Stakeholder Feedback
Parent Survey July 2026
Popular things that people felt had been great were references to specific teachers, being able to wear PE kits in hot weather, introduction of homework in KS2, PTA events, extra curricular events, health week, class assemblies, parental engagement, all staff and how hard they work.
Popular things that people felt could be better; summer uniform for boys, high volume of communication, requests for money, consistency in staffing.
We cannot change the school uniform for boys for next academic year due to the contract with uniform providers however we will consider what we can do within the limits set by the government on having only 3 branded items plus a tie and take parent feedback in our next survey in October.
Regarding the high volume of communication and multiple platforms, we are limited by what the provider can do and the costs of the providers. We currently use ParentPay for sending information and payment for items and Class Dojo to share reminders and positive praise. We will work with the office to see what we can do to improve this next academic year.
Requests for money, as a Catholic school, we do a lot for charity to support those less fortunate than ourselves but if you are unable to pay, please do not feel any pressure to do so. We do have to request payment for trips as this is not an expense we can cover from our budget. Without parental support, we cannot provide the trips and enrichment which was the highest rated positive comment in the survey. We are always looking to see how we can reduce costs such as health week this year. We will continue to do so and be mindful of requests.
Consistency in staffing was impacted by a member of staff leaving during the school year which is never ideal but we considered carefully how to ensure consistency for the children and particularly how to ensure the best possible end to Year 6 for the children. The feedback regarding this from Year 6 parents was very positive.
Parent Survey October 2025
Feedback was overwhelmingly positive for both parents evening and our new behaviour policy.
Parent Survey July 2025
Thank you to all the parents who filled in our annual survey, we appreciate the lovely comments made and feedback as to how we can improve the school.
There was an abundance of positive comments for staff, health week, sports day, Catholic life of the school, parental involvement, careers week and the enrichment of the curriculum which we feel are real strengths of the school too.
Areas to develop:
One area a few parents mentioned was having one platform to communicate. We would very much like this too but unfortunately at this point, there is not one system that can do everything we need. We do continue to look at this to improve systems and regularly revisit this with the central team. This coming year, we will use Arbor to book parents evening to reduce the number of systems.
Another area a small number of parents mentioned was the purchase of another mini bus to reduce the cost of trips. We would also love this but simply cannot afford the cost of another mini bus plus the upkeep and the driver. If anybody knows of a business who would like to sponsor another mini bus, we would be very happy to discuss it.
A few parents mentioned there were too many requests for money for charity. As a Catholic school, it is part of our role to ensure we are supporting those in need. We have spread the charity days across the school year and all dates are published in advance but we will be mindful of this throughout the year.
A small number of parents suggested behaviour was an area to improve. We will be trialling a new relationship and behaviour policy in autumn term and asking for feedback from parents at Parents Evening.
Pupil Survey March 2025
Parent Evening Surveys October 2024
Strengths of the Catholic life of the school were; values, collective worship, ethos, support, family feel of the school, sense of identity, consideration for others, supportive community.
Suggested improvements to Catholic life; more family masses, shorter Sunday Mass, shorter family Mass to keep younger children engaged.
We will liaise with the parish regarding the suggested improvements.
Pupil Survey March 2024
Parent survey July 2023
Parent survey March 2023
Parents Evening survey March 2023
Actions:
- Ensure we share the names of parish priests regularly on Twitter and in the newsletter.
Parents Evening survey October 2023
Actions:
Keep parent meetings on Zoom to allow parents to access conveniently.
In July 2023 we asked our parents for feedback in our Parent Survey - July 2023.
We are very happy and proud with the results.
Our actions moving forwards will be:
- More notice for payment for trips and residential.
- Start to use Class Dojos messaging function.
- Share the financial position of the school in September.
- Ensure teachers are on time at the beginning and end of the day.
Pupil survey 2023
Actions: None
Actions:
- Ensure challenge in lessons.
- Celebrate positive behaviour in all classes consistently.
- Ensure children understand why we have fire alarms. (main reason why children feel unsafe)
- Ask children for feedback as to what clubs they would like.