We expect all parents and carers to make appointments with their child's teachers at Parents Evening, to discuss their child's progress in education and how they can be supported. Your child is welcome to attend.
We offer both face-to-face appointments after school between 3:45-5:30 pm or online between 6:00-7:30pm.
Parents and carers book appointments on SchoolCloud as below, and bookings usually open a couple of weeks prior to the Parents' Evening.
All appointments are 5 minutes long. If you are booking in-person appointments at school, a gap between each appointment will be automatically included to allow you to move rooms between appointments.
To prepare for the meetings, please view the 'My Child At School (MCAS) App' to learn about your young person’s achievement and attendance. Also, please talk to your young person about each subject and discuss what you might find useful to ask or check with their teachers.
The table below shows what the focus of discussion is for each year group, and when they take place this academic year.
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Year Group
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Date
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Focus of discussion
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7
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Thursday 15 October 2026
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Progress made so far
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Specific areas of interest with individual subject teachers
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8
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Thursday 18 March 2027
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Attendance, attainment and effort in lessons
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Subject specific concerns or queries about your child’s progress
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9
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Thursday 22 April 2027
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-
Attendance, attainment and effort in lessons
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Subject specific concerns or queries about your child’s progress
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Making choices for GCSE options
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10
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Thursday 10 December 2026
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11
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Thursday 7 January 2027
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- Recent progress report
- Most likely grade indicated by subject teachers, exploring how students can work between now and their examinations to reach their aspirational 'Minimum Expected Grades'
- Post-16 qualifications at Cheney School Sixth form, including course suitability
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12
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Thursday 4 February 2027
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How to reach aspirational 'Minimal Expected Grades' in year 12 predictor exams
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Next steps beyond Sixth Form, including suitability for degree courses
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13
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Thursday 4 March 2027
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How do I book an appointment with SchoolCloud?
- Login at https://cheney.schoolcloud.co.uk by filling out the details you used to register with the school.
- Select Parents' Evening. Click on the date you wish to book.
- Select Booking Mode - in person or video online.
- Choose Teachers.
- Select to have the timeslots booked for you automatically - 'automatic', or, manually book the times you choose - 'manual'.
- For online meetings, there is an option to leave a comment for the teacher. Teachers will see this comment as your meeting starts so it's a good place to put a specific question that you may want answered and help focus the conversation.
If you have trouble logging on, it's usually just that the details you have entered (e.g.'Title') don't match up with those on ‘My Child at School’ (MCAS).
You can check your details and which email address we hold for you on your parent MCAS record (in the MCAS app, go to ‘Accounts’).
If you are attending face-to-face, please come to school via the student entrance on Gipsy Lane, where you will be directed to BR block or F block classrooms for your appointments. The year group Pastoral Leader, will usually be present between 3:30 and 5:30pm to discuss any other questions or concerns. The SEND team will also be available for drop-in appointments. If you have online appointments but would like to discuss an issue with SEND, please email
SEND@cheneyschool.org.
