to think that this Parents Evening needs an alternative?

[PyongyangKipperbang]

Yr11 Consultation evening is 4 -6pm, next Tuesday. Got the email this afternoon.

Can be attended virtually, but no email alternative if parents can't attend either way.

I would attend if I could but I work until 5, won't be able to get the day off at this short notice and due to being customer facing I can't agree with my boss to do it from work.

Its GCSE year, its important! I want to go but I can't due to the lack of notice so ..... what now? No information? No suggestions on where to help or any areas DD may need support...nothing?

Its not the times of it running that's the issue, I understand that, but a weeks notice when most parent work and not giving email feedback instead, AIBU to think that thats not on. Especially when the email they sent is full of "It is important to your childs education that you attend etc".

This is the first I have heard of it, it wasnt in the yearly "timetable" there was just a comment about "Consultation evenings will be announced during the year". I just checked!

ETA students are expected to attend too so I can't do it online from the car park, and it depends on when we can get slots too.

DD doesn't need to know, join yourself online either from your car or a meeting room after work.

If you get in fast enough the computer system will give you the appointments back to back ours are 4min 55sec. So 5sec from one to the next.

Your right, if they are not capable of understanding the grades then they won’t be able to provide support without guidance from the teachers at a parents evening….

But not until 7 or 8 pm. If school finishes at 3.30, then a 7pm finish would count as 3.5 hours directed time. Let's assume a teacher teaches 5 different year groups, that's 17.5 hours directed time. An 8pm finish moves it to 22.5 hours directed time.

How do other schools do it? Certainly mine have always had bookings 4.30 - 8pm. I have always had parents evening after 6.30 for both my children.

It’s unusual to call it so late, usually it’s on teachers’ directed time calendar and that’s published before end of summer term for following academic year. It’s unusual for a school to be that disorganised. What OP could do is contact year or pastoral office and ask them to ask teachers to email a few comments. Which is a pain in the arse for the but they’ll do it I’m sure.