Questionnaire
A total of 106 responses were received for the October 2024 parent/carer survey – a very encouraging proportion of the school population and signifying a good level of family engagement. We were delighted by your replies
As you can see from the graph below, responses were overwhelmingly and very gratifyingly positive. Indeed, virtually all respondents are happy with every aspect covered within the survey. Parents/carers are extremely appreciative of the school’s ethos and its welcoming approach to families. They feel confident that their children are happy and safe at school, and feel involved in their children’s education due to effective school communications, the approachability of staff and the opportunities the school offers to celebrate children’s learning.
Scores were marginally lower regarding feeling informed about ‘the wider curriculum’, possibly because parents were unsure about the definition of this phrase? The fact that it has different possible interpretations may perhaps explain the scores. Do have a chat to school staff if you would like further information.
Inevitably, there were relatively few responses to the question specifically targeted at families of children with SEND. Results were slightly more mixed, with just over a quarter of parents dissatisfied with their child’s provision. It would be worthwhile to try to correlate these respondents with specific pupils to see whether the school had previously been aware of any dissatisfaction, to understand the exact nature of the issues, or to establish whether perhaps the issues the families have lie outside the school’s powers to resolve (eg. delay in obtaining EHCP, lack of LA Speech and Language provision, etc
Many thanks for taking the time to complete the questionnaire. If you have any further suggestions or comments please email us at:
clerk@patchaminf.brighton-hove.sch.uk
Our Goals:
Outstanding outcomes through high quality learning and teaching
Resilient, resourceful, reflective and collaborative children
Engaged and respectful members of the community
Nurturing, stimulating and enabling environment
Ways Forward
- Make future surveys available online to support inclusion (accessibility and ease of translation into other languages)
- Share more news about the Wider Curriculum
- Further analysis of SEN responses
- Compare outcomes with previous year’s responses to identify any trends.
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Your views
You shared your views on our focus on being Changemakers and our whole school approach to OCOW (Our City, Our World)
Just under half of the survey responses (45) included a written comment regarding Patcham’s OCOW curriculum initiatives – and you have really taken the programme to heart.
Without exception, the comments were positive, and fell into roughly four broad categories:
- Acknowledging the Importance of the subject in the context of the current environmental crisis
- Emphasising how much parents valued this aspect of the curriculum
- Showing appreciation of impact not only for the planet, but also for children’s personal development
- Observing that children have become ‘changemakers’ at home and directly influence their household’s environmental impact.
Typical comments included:
“I love this addition to the curriculum. My child comes home and talks about waste, recycling and being a caretaker. I find it valuable to their future.”
“Love the environmental education, biodiversity and forest school. It has made a regular daily contribution to our son’s life.”
“We really value this kind of learning and we do hear about it from our child, so it’s definitely having an impact. The kids decided to go litter-picking of their own accord as a result because they want to be ‘changemakers’.” .
One parent observed that we should acknowledge children’s feelings about loss and deliver the OCOW curriculum with a compassionate approach.
Staff have confirmed that this concept of ‘loss’ is indeed covered within the materials used by the school.
Helping in school
We were also very gratified to receive 25 offers of help in school – whether that be to just generally ‘chip in’, or to share a wide variety of individual skills with our school community. These ranged from first aid, sports and music, through marketing and branding to event management and awesome sandwich-making! Thank you for your great demonstration of community spirit, which we will make sure to fully exploit!
