 The home school community liaison scheme was established in 1990. It was a government decision based on the fact that many schools in specifically socially disadvantaged areas were finding it difficult, we were finding it difficult to ensure that children attended, participated fully and stayed in school until their leaving search. Parents were finding it difficult to access schools and to become actively involved in their children's education. So the Department of Education made a very significant investment in the home school community liaison scheme, which is known as the HSCL scheme. A teacher is released from teaching duties in a selection of disadvantaged schools. They're released from teaching duties for five years on a rotating basis in order to really support parents and to engage parents in their children's education. So the HSCL coordinator, this teacher, visits parents in their homes, encourages them to become active in their own educational progression, perhaps going back and doing some literacy and numeracy courses, some social skills courses, some soft courses like yoga and leisure, but also to engage them in their child's education. So by supporting the significant adults in the child's life, the HSCL scheme endeavors to have this knock-on effect of improving the child's educational outcomes.