Heads key in parent choice

29th September 1995, 1:00am

Share

Heads key in parent choice

https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/heads-key-parent-choice
The influence that prep school heads have on parents’ choice of independent secondary schools may be greater than commonly imagined.

A 1993 MORI survey found that 24 per cent of parents used information from their child’s prep school when choosing a secondary. But Janet Harvey, the head of a small independent girls’ school in the Midlands, told the conference that 49 per cent of her school’s parents admitted that the prep was involved in their decision.

Janet Harvey, a post-graduate student at Loughborough University, suggested that prep school heads’ opinions of secondaries were formed by school visits and, crucially, by their relationships with the heads.

Want to keep reading for free?

Register with Tes and you can read two free articles every month plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters.

Keep reading for just £1 per month

You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £1 per month for three months and get:

  • Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content
  • Exclusive subscriber-only stories
  • Award-winning email newsletters
Recent
Most read
Most shared