can i make the point that if you don't get to the parents of kids  kids, before the end of summer term you could be jeopardising  the chances of what they're doing  in the sats  because if you get to the parent  erm  in the beginning of the spring term and say  you know, fred is not doing particularly well because of this  the parents are then in a position to do something about it  but if you actually tell them once, basically the stable doors closed  what can