Help Your Parents: Support a Smooth Transition to School

Reduce staff workload • Improve parent relationships • Support better outcomes

The CHALLENGE you are facing...

You're not imagining it.

❌ Parent-school relationships are more strained than they used to be.
❌ The complaints are more frequent, more intense—and more public.
❌ Misunderstandings about policies, roles, and routines are turning into conflict.

Some blame Covid. Others blame social media.

But here's the truth:

This isn’t temporary. It’s the new normal. And wishing things would 'go back' won’t help.

To move forward, we need to do the work—on both sides.

Why This Is Happening

Today's parents are walking into schools with:

Less informal knowledge about how schools work
Greater anxiety and pressure about ‘getting it right’
Higher expectations (many will have experienced Nursery settings) - and fewer trusted sources of information
A wider mismatch between school culture and their own experiences

At the same time, teachers are under pressure:

To manage parent expectations
To communicate clearly, sensitively, and with professionalism
To respond to concerns while juggling intense workloads with fewer resources

It’s no wonder things get lost in translation.

Ofsted’s framework also expects schools to show how they:

Prepare pupils for key transitions
Support personal development and communication between stakeholders

The Solution: A Ready-Made Online Course for Parents

Our parent-focused transition course gives families the insight and confidence they need—while saving your staff time and effort.

Three core modules cover:

Understand

The school system, the assessment processes, staff roles, school structures and curriculum basics. Plus an understanding of the realities of schools and the inevitable trade-offs.

Investigate

How to navigate common challenges parents face - the root causes of these problems and how towork with schools effectively. Pre-emptively solving the majority of issues!

Explore

How to become really effective partners in a child's education, how to approach schools to effectively solve problems and how parents can support at home to make effective learners.

Parents complete the course online, at their own pace. It’s designed to be accessible, jargon-free, and applicable to all contexts.

Why It Works for Schools

✅ Reduces friction and saves time – fewer queries and complaints
✅ Strengthens home-school partnerships – informed parents are more collaborative
✅ Improves outcomes – confident, well-supported pupils engage better
✅ Aligns with Ofsted expectations – shows a proactive, structured approach to transition
✅ Meets KS3 Report recommendations – better communication and early support for parents

Why Work With Me?

I'm Joe!

Nearly 20 years as a teacher, head of department and senior leader in charge of curriculum.
Former Head of Curriculum and Assessment Innovation at an all-through school - giving an overview of a child's entire educational journey
Founder of School Compass - a project to help parents navigate the school system with confidence. Over the last few years, I have worked with hundreds of parents, teachers and school leaders to shape the content of my courses.

More about me...

School Leaders

Available for individual schools

Multi-Academy Trusts

Available to offer across a Multi-Academy Trust

Local Authorities

Available to support Local Authorities

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

Alli, School Leader

I thought the sessions were great - useful and calming!

Begona, Parent

I now feel like I am in a much better position as a parent...

George, Parent

I really enjoyed the sessions - they were a complete eye-opener!

Pilot Offer: We’re Partnering with 10 Schools This Year

We’re currently inviting 10 schools to pilot the course with their incoming parents.

As a pilot school, you’ll receive:

✔️ Discounted access for the first year
✔️ A chance to feed into the development of the content
✔️ Optional feedback loops to evaluate impact
✔️ Inclusion in a case study report demonstrating how parent education improves transition

What’s Included

Full access to the course for all incoming families
Optional PDF guides and reminders for schools to embed in parent comms
Technical support and onboarding materials

ALL FOR £1000-£3500 (DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE SCHOOL/MAT/REGION)!