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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.

Welcoming Our New Chair of Trustees, Sally Dicketts CBE

Sally Dicketts 14 September 2022

We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Chair of Trustees, Sally Dicketts.

Responding to the cost of living crisis

Tom Harbour 1 September 2022

Learning with Parents is alarmed and saddened by the cost of living crisis which looks set to push up to 500,000 more children into absolute poverty. Here are some of the things we are doing to try to play our part in responding to this evolving crisis.

Partnering with IG Group to tackle inequality

Tom Harbour 15 August 2022

Learning with Parents excited to announce a 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.

Our event with the EEF: Supporting high-quality interactions at home

4 July 2022

On the 27th June we held an event with the Education Endowment Foundation. Our CEO Tom Harbour was joined by Fliss James from the EEF to discuss how to motivate and empower parents to have more high-quality interactions, and share evidence on the impact these can have on children’s learning and development.

The role of parents and tech in building a fair education for all

Alice Oliver 1 April 2022

At the Bett UK EdTech conference last week, we launched our collaboration with Promethean, held a series of talks, and introduced our new Mathscots!

Our Impact in 2021 - Report

Our impact in 2021

Tom Harbour 24 March 2022

I am so pleased to share our 2021 impact report, highlighting the work of Learning with Parents during the 2020-21 academic year. 2021 was meant to be the year after the pandemic, but as we have seen things have not become easier for families, especially those in disadvantaged communities.

Keeping curiosity alive through fun family maths

Lucy Preston 28 February 2022

In partnership with NRICH, we explore the importance of fun and curiosity in maths home learning, the link between attainment and curiosity, and some tips to encourage exploration at home.

Podcast: Engaging all parents in their children’s learning

Alice Oliver 14 December 2021

Our CEO Tom Harbour recently spoke to Caroline Doherty on the Key Voices podcast about how schools can make parental engagement inclusive. Tom and Caroline discuss why Tom set up Learning with Parents, the different strands of the charity’s work and the impact of partial school closures on parental engagement.

Beyond the classroom: Engaging parents with their child’s learning

Lucy Preston 3 December 2021

With the Parental Engagement Network’s guidance for schools to audit and improve their support for parents, and Learning with Parents’ expertise creating activities that support all families to engage in learning, we teamed up to showcase our findings and best practice for schools.

The beginning of term – driving effective parental engagement

Amelia Ernest-Jones 24 September 2021

Parental engagement has never felt more important than at the start of this term. These easy to implement tips are for schools to use so they can start building that crucial partnership with parents from the beginning of term.

Teacher Tea Break Events

Lucy Preston 21 September 2021

Grab a cup of tea and come along to these half an hour events to get some tips on how to run a successful programme and drive effective parental engagement in your classroom.

Podcast – engaging parents in their children’s learning

Lucy Preston 13 August 2021

Our CEO, Tom Harbour recorded a podcast with maths teacher, author, and TES advisor Craig Barton. In a broad-ranging conversation, Tom and Craig discuss the differences between parental involvement in school versus engagement in learning, changes schools can make to foster parental engagement, barriers for parents, and how schools can support “hard to reach” families.

The importance of parental engagement in every key stage

Amelia Ernest-Jones 29 July 2021

In this blog post, Amelia, our School Partnership Manager, discusses how important it is for parents to be engaged in their child’s learning in every keystage. This is not always easy so she gives 5 easy to implement top tips for schools to consider.

Podcast – supporting parents and carers to engage with their children’s learning

Alice Oliver 25 June 2021

Our CEO, Tom Harbour recently recorded a podcast with our friends at Tapestry. They discussed why parental engagement is so important, how educators can reduce barriers to engagement for families, and why we need to see education as something that happens everywhere, not just in schools and settings.

Supporting all families to enjoy maths at home

Lucy Preston 16 June 2021

On 10th June we held an event with NRICH. With NRICH’s expertise in maths activities and Learning with Parents’ expertise in creating activities that support all families to engage in learning, we teamed up to showcase our best practice. The workshop included our top tips and key principles to help all the families in your class to have fun exploring maths together at home.

Missing voices in the education system

Tom Harbour 15 June 2021

Last week, along with 20 organisations including Save the Children and School-Home Support we wrote to Gavin Williamson about the importance of supporting parents as part of the long-term Covid recovery plan. This formed part of a broader movement by the Fair Education Alliance to influence the Covid recovery agenda.

We should all be playing a bit more

Jack Dabell 26 May 2021

Thank you to Jack, Education Advisor at for contributing his thoughts on the importance of play across the primary phase (and onwards!). Tapestry share one of our key principles that play has a vital role across the curriculum and in the home. Through our work, we see how the everyday, playful interactions between parent and child have such an impact on a child’s progress, development, and their love of learning. It is these interactions that we can all strive to encourage in our work with schools and families.

Is your homework policy supporting all parents?

Amelia Ernest-Jones 21 May 2021

On the 21st May Parent Ping, a daily survey app for parents, reported that only 9% of parents of primary aged children would like no homework set for their child. However, they also found that only 2% of parents strongly agreed that homework was a rewarding and enjoyable time for their child.

Reimagining education: The role of parents beyond the pandemic

Alice Oliver 28 April 2021

On Tuesday 27th April we hosted a webinar with Dame Julia Cleverdon Deputy Chair of the Fair Education Alliance where we launched our first charity impact report. With education experts including Janet Goodall of Swansea University we discussed our impact over the last year and set out to reimagine the role of parents in tackling long-term educational inequality.

2020: The year that changed everything

Tom Harbour 27 April 2021

The first Learning with Parents impact report, highlighting the work of Learning with Parents in the academic year 2019-2020. As a charity, Learning with Parents are passionate about making an impact and are keen to share the challenges being faced and progress being made.

Are parents key to long-term Covid recovery?

Amelia Ernest-Jones 22 April 2021

Our CEO, Tom Harbour, discussed parents’ role in Covid recovery and how school’s can support parents going forward at the Ark Curriculum Plus conference. You can watch a recording of the session here.

Communicating with parents post lockdown

Amelia Ernest-Jones 26 March 2021

The pandemic has been a worrying time for schools and families and alarming headlines around loss of learning has heightened these anxieties. Whilst these concerns need to be addressed, we also need to take an asset approach; this is a time to reflect on what opportunities have arisen and what we want to take forward.

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.