Parent Forum 4th May Feedback:

Many thanks to the families who joined me for my second Parents Forum of the year. I was delighted to share with you some of our triumphs and areas of progress this year.

This include:

• A feeling that the school is “on the up”.
• Strong relationships between staff and students.
• Improved behaviour.
• Outstanding 6th Form.
• Improved extra-curricula offer.

Changes you’ve liked:

• Headteacher daily walks.
• Improved communication with parents via twitter and website, texts, etc.
• Exam preparation.
• Form time at the start of the day.
• Weekly Headteacher Celebration Breakfasts.

Some common themes I picked up from feedback on what we could improve:

• Whilst Show My Homework is an improvement, there is still not enough Homework being set.
• Ensuring that the opportunities provided in the Advanced Learners Programme are rolled out more widely.
• More meaningful reports.
• Parents need to be better informed about teacher changes and want to know more about who their child’s form tutor is.
• Ensure that no student feels any peer pressure not to be seen to be doing well in school.
• Improve the rewards system.
• Ensure that we get better at enabling students to catch-up if they start secondary school struggling with numeracy and literacy.
• Ensure that student helpers at school events are well briefed.
• Provide more notice of fixtures.
• Involve parents more in the life of the school.

May Parent Forum Presentation