Parents Questionnaire Results

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Questionnaire percentage RESULTS for Southwater Junior Academy Parents  - March 2016

Whole School - No. Answered - 63%
Key - 2016   2015     2014     2013

(please tick)	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
My child enjoys school	69  63  64  64	29  36  35  35	2  1  1  1
The school keeps my child safe	83  80  71  64	17  20  28  35	0  0  1  0
The school informs me about my child’s progress	59  50  42  36	41  49  57  62	0  1  1  2
My child is making good progress at school	60  61  41  36	40  38  57  62	0  1 2  2
Children behave well	50  51  42  32	50  49  56  68	0  0  1  2
The school deals effectively with unacceptable behaviour	51  47  42  31	49  53  58  68	0  0  0  1
The school is led and managed effectively	64  71  60  43	36  29  40  57	0  0  0  0
I feel comfortable about approaching the school with questions, a problem or a complaint	75  70  66  50	24  29  33  49	1  1 1  0
Staff expect my child to work hard and do his/her best	78  72  71  58	22  28  29  44	0  0  0   0
The school works towards developing the whole child	68  59  59  50	32  41  41  50	0  0  0   0
The school seeks the views of parents, their suggestions and concerns	60  57  49  37	40  43  50  61	0  0  1  2
Children have a wide range of activities to take part in after school and at lunchtimes	75  82  68  53	24  17  31  45	1  1 1 2
I am happy with my child’s experience at this school	72  74  67  57	28  26  31  43	0  0 0 0
Communication to Parents is good (Text/Parentmail/Email/Website/Newsletter)	71  71   -   -0	28  29   -   -0	1  0  0   0

 

Parent Forum

As an academy we genuinely wish to seek, and take account of parents’ views and involve you as much as possible in the life and work of the school. Research has shown that children behave better and achieve more when their parents are involved in their education. Concerns can be resolved more quickly when parents have a good relationship with the school.
The Board of Trustees have a very specific strategic role to play in the running of the school and have both legal and statutory responsibilities. Generally, the day to day leadership and management of the school is the responsibility of the Headteacher and other senior leaders employed by the school.
We feel that it is important that parents have a forum where they can express their views, know that they can make a difference, and learn more about how the school operates.
The parent forum will discuss general matters, including the outcomes of any parental feedback, for example the parent questionnaire but will not be a forum to discuss individual instances/events and we would not name individual pupils, teachers, members of staff or parents. Parents have the opportunity of forwarding any questions to the headteacher prior to the meeting, or may bring up them up at the meeting. 
The forum runs each term, alternating between a morning and an evening meeting. If you would like to attend please contact the school office. The meeting is informal, relaxed and attendees say it is very interesting!
Recent discussions and presentations have included assessment without levels, the updated curriculum, homework, sport, parking, hot meals and computing.