Parent Questionnaire Feedback

St Jude’s Church of England Primary School

Parent Questionnaire feedback results July 2018 – 54 returns

Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
1.  I feel welcome when I come into school.

79%

17%

2%

2%

2.  My child enjoys school.

78%

22%

3.  My child is making enough progress.

74%

22%

2%

2%

4.  The school keeps me well informed about my child’s progress.

55%

43%

2%

5.  The school provides appropriate homework.

  • This includes our family learning projects

56%

40%

2%

2%

6.  The school deals with any cases of bullying effectively (bullying includes continuous name-calling, cyber, racist and homophobic – STOP).

  • Continued high profile anti bullying week
  • Pupil voice is also used to monitor this

24%

41%

6%

26%

Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
7. My child is confident that should he/she have a problem there is someone who will listen to him/her.

4 = NO REPONSE

43%

35%

2%

12%

8.  I find staff approachable and accessible.

4 = NO REPONSE

61%

31%

9.  The school provides a wide variety of extra-curricular activities.

  • After school clubs have been adjusted this year to include a wider age group including younger children.
  • Extra clubs this year have included ukulele, French and Spanish.
  • The KG Doodles 6 O’clock Club launched in September offers extra-curricular activities.

2 = NO RESPONSE

46%

44%

2%

4%

10.  The school is led and managed well.

  • Our recent SIAMS inspection report congratulates leaders at all levels:

“The strong personal commitment of clergy and governors supports the headteacher and leaders in continuing the school’s journey as a beacon of Christian excellence.”

44%

48%

8%

11.  The school website / Twitter feed is a valuable source of information about the school.

  • This year we launched a Twitter feed to supplement information on the website and in newsletters.

35%

41%

17%

Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
12. The school newsletters give me regular information I need about the school.

  • Additional on line safety messages to parents offer up to date and essential information to keep children safe on line.
  • Continued celebrations, achievements and important dates are shared.

5 – NO RESPOSES – ALSO SOME PARENTS SAID THEY SOMETIMES DO NOT RECEIVE THE NL

50%

35%

2%

4%

13.  The school offers an exciting creative, enriched curriculum.

2 – NO RESPONSES

46%

43%

6%

14.  The school encourages me to play an active part in school life.

  • PTA fundraising events have encouraged parents to be involved:

PTA fun run, Summer and Christmas Fairs, Quiz night, Valentines disco,

  • Parental support in Health and Fitness Week and on school trips.
  • There is a parent group now leading on the clean air aware project.

3 – NO RESPONSES

59%

33%

2%

15.  The school is inclusive to all children including those with special educational needs.

  • This year we have achieved the Inclusion Quality Mark – supported by parents and governors.

4 – NO RESPONSES

41%

35%

15%

16. Overall I am happy with my child’s experience at this school.

3 – NO RESPONSES

69%

24%

Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
17. My child is well taught at school.

3 –  NO RESPONSES

67%

26%

18. I would recommend St Jude’s to others.

3 –  NO RESPONSES

69%

22%

2%

19. My child is well looked after at this school.

2 – NO RESPONSES

72%

22%

2%

 

The chart below shows the comparison in results from 2015 to 2017.

The areas that have exceeded by 20% or more from 2015 – 2017 are in green text.

The areas that have exceeded significantly (10% +) from 2015 – 2016 – 2017 are in green text.
Additional information is also in green, this will explain how the school has responded to parent feedback and provide a context for the results.

Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
1.  I feel welcome when I come into school. 2015 50% 44% 4% 2% 0
2016 70% 24% 4% 2% 0
2017 80% 20% 0% 0% 0%
2.  My child enjoys school. 2015 44% 53% 2% 0 0
2016 67% 31% 0 0 2%
2017 70% 30% 0 0 0
3.  The school keeps my child safe and secure.

A 24% increase here, the new security systems in place including new intercom systems, gates and fob system may have contributed to an increase.  Staff discuss the importance of making safe choices with the children consistently throughout the school.  The NSPCC speak out stay safe campaign, Anti Bullying Week and E Safety Week have remained high profile during 2016 – 2017.

Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
2015 37% 50% 0 2% 11%
2016 61% 37% 2% 0 0
2017 72% 28% 0 0 0
4.  My child is making enough progress.

Progress and assessment was a focus last year – and a change over from an old to new assessment system meant that parents were becoming familiar with a new system – without levels.

Communication regarding the new assessment systems, and target tracker documents has paid off, but this is clearly work in progress.

During the year 2016 – 2017 parents have been provided with the Target Tracker progress documents and mile stone sheets at each parent evening, so this new system has had time to ‘bed in’, we hope to see an increase in this area as a result.

2015 42% 42% 9% 2% 5%
2016 48% 46% 2% 2% 2%
2017 66% 32% 2% 0 0
5.  There are high expectations for my child to work hard and do their best. Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
2015 51% 43% 0 2% 4%
2016 61% 35% 2% 2% 0
2017 50% 46% 2% 0 2%
6.  The school keeps me well informed about my child’s progress.

A priority for us last year due to the new assessment  system and new curriculum, this will continue to be a focus for us as our parents’ evenings evolve and target tracker documents become more familiar to parents.

2015 30% 49% 20% 0 1%
2016 39% 56% 2% 2% 1%
2017 42% 56% 2% 0 0
7.  The school provides appropriate homework.

A focus for us last year, this low result inspired change for us, with Mr. Winn revamping and creating a new system in 2015 – 2016.  The separate homework questionnaires share positive results – although this is an area where it is difficult to please all.

Termly Family Learning Projects are well received – giving plenty of preparation time is appreciated by parents. Projects are of a high standard and the exhibitions held are a true celebration of the creative talents of our families.

Homework activities are uploaded weekly to the website, as requested by parents.

Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
2015 23% 50% 27% 0 0
2016 31% 61% 6% 2% 0
2017 48% 50% 2% 0 0
8.  The school deals with any cases of bullying effectively (bullying includes name-calling, cyber, racist and homophobic).

Many parents don’t know – so we have ensured that we run a high profile E Safety Week and Anti Bullying Week.  Parents have been invited to E Safety Workshops to insure that they are aware of how to keep their child safe on line. St Jude’s has worked closely with organisations such as Just Enough UK and the NSPCC to ensure children receive further guidance on keeping safe. Reports of Several Times on Purpose Bullying are monitored carefully and are extremely rare in our school. We continue to work with the Connected Learning Centre to lead E-safety workshops for parents.

2015 13% 35% 9% 0 43%
2016 19% 41% 0 0 40%
2017 14% 56% 2% 6% 22%
Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
9. My child is confident that should he/she have a problem there is someone who will listen to him/her.

A focus for us this year, we consistently encourage children to talk to a grown up if they are worried.  Mrs. Nociar our Learning Mentor and School Counselor has had significant impact in this area, as well as support staff and class teachers.  Our collaborative work with the NSPCC in 2016 – 2017 has reinforced this message.

2015 26% 56% 9% 0 9%
2016 39% 48% 6% 0 7%
2017 34% 48% 4% 2% 12%
10.  I find staff approachable and accessible.

Parents have shared lots of positive comments about teachers and SLT being visible and on hand – this is appreciated by parents.

2015 44% 48% 8% 0 0
2016 51% 43% 6% 0 0
2017 64% 36% 0 0 0
11. Staff respond to questions/concerns regarding my child.

Relationships with classteachers and support staff is clearly a strength.

Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
2015 39% 59% 2% 0 0
2016 57% 39% 4% 0 0
2017 56% 40% 4% 0 0
12.  The school provides a wide variety of extra-curricular activities.

20% don’t know – These did include Reception parents. These clubs have continued to flourish this year with the addition of a Spanish Club, Baking Club and Health and Fitness Club.  After school provision will be offered to Reception children from September 2017 as part of The KG Doodles 6 O’clock Club.

A noticeable increase of 14% to 42% in the strongly agree category reflects the interest in a wider range of clubs offered. 

26% disagree – this came mostly from Key Stage 1 parents – we will aim to have a greater range of clubs offered to the younger year groups moving forward in September 2017.

2015 16% 49% 27% 6% 2%
2016 28% 43% 9% 0 20%
2017 42% 48% 10% 0 0
Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
13.  The school is led and managed well.

