Parental Questionnaire Summary
Results from Ofsted Parentview Questionnaire November 2021 are taken from 160 responses
Strongly Agree or Agree | Disagree or Strongly Disagree | Don't know | |
My child is happy at this school | 96% | 4% | |
My child feels safe at this school | 94% | 5% | 1% |
The school makes sure its pupils are well behaved | 92% | 5% | 3% |
The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year | 92% | 7% | 1% |
The school has high expectations for my child | 83% | 10% | 7% |
My child does well at this school | 94% | 5% | 1% |
The school lets me know how my child is doing | 91% | 8% | 1% |
There is a good range of subjects available to my child at this school | 95% | 4% | 1% |
My child can take part in clubs and activities at this school | 85% | 11% | 4% |
The school supports my child's wider personal development | 88% | 8% | 4% |
My child has SEND and the school gives them the support they need to succeed (based on 27 responses) | 78% | 18% | 4% |
My child has not been bullied | Strongly Agree or Agree | Disagree or Strongly Disagree | Don't know | |
My child has been bullied and the school dealt with the bullying quickly and effectively | 74% | 14% | 6% | 6% |
I have not raised any concerns | Strongly Agree or Agree | Disagree or Strongly Disagree | Don't know | |
When I have raised concerns with the school they have been dealt with properly | 23% | 77% | 10% |
Yes | No | |
I would recommend this school to another parent | 92% | 8% |
Results from the Parental Questionnaire July 2020 are taken from 96 parental replies
|
Agree or Strongly Agree 2020 |
Disagree or Strongly Disagree 2020 |
My child is happy at this school |
99% |
1% |
My child feels safe at this school |
99% |
1% |
The school expects my child and other pupils to behave |
100% |
0% |
The school makes me aware of what my child will learn during the year |
94% |
6% |
The school has high expectations for my child |
98% |
2% |
My child does well at this school |
98% |
2% |
I would feel comfortable about approaching the school with questions, concerns or a problem and that they would be dealt with properly. |
98% |
2% |
The school lets me know how my child is doing |
98% |
2% |
There is a good range of subject available to my child at this school |
100% |
0% |
The school supports my child’s wider personal development |
98% |
2% |
|
Yes |
No |
I would recommend this school to another parent |
97% |
3% |
Does your child have Special Educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) |
6% |
94% |
|
Agree or Strongly Agree 2020 |
Disagree or Strongly Disagree 2020 |
If yes, my child has SEND and the school givens them the support they need to succeed (based on 6 parental responses) |
83% |
17% |
Every year, we add some supplementary questions to gain feedback on an area in our school. In July 2020, the spotlight was how the school responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
|
Agree or Strongly Agree |
Disagree or Strongly Disagree |
Not Applicable |
The school has kept me well informed during the COVID-19 partial closure |
97% |
3% |
|
The school has, where possible, supported my need for childcare during the partial closure |
97% |
3% |
(63 responses) |
The home learning and other educational support available has been supportive of my child’s needs |
94% |
6% |
|
The school’s overall level of communication is good |
96% |
4% |
|
The schools website is easy to navigate and I can find the things on there I need |
98% |
2% |
|
Any other comments about the school's communication and/or website this academic year. |
New website is so much better/improved x 8 See the difference the new heads are making with communication/website New website gives a sense of community YouTube Channel is lovely Thank you to all the school for the information Appreciative of all the information and effort school has made Supportive teachers School calendar should be locked so only parents can see Home learning has been an excellent resource Some suggested activities not compatible with IPads Fed up with White Rose at times Class zooms and phone calls were great x 4 We liked the staff on videos – we would have liked to see them more Felt some topics were aimed at younger children A special school who see children thrive whilst in our care Would have liked more contact with class teacher x 3 Website and home learning are excellent, thoughtful and varied Nursery home learning could have been better A clear improvement in communication x4 Keyworker club was excellent x2 Clearer avenues for monitoring children’s work School listens to parents comment and adapts accordingly x 2 Assemblies would have been good Communication has been fantastic x 11 Communication needs to be clearer Extension activities for the more able would have been good |
Parents are also given an additional box for comments - both positive and negative. Below are some of the themes that have come out of the questionnaire and anything the school does, or has done in response.
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Positives |
|
Positives |
Hardwick |
Thankful for the measures put in place to allow children to return to school safely
Child has improved in confidence
3/4 staff are fabulous
School gives children extra support in order to be able to achieve |
Cambourne |
Reports at the end of EYFS are very detailed
Appreciative that the new report format has a focus on attitude to learning
Wand another column to the left of the strongly agree column – best school for their child!
