As a school, our key priority will always be to help your children make the maximum possible progress in all aspects of their learning. As the school’s vision and values state, this is best achieved when we are ‘working as a team with close links to the rest of the community’. Therefore it is crucial that school and parents/carers work together; for this to be possible, we need clear communication.
The school has reviewed all of its communications with parents and carers; this involved consultation with a number of parents and also school governors. Unsurprisingly this review concluded that different pieces and types of information are best communicated in different ways (for example short messages can be sent as texts, but the software used in school limits the number of characters, so longer messages have to be emailed). Our review of communications identified some improvements that we could make, and these have all been incorporated in the Communication Summary booklet, available by clicking below.
We asked parents/carers to let us know their views on the school’s communication with parents, now that he have the Communication Summary booklet in place. We were really pleased that roughly 60% of parents took the time to complete the questionnaire while they were waiting in the school hall between appointments at a Parent Evening. The results follow;
1. How useful have you found the Communication Summary booklet?
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Very useful |
Quite useful |
Not very useful |
Not useful at all |
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41% |
52% |
6% |
2% |
2. How well do you feel that the school has followed the procedures in the booklet?
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Very useful |
Quite useful |
Not very useful |
Not useful at all |
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46% |
50% |
2% |
2% |
3. The school has ensured that all the information on the class pages of the school website (Curriculum Web, How to Help Your Child Make the Best Progress) are updated by 3.15pm on the first day of term. Has this change improved the way the school communicates with you about what your child will be learning at school each term?
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Yes |
No |
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97% |
3% |
4. The school has ensured that dates for school events for the whole school year are fixed and published on the calendar on the school website. Has this change improved the way the school communicates with you about forthcoming events?
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Yes |
No |
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100% |
0% |
5. Overall, how satisfied are you with the school’s communication with you (please comment overleaf if you wish)?
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Very satisfied |
Satisfied |
Unsatisfied |
Very unsatisfied |
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58% |
38% |
3% |
0% |
We are really pleased to receive such positive feedback from parents about our efforts to improve the way we communicate with you. We will, of course, continue to do our best to maintain and develop further this aspect of the school.