Parent Communication

All staff at Eerde IBS are staff committed to establishing and maintaining good communication with parents/guardians. The school communicates with parents/guardians through once every two week newsletters, the Eerde IBS website (www.eerde.nl) and regular meetings between teachers and/or boarding parents and parents/guardians as well as parent meetings with the Director. A parent/guardian is invited to stay in close contact with the tutor and/or boarding mentor of their own child.

Parent and School Contact 

There is a great need to maintain a good level of contact between home and school.  There are a number of ways in which we do this:

We will communicate with parents through:

• School Reports - every term parents will receive a report detailing their child’s academic progress. During the first term, there will be an extra mid term report card.

• Parent Teacher Meetings - every term parents will be invited to meet with their child’s teachers and Boarding staff - this may be in person or virtually 

• Managebac - we will put information here about homework, the timetable and behaviour issues.  Parents can also check their child’s attendance and punctuality

• OpenApply - this is our student database and an important means of communication at the point of admission but also after enrollment 

• Parent Newsletter - every 2 weeks we will send parents an email with a newsletter detailing key information about the school and updates on school events and activities

• Newsflashes - from time to time we will send newsflashes out with key information such as school closures, changes to the schedule or important information

• Phone calls - if there is a specific need to contact parents we may call them.  Please ensure we always have up to date phone numbers for parents and emergency contacts

• Emails - we may also email parents regarding their child.  Again, it is important that we always have an up to date email for parents

• Parental Policy Consultation - Parents may be involved with providing feedback on the development of certain policies. This happens on an ad hoc basis depending on which policies are being developed at any given time.

We will contact parents if we have concerns around areas such as: behaviour, welfare, health, attendance, social development, academic development 

We ask that parents contact us regarding:

• Absence from school - we need to know prior to 8.00am if a child is not going to attend school.  Please call the school phone number or email info@eerdeibs.nl 

• Absence from boarding - we require parental permission for a child to be absent from Boarding - even if this is just going to be a late arrival on a Sunday.  Please call the school number or email boarding@eerdeibs.nl 

PLEASE NOTE: if we cannot locate a child we have a duty to contact the police and report them as missing - so it is very important parents keep us informed.

• Concerns about your child’s educational progress - if you have any questions or concerns around your child’s educational progress then please contact the Course Coordinator or their Tutor

• Concerns about your child’s welfare or well-being - if you have any concerns or questions about your child’s welfare, such as their physical or mental health, social or emotional needs or progress please talk to either their Tutor, Boarding Mentor or contact a member of our Safeguarding Team (The CSS)

• General enquiries about anything else can be directed to the school administration on info@eerdeibs.nl during office hours

PLEASE NOTE: boarding enquiries over the weekend or during the evenings should be directed to boarding@eerdeibs.nl