Teacher dedication to children both pastorally and learning
Good support during Covid x3
|
Areas for Development | School response |
Want their child to be challenged/pushed to achieve a greater depth of learning |
Work is differentiated by all teachers either to support the children in their class or challenge them. |
Issues with consistency in staffing during the academic year |
Unfortunately, this was out of our control. When we realised that this was going to be long term, we quickly put a plan in place to ensure that the children had a consistent teacher(s) |
Want more regular parent consultations and see children’s’ work more often |
School provides 3 parent consultations across the academic year – Autumn, Spring and Summer which is the expectation from the government. |
More nursery communication |
We are working to develop this, this year. |
Disappointed that some years were not able to finish |
As a school, we too were disappointed that the government only allowed R,1 & 6 to return back in the second half of the summer term. |
Concerned about the need to catch-up |
The school have quickly identified the gaps in children’s learning and are addressing them so the children catch up as quickly as possible. |
Want more targeted communication |
As a school, communication is already targeted but we can look to see how this is further developed. |
Teachers do not adequately support SEND pupils |
The progress that our SEND pupils make is at odds with this statement. |
Results from Parental Questionnaire July 2019 are taken from 170 parental replies.
Agree or Strongly Agree 2017 | Agree or Strongly Agree 2018 | Agree or Strongly Agree 2019 | Disagree or Strongly Disagree 2019 | |
My child enjoys school. | 99.5% | 98.8% | 98.9% | 1.1% |
My child is making good progress at school. | 95.7% | 99.5% | 95.8% | 4.2% |
I feel my child is safe and well cared for at school | 99.5% | 99.5% | 100% | 0% |
The school expects my child to behave well | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
The school expects my child to work hard and achieve his or her best. | 98.4% | 100% | 99.4% | 0.6% |
I feel the school is willing to listen to children’s views | 99% | 99.5% | 98.2% | 1.8% |
I would feel comfortable about approaching the school with questions or a problem. | 98.4% | 98% | 98.8% | 1.2% |
The school is helping my child to become more mature and responsible. | 99.5% | 99.5% | 99.4% | 0.6% |
Every year, we add some supplementary questions to gain feedback on an area in our school. In July 2019, the spotlight was on the use of our curriculum and pastoral provision.
Strongly Agree or agree | Disagree or strongly disagree | Don't know | |
The school provides high quality pastoral support | 91.2% | 1.8% | 7% |
Do you feel that your children get enough exposure to subjects beyond English and Maths | 97.5% | 0% | 3.5% |
The school supports families enough regarding issues such as Drugs education, Relationship and Sex education, knife crime and gang culture | 72.4% | 4.1% | 23.5% |
The school provides a wide range of opportunities to nurture, develop and stretch pupil’s interests | 93.5% | 0% | 5.9% |
Parents are also given an additional box for comments - both positive and negative. Below are some of the themes that have come out of the questionnaire and anything the school does, or has done in response.
Positives | Positives | ||
Hardwick |
School plays Focus on wider curriculum Personal development Nurturing the whole child Golden mornings Inclusive and supportive ethos Pastoral care Supportive of families through tough times Mixed year groups Topics and choice of homework projects Approach to bullying Social and emotional support provided SATs booster groups Communicating about what can be done at home Great learning environments Extra-curricular opportunities Opportunities such as library, peer mediator, allotments |
Cambourne |
Code club Topics, trips and golden mornings Reading opportunities Y5/6 play and Hill Top Encouraged use of impressive vocabulary Nursery- safe and supportive environment Choir Pastoral support Chinese club Writing club Approach to KS1 SATs Volunteering opportunities |
Hardwick
Areas for development | School response |
Inconsistency in job share expectations e.g. behaviour |
Embedding of the positive behaviour policy should hopefully ensure this doesn’t happen |
Wanting to know KS1 SATs results |
This is shared with parents should they ask for it. Something to think about including on the report next year |
Too much homework in Reception |
Streamlined homework across the school |
SEN- anxiety about next year Better communication among teachers regarding transition to new classes |
Transition is an area we will be looking at in detail when it gets to the summer term. No |
Anxiety about changes in routine, getting things wrong Anxiety about coming to school |
Work in PSHCE and assemblies linked to mental health and knowing how to cope and deal with feeling anxious |
Homework traumatic! |
Shared expectations with both parents and children re homework expectations not just for SEN pupils, but all. |
Cambourne
Areas for Development | School Response |
Observations at lunch and break could be improved |
Governors are including this area in their walk once a year on each site |
Procedures for contacting teacher with problems Lack of regular homework Home reading books too easy |
Clear guidelines shared at the ‘Welcome to’ meetings at the beginning of the year linked to contacting teachers, homework and reading that is consistent across the school. |
Lack of listening to children’s views at a whole school level |
Each class has a school council representative who takes the views of children to regular school council meetings chaired by a teacher. These views are listened to, responded to and reported to Senior Leadership - should the need matter need to be addressed further. |
Would like to see children’s work more than twice a year at parent’s evening. |
Parents are invited in for special sharing afternoons |
Art should be more about self-expressing rather than copying existing artwork |
There is a curriculum spotlight on all foundation subjects this year. |