2021 Parent Surveys

98% of parents rate the school good to excellent (an increase of 2% on 2020 and 6% on 2019). The 2021 survey confirmed the areas of our work parents rate highly and 97% of parents would recommend us to other people (an increase of 6% on 2020 and 10% on 2019).

Over 40 separate questions scored 90% or higher, the top 20 being:

• Overall Quality of teaching
• My child does well at this school
• Management of attendance and punctuality
• Support for disadvantaged students
• My child feels safe in school
• My child is safe in school
• The anti-bullying message is clear
• Students show respect for cultures/religions
• Students show respect for LBGT
• Students show respect for girls and women
• Students are respectful of those with disabilities
• Education about healthy living
• Education about cyber safety
• Education about drugs, gangs and knife crime
• Settling into sixth form quickly
• Transition information for Year 6 students and parents
• My child settled into school quickly
• Communication with parents is clear and effective
• School leaders are effective
• My child is happy at this school

Priorities set by parents for the next year:

• Find new ways to communicate with parents, keeping the emails down
• Returning to normality as soon as possible
• Catching up on lost learning from lockdown
• Mental Health support and building learning outside of the classroom