A significant increase between the 3 years – with 89% in the agree/strongly agree category, now that we have an established Senior Leadership Team we look forward to an increased percentage again this year.

2015 31% 51% 6% 0 12%
2016 41% 48% 4% 2% 5%
2017 48% 36% 2% 0 14%
14.  The school website is a valuable source of information about the school.

A low result last year made this area a priority – new pages, information and updates are uploaded regularly.  This is supported by our web designer and photographer who visit school for updated information and to take photographs.

Ms. Richmond – Taylor uploads the newsletter and important information weekly.

Parents requested that homework was uploaded – which we started last

year.  The News and Events pages continue to grow and reflect the creative curriculum, themed weeks and workshop information for parents.

Next year we plan to launch a Twitter feed and Facebook Page.

2015 8% 48% 6% 4% 34%
2016 22% 57% 4% 0 17%
2017 38% 46% 6% 0 10%
Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
15. The school newsletters give me regular information I need about the school.

Newsletters have gone from strength to strength. A celebration of the weekly events as well as key dates and information has been appreciated by parents. This is now emailed out to save on paper and colour ink.

2015 36% 58% 3% 3% 0
2016 54% 44% 0 2% 0
2017 48% 44% 8% 0 0
16.  The school offers an exciting creative, enriched curriculum.

This increase from 2015 – 2016 reflects the excellent creative curriculum, topic work, trips, and enrichment activities that we have worked hard to plan and implement.

2015 19% 57% 10% 0 14%
2016 33% 61% 4% 2% 0
2017 48% 46% 0 0 6%
Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
17.  The school encourages me to play an active part in school life.

Increased participation has been encouraged through trips, focus weeks, crafternoons and the development of a parent talent bank have contributed to this increase. PTA go from strength to strength – a great inclusive team that work effectively and enthusiastically to support the school’s fundraising needs. We utilise our parents’ skills and talents for school performances, health and fitness week and in the design of our school logo.

2015 27% 59% 6% 2% 6%
2016 52% 42% 2% 0 4%
2017 50% 46% 0 0 4%
18.  The school is inclusive to all children including those with special educational needs.

A significant increase – however, many parents don’t know, this maybe because we have a relatively small number of children with special educational needs in our school.  More information shared on our inclusive approach across the school may be helpful to ensure an increase in results here.

With the Inclusion Quality Mark that we are working towards in 2017 – 2018 – there will be increased information and greater parental involvement so parents are informed.

2015 14% 25% 0 6% 55%
2016 33% 29% 0 2% 36%
2017 36% 36% 0 0 28%
Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
19. Overall I am happy with my child’s experience at this school. 2015 39% 47% 0 2% 12%
2016 61% 37% 0 2% 0
2017 70%   26% 4% 0 0
20. My child is taught well at this school.

21. I would recommend St Jude’s to others.

2015 47% 45% 3% 5% 0
2016 60% 33% 7% 0 0
2017 78% 20% 0 0 2%
Strongly

agree

Agree Disagree Strongly

disagree

Don’t know
2015 49% 49% 2% 0 0
2016 48% 42% 6% 2% 2%
2017 76% 24% 0 0 0
22. My child is well looked after at this school. 2015 54% 39% 2% 4% 1%
2016 58% 36% 2% 0 4%
2017 72% 28% 0 0 0

 

Positive comments from parents:

“…my child loves school, it’s a happy welcoming place…and she has learnt so much this year.”

“The quality of teaching has been brilliant…my child enjoys her time in school….the Christmas show and assemblies have been great and reading cafes to get involved are very good.”

“I can see that staff help my child to come out of his shell which makes me happy.”

“Happy about my sons progress academically as well as socially.”

“A warm, welcoming and inclusive school.”

“We feel lucky to be part of such a wonderful school.”

“The school has come up with lots of fun learning opportunities.”

 

Strengths include:

Excellent trips, opportunities for parents to get involved
Staff are welcoming and accessible
Improved communication – texts and newsletters
Informative parent workshops

Areas for development include:

Informing parents of our Inclusive approach
Continued additions and improvements with the school website – blogs and twitter feed
Further challenge in one year group through continued mastery challenges