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: 33

Headlines

• 100% strongly agree of agree that the school provides a good education for their child.
• 85% strongly agree or agree that the school environment is welcoming for parents.
• 97% strongly agree or agree that the teaching staff are good at ensuring that their child learns and encourages them to become independent.
• 87% strongly agree or agree that the information they receive from school is useful.
• 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 Princess May Primary School to another parent.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that the partnership between parents and the school is useful in helping them to support their child’s learning
• 100% strongly agree of agree that the termly reports are useful.
• 87% 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 newsletter keeps them well informed about events.
• 100% strongly agree of agree that their child feels safe at school.
• 98% strongly agree of agree that staff explain how to help their child at home.
• 87% strongly agree of agree that they find the school website a useful source of information.

Most Common ‘I would like…’ Parent Comments

More electronic communication and emails	8
More workshops for parents	17

 

Areas of Focus

85% strongly agree or agree that the school environment is welcoming for parents.

We will continue to:

• Conduct a parent tour to gather feedback on the school environment.
• We will develop the office area.
• We will invest in a Parent Information Board for the school gates.
• We will create a Parent Room, which can be used by all parents and the community. 
• We will review our office arrangements.
• We have ensured that a member of SLT is always available on the school gates in the morning and teachers are available to speak after school.
• We have ensured that all emails received from parents are responded to.

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.

17 parents said they would like more workshops for parents

What we did:

• Created a calendar of events for each term which included workshops for parents
• Partnership with external agencies to deliver workshops, such as Hackney's Family Coaching Service