Stakeholders in Schools

[sophie_1003]

Who are the stakeholders in an infant school; have got parents, staff, governors, Local Authority. Also thought of children and local community (not sure if they count?) any others I'm missing?

[sherrardk]

I would include the children as the main stakeholder and include the local community too (parent and toddler groups, etc). I personally think the order which you place them in will probably say quite a bit about your priorities (so the order is up to you!). Don't know if you want to include the junior school(s), depends upon the local situation I suppose. What about any local nurseries/playgroups? (Please just use anything I give you as ideas, not gospel!)

[sherrardk]

What about the PTA - just thought of them. You need to think of everyone who feeds into the school and everyone the school feeds into (if you get what I mean, I am getting confused by teaching applications and my business studies).

[sophie_1003]

Thank you! Thought it might go down well if I put emphasis on children but wasn't sure of the definition of stakeholder in education terms! Hadn't thought of other settings, good thinking!

[sherrardk]

To my mind, if you think about your particular school and then think about the groups who have something at stake if it does well/badly then you should have it covered. It is probably straight forward, but does the school in question do anything different - is it known for its SEN department, does it do lots of out of hours stuff, etc? Good luck, so glad I am not in your shoes anymore.

[sophie_1003]

It does lots of extra curricular stuff so will have a think about that; thank you so much sherrard; you're always so helpful :o)

[saxy_jag]

If I remember back to my PGCE days, a stakeholder is anyone with a vested interest in the school's performance, so all the the people you've mentioned would be legitimate.

As Sherrard says, it's a good idea to think about any particularly strong links the school has, such as any church or faith groups.

[sophie_1003]

Thanks saxy-jag; they're not a church school but the head did mention that they have strong links with the community. I only have to do a short presentation so will see how I get on!