Working together to help every young person thrive
At The Hayling College, we believe that young people achieve their best when school and home work together. We want every parent and carer to feel welcome, informed, listened to and involved throughout their child's time with us.
Our ambition is for every pupil to be Happy, Healthy and High Performing. Parents and carers play an important part in helping us achieve this. By working together, we can support excellent attendance and punctuality, positive participation, strong learning habits, wellbeing and achievement, while helping every young person make the most of the opportunities available to them.
Our commitment is to build a positive and supportive partnership with families. We want our school to be welcoming and communicative, to strengthen relationships with our community, and to give parents and carers meaningful opportunities to participate in College life.
Keeping you informed - and listening to you
Good communication works both ways. We will keep you informed about your child's learning, progress, attendance, achievements and wider school life, and provide clear information and guidance when you need it.
We also want parents and carers to feel confident contacting us, asking questions, sharing concerns and telling us what is working well. Our aim is to communicate in ways that are clear, accessible and useful to families, using our website, newsletters, email and other school communication systems alongside opportunities for conversations with staff.
Supporting your child's learning
Parents and carers make an enormous contribution to learning. We want to make it easier for you to understand what your child is learning, how they are progressing and how you can support them at home.
This includes useful curriculum information, revision and home-learning guidance, information events and opportunities to talk with us about your child's progress. As our parent partnership develops, we also want to offer more opportunities for parents and children to learn together through workshops, curriculum and subject events, and useful online resources.
Celebrating success together
We are proud of our pupils and believe their successes should be recognised and shared with their families. Whether it is academic progress, excellent attendance, positive participation, effort, contribution to College life or achievement beyond the classroom, we want parents and carers to be part of celebrating what our young people accomplish.
We will continue developing the ways we share and celebrate these successes through events, newsletters, our website and social media, as well as creating more opportunities for families to experience and celebrate their child's work.
Getting involved
We want parents and carers to be participants in College life, not simply recipients of information. Throughout the year, we aim to provide more opportunities for families to attend events, learn more about different areas of the curriculum, support learning at home and contribute their own knowledge, experience and skills.
We also want to strengthen our connections with the wider Hayling community. This includes developing links with local organisations, community groups, employers and parents themselves to create opportunities that benefit our pupils and their families. As this develops, there may be opportunities for parents and carers to contribute to careers activities, clubs, projects or other areas of College life.
Your voice matters
We want parents and carers to help us make The Hayling College even better. We will provide opportunities throughout the year for you to share your views, suggest ideas and give us feedback through conversations, parent events, surveys and other consultation opportunities.
Importantly, we don't just want to collect feedback - we want to act on it.
You said, we did
We will share examples of how feedback from parents and carers has influenced what we do, including improvements to communication, information, events and the support we provide to families.
New to The Hayling College?
We know that joining a new school is an important step for the whole family. We want new parents and carers to feel welcomed into our community, understand how the College works, know who to contact and have the information they need to support their child.
We are continuing to develop our transition arrangements, particularly for families joining us in Year 7, including opportunities to build relationships with staff and become familiar with College life. We recognise that some pupils and families need additional support during transition, and our aim is to ensure that this is available where needed.
