Consultation with Parents and Carers
Consultation with parents/carers plays a vital role in ensuring that their views are represented and used to inform school improvement, so every year there is a planned cycle of consultation activities. Parent views are gathered in a variety of ways including online questionnaires, paper based forms, interviews and more informal discussions. When social distancing guidelines allow it school has also organised coffee mornings so that parents/carers have the opportunity to meet with each other in an informal setting and to discuss issues that affect them. School staff, governors and stakeholders from the local community may also attend these meetings to identify if there are opportunities to explore and develop any issues raised. An example of this was when parents raised concerns about road safety around the school site. This resulted in a school and community Road Safety Project – see below for details.
Parent Voice
Click through to see consultation activities linked to the annual cycle of school improvement.
2021 – Consultation on blended Learning
2020 – Consultation on support during school closures
2017 – Consultation on ethos and values
2016 – Consultation on school reports
Pupil Voice
Every year school holds a pupil voice day. This is a day pupils are consulted on their ideas and opinions about a given topic. The themes explored are linked to school improvement areas or contextual issues relevant to the whole school community and are also reflected in the consultation activities undertaken with parents and carers.
Click through to see consultation activities linked to the annual cycle of school improvement.
Pupil Voice 2021 – Teaching and Learning during Covid 19 and the recovery curriculum
Pupil Voice 2020 – This was incorporated into remote learning survey in the autumn 2020 as in the spring term there was a national lock down – see above
Pupil Voice 2019 – Improving the surrounding area
In 2019 pupil were also consulted on a whole school road safety project – see above
Pupil Voice 2018 – Inclusion and Special Educational Needs
Pupil Voice 2017 – School Citizenship and Values
Parent View
Ofsted has a “Parent View” survey available on the Ofsted website; you can also find this survey by clicking the link at the bottom of the home page of our own school website. In addition to this, school undertakes its own Parent View style survey in the autumn term and you can see the results of these surveys and some of our other consultations by clicking the links below:
