Your feedback to us
Throughout the school year there are several occasions when we ask you for your feedback, following each Parents Evening we will send out a questionnaire for you to give us your thoughts on how your daughter is progressing through her school life. Presented below is the feedback we have received.
Year 8 Parents Evening - January 2024, Questionnaire Feedback
Thank you the Year 8 Parents and Carers who attended, 72% of parents attended the evening. We were pleased with the feedback from our parent questionnaires, having 31 responses in total. The majority of respondents were complimentary of their daughter's experience of school this year and were happy that their daughter felt safe and happy. We would like to thank all parents for their ongoing support.
Results from the survey were as follows:
- 82% of respondents stated that their child is happy at school.
- 90% of respondents stated that their child feels safe in school.
- 90% of respondents stated that their child values the school's spirituality and ethos.
- 83% of respondents stated that their child makes good progress in school.
- 84% of respondents stated that their child is well looked after in school.
- 87% of respondents stated that their child is taught well at this school.
- 88% of respondents stated that their child received appropriate homework for their age.
- 84% of respondents stated that school ensure pupils are well behaved.
- 64% of respondents stated that school deals effectively with bullying, with 36% of respondents finding the question not applicable.
- 84% of respondents stated that the school is well managed, with 84% of respondents stating that school responds well to concerns raised.
- 88% of respondents stated that they receive valuable information about their child's progress.
- 87% of respondents stated that they would recommend this school to another parent.
There were some questions and comments relating to curriculum topics, our school website provides readily available and detailed curriculum maps that can be found all year round under curriculum, here each subject highlights the topics taught throughout the year which have been broken down term by term (Once on the school website, please follow: Curriculum > Subject > Programme of Study KS3 > Year 8).
We thank you for your completion of the questionnaire and we will be considering views to support and make amendments to future parents evenings and school life.
Year 9 Parents Evening - March 2023, Questionnaire Feedback
Thank you to all of the parents and carers who attended Year 9 Parents' Evening. We were pleased with the feedback from our parent questionnaires, having 33 responses in total. The majority of respondents were complimentary of their daughter's experience of school this year and were happy that their daughter felt safe and happy. We would like to thank all parents for their ongoing support.
Results from the survey were as follows:
- 94% of respondents stated that their child is happy at school.
- 94% of respondents stated that their child feels safe in school.
- 91% of respondents stated that their child values the school's spirituality and ethos.
- 97% of respondents stated that their child makes good progress in school.
- 94% of respondents stated that their child is well looked after in school.
- 97% of respondents stated that their child is taught well at this school.
- 100% of respondents stated that their child received appropriate homework for their age.
- 85% of respondents stated that school ensure pupils are well behaved.
- 61% of respondents stated that school deals effectively with bullying, with 33% of respondents finding the question not applicable.
- 88% of respondents stated that the school is well managed, with 14% of respondents saying this question was not applicable.
- 79% of respondents said that school responds well to any concerns, with 12% of respondents saying this question was not applicable.
- 94% of respondents stated that they receive valuable information about their child's progress.
- 88% of respondents stated that they would recommend this school to another parent.
- 97% of respondents stated that they feel their daughter was supported in her elective choices.
Parents/carers were also happy to have their first parents meeting their child's teaching staff because it felt more personal and parents were grateful for the support that staff provide. Although it was commented by a parent that appointments on EduLink One may appear fully booked for certain subject teachers we always advise approaching the relevant member of staff on the evening to see if they are available for feedback.
We thank you for your completion of the questionnaire and we will be considering views to support and make amendments to future parent's evenings and school life.
Year 10 Parents Evening - February 2023
Thank you to the Year 10 Parents and Carers who attended, 72% of parents attended the evening. We were pleased with the feedback from our parent questionnaires, having 36 responses in total. The majority of respondents were complimentary of their daughter's experience of school this year and were happy that their daughter felt safe and happy. We would like to thank all parents for their ongoing support.
Results from the survey were as follows:
- 90% of respondents stated that their child is happy at school.
- 94% of respondents stated that their child feels safe in school.
- 92% of respondents stated that their child values the school's spirituality and ethos.
- 95% of respondents stated that their child makes good progress in school.
- 91% of respondents stated that their child is well looked after in school.
- 95% of respondents stated that their child is taught well at this school.
- 83% of respondents stated that their child received appropriate homework for their age.
- 86% of respondents stated that school ensure pupils are well behaved.
- 70% of respondents stated that school deals effectively with bullying, with 17% of respondents finding the question not applicable.
- 78% of respondents stated that the school is well managed, with 70% of respondents stating that school responds well to concerns raised.
- 78% of respondents stated that they receive valuable information about their child's progress.
- 78% of respondents stated that they would recommend this school to another parent.
There were some questions and comments relating to the toilet system. I am pleased to inform you that additional staff have been employed to support pupil's needs to use the toilet during lesson so that we are able to cater for more usage of the toilets, enabling pupils to be collected from lesson faster. There are also plans to build a new block of toilets to ensure student use is quicker at break and lunch.
Year 11 Parents Evening - 22nd January 2024
Thank you to the Year 11 Parents and Carers who attended the evening. We were pleased with the feedback from our parent questionnaires and the majority of respondents were complimentary of their daughter's experience of school this year and were happy that their daughter felt safe and happy. We would like to thank all parents for their ongoing support.
Results from the survey were as follows:
- 81% of respondents stated that their child is happy at school.
- 91% of respondents stated that their child feels safe in school.
- 95% of respondents stated that their child values the school's spirituality and ethos.
- 81% of respondents stated that their child makes good progress in school.
- 86% of respondents stated that their child is well looked after in school.
- 81% of respondents stated that their child is taught well at this school.
- 76% of respondents stated that their child received appropriate homework for their age.
- 72% of respondents stated that school ensure pupils are well behaved.
- 76% of respondents stated that school deals effectively with bullying.
- 86% of respondents stated that the school is well managed.
- 81% of respondents stated that they receive valuable information about their child's progress.
- 81% of respondents stated that they would recommend this school to another parent.
We thank you for your completion of the questionnaire and we will be considering views to support and make amendments to future parent's evenings and school life.
Year 13 Parents Evening - December 2023
Thank you to the year 13 parents and carers who attended our parent's evenings. This year we are having 2 separate parents' evenings to accommodate our larger intake in year 13 and to act on feedback from our previous parent's evening where some parents asked for more time with individual teachers. We were pleased with the feedback from our parent questionnaires, having 15 responses in total.
Results from the survey were as follows:
- 100% of respondents stated that their child is happy at school.
- 100% of respondents stated that their child feels safe in school.
- 87% of respondents stated that their child values the school's spirituality and ethos.
- 94% of respondents stated that their child makes good progress in school.
- 94% of respondents stated that their child is well looked after in school.
- 100% of respondents stated that their child is taught well at this school.
- 100% of respondents stated that their child received appropriate homework for their age.
- 100% of respondents stated that school ensure pupils are well behaved.
- 46% of respondents stated that school deals effectively with bullying, with 46% of respondents finding the question not applicable.
- 100% of respondents stated that the school is well managed, with 100% of respondents stating that school responds well to concerns raised.
- 94% of respondents stated that they receive valuable information about their child's progress.
- 94% of respondents stated that they would recommend this school to another parent.
If you have additional matters to discuss with your daughter/son's teacher, please contact the school via the edulink app/email in the first instance to discuss/ arrange a follow up phone call.