Questions parents often ask

Straight answers, so you can decide with confidence.

A quiet desk with a notebook and pen, ready for a parent's questions
  • Yes — and please don't feel awkward about it. Most parents who come to me have already been reassured at school, and it simply doesn't match what they see at home each evening. A Parent Concern Report gives you an independent view of what might be going on, and tells you honestly whether it is worth pressing further.

  • You will receive a personalised Parent Concern Report written specifically about your child. I read everything you send personally, and bring it together with my professional experience as a teacher and education professional. It highlights your child's strengths, areas worth exploring and practical next steps. Your child is never reduced to a checklist or a template — every report is written by me, thoughtfully, for your family and your situation.

  • No. The Parent Concern Report is educational insight and professional reflection, written by a teacher from what you and the school have shared. I am a teacher, not a psychologist, so I don't diagnose, and this is not a medical, statutory or specialist assessment, nor a substitute for one. What you get is my professional opinion in writing: what I can see, what your child's strengths are, anything worth exploring further and what I would consider next if this were my child.

  • Parent Insight does not diagnose conditions. A Parent Concern Report is an educational report that looks at learning, confidence, progress and behaviour from a teacher's perspective. If something suggests further assessment may be helpful, I will explain what you may wish to explore next.

  • Not at all, and this matters to me. The Parent Concern Report is built entirely from what you send me. Your child is never tested, observed or made to feel like the subject of an investigation — they need never know it happened.

  • A completed concerns questionnaire, and anything you'd like me to read: recent reports, a page or two of writing or maths, a reading record, notes from a meeting. If you have very little, send what you have — your own account of what you're noticing is the most valuable part.

  • £75. That covers my full review of everything you send and your personalised written report. There is nothing else to pay and nothing to sign up to.

  • The Parent Concern Report is complete when your written report is delivered to you. It does not include a reply afterwards, further questions, a written exchange, help wording emails or attendance at meetings. Your report stays in your private area for you to read, download and return to while your record is held, normally 12 months after delivery, so please download and keep your copy.

  • I work as quickly as I can while giving every report proper care. If something is time-sensitive, such as a meeting, a deadline or a place to accept, tell me and I will do my best to work to your timescale.

  • Parent Insight supports families throughout their child's journey from Early Years through to Year 9 inclusive. That includes worries raised before a child has started school, every year of school from the start, the transition to secondary school and the first three years of secondary.

  • I will tell you gently, clearly and without drama, and I will name exactly who is best placed to look further — the school's SENDCo (special educational needs coordinator), an educational psychologist, a speech and language therapist or your GP. You will never be left holding a worry with nowhere to take it.

  • Yes — that is one of the most common ways parents use it. Your written report gives you clear, respectful language and sensible questions to take into your next conversation, so you can prepare for it yourself with confidence. I do not attend meetings or write emails on your behalf.

  • The School Meeting Preparation Brief is £25 in total. That covers a personalised written brief for one school meeting: your concerns organised into clear priorities, personalised questions to ask, points to clarify and suggested outcomes to seek. Your completed Brief also includes a one-page glossary of school terms explaining commonly used educational terms in clear language. It does not include attendance at the meeting, contact with school or follow-up afterwards.