered access to the Learning with Parents Package.

5. Payment

5.1 The Company shall invoice the School up to 30 days prior to the start of each Subscription Term, or earlier if requested by the School, in respect of the Initial price or Ongoing Price, as applicable.

5.2 The School agrees to pay each invoice submitted by the Company within 30 days of the date of the invoice to the account specified in the invoice.

6. Intellectual Property Rights

6.1 No part of the Website including but not limited to the Learning with Parents Package and Videos may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means to anyone other than the Permitted Users without the prior express written consent of the Company.

6.2 The School acknowledges and agrees that the Company owns all Intellectual Property Rights in the Website, the Learning with Parents Package and the Videos and except as expressly stated herein, this Agreement does not grant the School any rights to or in such Intellectual Property Rights.

6.3 The School shall promptly give notice in writing to the Company in the event that it becomes aware of any infringement of any Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company.

7. Termination

7.1 Without limiting its other rights or remedies each party may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect by giving written notice to the other party if:

7.1.1 the other party commits a material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and (if such breach is remediable) fails to remedy the breach within 30 days after receipt of notice in writing to do so; or

7.1.2 the other party’s financial position deteriorates to such an extent that its capability to adequately fulfil its obligations under the Agreement has been placed in jeopardy.

7.2 Without limiting its other rights or remedies the Company may terminate this Agreement with immediate effect if the School fails to pay any amount due under this Agreement on the due date for payment.

7.3 If the Agreement is terminated pursuant to this clause 7 during a Subscription Term, there will be no refund to the School of the amount of any Price paid by the School in respect of that Subscription Term.

8. Renewal

At the end of each Subscription Term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for one additional year as an Ongoing Subscription Term unless written notice of non-renewal is provided to the Company by the School at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the then-current Subscription Term.

9. Indemnity

The School shall indemnify the Company for any loss suffered by the Company as a result of the School breaching its obligations under this Agreement.

10. Variation

No variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the parties (or their authorised representatives).

11. Entire Agreement

11.1 This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties and supersedes all previous agreements, arrangements and understandings between them, whether written or oral, relating to its subject matter.

11.2 Each party agrees that it shall have no remedies in respect of any statement, representation, assurance or warranty (whether made innocently or negligently) that is not set out in this Agreement.

11.3 Each party agrees that it shall have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in this Agreement.

12. Assignments

Neither party shall assign, transfer, subcontract, or deal in any other manner with any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party.

13. Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed shall constitute a duplicate original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute the one agreement.

14. Third Party Rights

This Agreement does not confer any rights on any person or party other than the parties to this Agreement and where applicable their successors and permitted assigns pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.

15. Governing Law

This Agreement and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims) shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales.

16. Jurisdiction

Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or its subject matter or formation (including non-contractual disputes or claims).

The parties acknowledge that they have read and understand this Agreement and voluntarily accept the duties and obligations set forth herein.