Community Survey Feedback

Thank you to everyone who completed our Community Survey as we head towards our CIS Accreditation visit in November. Fingers crossed, by that stage, we will be back on school premises! A summary of the key findings is below:

The response rates from all groups were satisfying and commendable considering the school faced a move to online learning in the middle of the completion period.

7 members of the board completed or partially completed representing 87.5% of possible respondents

7 members of the support staff team completed or partially completed representing 100% of this area of the school

125 parents completed or partially completed representing 28% of the 448 possible families on roll. This figure would be higher if taking in to account families with siblings

115 students out of the 248 aged 10 or more responded or partially responded representing 46.4% of possible respondents

The schools strengths were many and most questions received between 75 and 85% of respondents indicating they agree or strongly agree with the statement

These included:

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Clear expectations on behaviour,

Strong safety, security and emergency procedures,

Excellent teacher's with strong subject knowledge and teaching,

All groups felt a close alignment to the schools Mission and Values,

A strong and well developed Curriculum,

Good use of Data to enhance learning

High levels of challenge and engagement in learning

High levels of enjoyment of lessons,

All groups had a good understanding of assessment grades,

A strong school ethos of caring and supporting the students and the school environment

89% said they felt safe at school and the students also rated highly the knowledge of what to do if they were being bullied

Students also knew the emergency and lockdown procedures very well

Individual subject area progress measures indicated through the students showed that they felt they were making good progress in all areas

100% felt they were making good progress in History and Geography

86% in Art

82% in English

78% in PE and Sport

75% in Music

75% in Maths

74% in Science

67% in Languages

-Opportunities for development

There were different views on what the school could improve on. The only common threads being the canteen provision and food could be improved and the school could be better maintained, The student view (the most important voice) identified social and emotional support as an area for development including greater emphasis and inclusion of their ethnicity and cultural heritage, opportunities to discuss this, greater resources for their native language (this may prove a challenge with 56 nationalities!), better career guidance and heightened attempts to match teaching and tasks to their interests and abilities.

Parents thought the social and emotional development provided by the school was excellent but felt the school could do more to support the unique abilities of their child. This is an interesting point to note and may be to do with school communication about what is happening in classes or students giving a different view to their parents when they get home!.

Technology was an area of difference with the Faculty and Board feeling it could be developed further but students and parents generally satisfied. This may be a recognition that students use of technology is very familiar and strong but that their may need to be upgrades to the school infrastructure and device provision.

The school will look at the outcomes carefully and identify actions to address the areas for development.

Overall a very satisfying outcome but with plenty of work to do!

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