Every year we ask our community to complete a questionnaire to help us understand what parents/carers think about our school and give an opportunity for comment on the school successes and areas that could be even better

Survey Date: Autumn 2023

Total Number of Responses: 209

Headlines

• 100% strongly agree of agree that the school provides a good education for their child.
• 100% strongly agree or agree that the school is led and managed well.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that they are happy with the progress that my child is making.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that their child feels that their teachers work hard and teach well.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that they are kept informed about how their child is getting on.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that they would recommend Southwold Primary School to another parent.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that their child likes school.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that the termly reports are useful.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that the school provides suitable homework.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that they feel comfortable about approaching the school with questions or a problem.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that the office staff are friendly and welcoming.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that the newsletter keeps them well informed about events.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that their child feels safe at school.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that the school ensures that pupils are well behaved.
• 98% strongly agree of agree that staff explain how to help their child at home.
• 98% strongly agree of agree that they find the school website a useful source of information.

Most Common ‘I would like…’ Parent Comments

Areas of Focus

97% strongly agree or agree that the school deals effectively with bullying.

We will continue to:

• Follow the clear systems we have in place for investigating any allegations of bullying.
• Raise the profile of the Anti-Bullying Quality Mark (ABQM) award.
• Publicise how school deals with bullying to parents via ABQM award, coffee morning and anti-bullying leaflets.
• Focus on kindness through PSHCE, class circle times, SEAL and Senior Leadership Team assemblies.

95% strongly agree or agree that the coffee mornings are useful.

We will continue to:

• Have more pupil-input coffee morning sessions.
• Upload coffee morning presentations to the website and make them accessible by parents who cannot attend.

7 parents said they would like more after school club provision.

What we did:

• Provided additional clubs in the second half of the Autumn term which are highly over-subscribed.