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Evaluation of the parental engagement project

Engaging parents through text messaging

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN16968546
Enrollment
10000
Registered
2015-08-10
Start date
2014-02-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-02-11

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Conditions

Educational attainment. Not Applicable

Interventions

30 schools have been involved in this trial, and all schools have a control and intervention group (a 2-arm cRCT). Schools were randomised to each arm by key stage group, i.e. key stage 3 or key stag

Sponsors

Education Endowment Foundation
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Pupils in years 7, 9 and 11 who are willing to participate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Student achievement in English, Maths and Science (Key Stage 3). Assessed in May/June 2015 2. Student achievement in GCSE English, Maths and Science (Key Stage 4). Assessed in June 2015

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
School attendance and parental behaviour and attitudes: 1. School attendance for each student (from September 2014-July 2015) will be collected directly from the school. The previous years’ (2013-2014) attendance will be used as a baseline for this outcome. 2. Parental behaviour and attitudes: measured via telephone interviews at post-test (June 2015) that collected background demographic information and data relating to aspects of the home learning environment, parental involvement in their child's education and school, and; aspirations for their child's education and future employment. No baseline data was collected on these parent related outcomes.

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactSarah Miller

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026