ABSTRACT
IMPACT was generally introduced into schools in the following way. The IMPACT team, plus the Oxfordshire advisory headteacher for home/school partnership, visited each school for an informal chat with the head and the staff. We then came back for a further meeting at which we arranged when and how to plan the first few weeks’ IMPACT activities. We also fixed the times and dates of the introductory parents’ meetings, which always consisted of a day of meetings. A letter was sent home to parents explaining
that the school was now part of a scheme, IMPACT, and that we needed to speak to all the parents about it. It was stressed that the meetings would be short, and that there would be a series of alternative meetings so that parents could pick the most convenient time.
