OPEN DAYS 23 Open Days Reimagined
O N C E A N E S S E N T I A L P A R T O F T H E S C H O O L S E L E C T I O N P R O C E S S , H A S T H E T R A D I T I O N A L O P E N D A Y H A D I T S D A Y I N A P O S T - C O V I D WO R L D ?
W
hile this new school year is unlike anything to have gone before, schools have been working flat
out to ensure that open days – that autumn-term highlight of educational life – can still take place. Keeping everyone safe is, of course, the number-one priority. So when it comes to open days, schools have thought long and hard about how to ensure, whether online or otherwise, that they still succeed in conveying the excitement and energy that makes them such special places to be. Inevitably, school tours and visits will look different. Where schools are managing to offer physical visits (and some are), the focus on safety means that small-scale tours are replacing headteachers’ addresses to packed crowds in the school hall. Other schools have taken everything online, investing substantial effort to capture every aspect of school life on camera. Parents will no doubt wonder about just how this new hands-off visitor experience, however well-curated, will provide an accurate impression of what the educational experience is really like. Much is always made of the need to experience a school in the round, to get a feel for the ebb and flow of everyday life there – from the way staff interact with
“Schools have thought long and hard about how to ensure open days still succeed”
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