Our relationships with parents are at the centre of success for every child at school.
Parents in Education (PIE) funding is available to South Australian government schools and preschools. The funding is for parent engagement projects that help parents to:
- engage in their child’s education
- feel empowered to support learning at home through strong partnerships with schools.
Successful applicants for 2024
The 2024 Parents in Education funding has been awarded to 24 schools, preschools and children’s centres across the state.
Visit Parents in Education funding on the Department for Education website to see the list of successful applicants.
How to apply
Applications for the 2025 school year will open in term 3, 2024.
Applicants can email Education.ParentEngagement@sa.gov.au to find out more about the applications and assessment process.
See Parents in Education funding on the Department for Education website for more information.
Benefits of parent engagement
Effective parent engagement has many benefits, including:
- increased student attendance and student engagement in learning
- expanding ways for children to be successful learners, at school, at home, and in the world around them
- enhancing the knowledge, professional skills, and capacity of educators
- a richer, more diverse, and inclusive school community.
Get help with your child’s learning
How you support your child’s learning matters. You shape your child’s values and attitude. You shape their attitude and approaches to learning at home, school, and beyond.
The department has some resources to help you support your child’s learning. The resources cover:
- what being engaged in your child’s educations means
- what you can do to help your child
- hear what parents, students, and teachers think.
Contact
Department for Education
Engagement and Wellbeing
Email: Education.ParentEngagement@sa.gov.au
Related information
On this site
Family and community involvement in education
Other websites
- Parent engagement framework - Department for Education
- Parent engagement resources - Department for Education
