If you’ve been following our blog you’ll know that we decided we would only need to ask for consent in relation to the use of photos and videos by the school. We’ve sent out a letter with a link to a Google Form we’ve set up (click on the link to have a look https://goo.gl/forms/9DPCFnlJu43e3eQw1 ). So far we’ve had 83% of parents responding – which still leaves 17% (we’re good at maths at Chase Bridge!) – trying to get a response from all parents is always a challenge but we have found the Google form an effective way of doing this.

The question now is how to follow up on the slow responders. Is it OK for us to say something like “please respond by such-and-such a date otherwise we will assume that your consent has been given”? I don’t know: we’ll need to do some more thinking on that one …