Continuing Improvement
at Eaton Primary School
School Lunches
• The school provides a nutritionally balanced meal to all infant pupils
at no charge, yet up take is low - sometimes less than 50%.
• A meal for a junior child cost £2.10. Here uptake is lower at 25%.
• What more could Norse / school do to encourage more parents to
take up school meals (which are low in fat, sugar and salt and high in
vitamins and minerals)?
Communication
How we will communicate with you
• Letters
• Email
• Text
• Website
• Facebook
• Twitter
Improving Teaching and Learning
• Introduction of learning attributes – determination, curiosity,
communication and independence.
• New assessment tracking used in 98% of Hertfordshire schools, for
every child in reading, writing and maths.
• Aim to reach at least national expectations of achievement for all
pupils.
• Reception and infant class improvements – room divisions and
dedicated kitchen.
Improving Teaching and Learning
• Restructure of homework to include pupil/parent choice and more
planning time.
• Quicker and more settled start to teaching and learning in the
mornings.
• Continuity of support staff across the school.
Danny DETERMINATION
says, “DON’T GIVE UP.”
Colin CURIOSITY
says, “THINK FOR YOURSELF.”
Chloe COMMUNICATION
says, “RESPECT OTHERS.”
Izzy INDEPENDENCE
says, “DO YOUR BEST.”
Improving Pupil Achievement
How Ofsted rate the school’s performance
• Early Years – Good Level of Development
• Year One Phonics Screening test
• Year 2 teacher assessments
• Year 6 SAT tests
Early Years – A Good Level of Development
• Below Norfolk and National (achieving expected in all 5 strands).
Year One Phonics Screening Test
• Below National (achieving expected).
Year 2 Teacher Assessments
• Above National in reading, writing and maths (average point score).
Year 6 SAT tests
• Below National in writing, maths and grammar (achieving expected).
Vision, Aims and Values
What does a governing body do? . . . a reminder
Board of Governors
We do this through the Vision, Aims & Values
Ensures clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
Holds the Headteacher to account for the educational
performance of the school and its pupils, and the performance
management of staff
Oversees the financial performance of the school and makes
sure its money is well spent
Eaton Primary School
An Evolution Academy Trust School
Linking Vision, Aims & Value to the way we govern
Pupils
- Attainment & Progress
- Attendance
- Admissions & Exclusion
- Curriculum
Staff
- Headteacher review & pay
- Performance Mgt
- Remuneration
- Recruitment
- Grievance / Dismissal
School
- Safeguarding
- Vision, Ethos & Strategy
- School Improvement Plan
- Policies
- Finance
- Premises
- Health & Safety
Community
- Communication
- Building relationships
- Local business
Governors
- LGB Structure
- Annual Plan
- School Visits
- Training
- Self-Evaluation
Vision
Every child has a safe, secure and inspiring learning journey.
Aims
• To provide a safe and stimulating learning environment, through robust
financial management and adherence to policy and procedure, in which we
all continually strive to provide excellence for our children.
• To fulfil the potential of every child, through encouragement and challenge,
so that they can be adaptable and self-sufficient and are prepared for life
ahead.
• To achieve high levels of motivation and well-being for our employees,
through quality training and personal development.
• To foster trust and confidence from our community partners, so that we
can both learn from and contribute to our local, national and global
neighbours.
Values
We strive to achieve our aims through promoting and acting on the
values of Trust, Openness, Respect and Integrity.
Parents Survey 2015
Feedback of Results
October 2015
Parent Survey
Governors commissioned the survey to listen to Parents feel about the key aspects of the
school, combining Ofsted’s “Parent View” with more specifics around the areas we know
you wanted to comment upon.
Homework, Teaching & Learning, School Meals,
Communications & Recent Changes
Action is already being taken in some areas (including Homework and Communication).
We learned that Parents are generally positive about the school, but there are concerns in
some areas (as we would expect).
We need to understand more about some of the scores to determine what actions to take.
The survey outputs will feed into the School Improvement Plan so we can track our
progress.
We intend to run the survey annually to check on progress, but plan to take more parent
feedback in key areas during the year.
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We asked for your views on . . .
Response Levels
Total Responses = 101
Responses by Year Group
1
Single
Child
Multiple
Children
not stated
42
58
Reception
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 5
24
23
27
13
21
19
20
Responses by Phase
Note:
Parents with multiple children at
the school are allocated to all
relevant Year Groups / Phases and
hence the sum of data records for
each analysis group will exceed 101
Reception
Years 1-2
Years 3-4
Years 5-6
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47
31
35
The Analysis – OFSTED’s Parent View Questions
Scores in this section of the survey range from 87% to 98%
There is a very strong belief from Parents that their children are happy, safe and well looked after at
the school.
90% feel that the school is well-led and managed and the same proportion would recommend Eaton
to a fiend as a good school for their children to attend.
Amongst all of the Year Group results, none of the questions in this section score below 70%.
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Car parking
Arrival arrangements
The Analysis – Homework
Around three quarters of Parents are positive with the quantity, complexity and frequency of the
homework that their child receives (believing it to be age appropriate).
There are some variations in opinion by Year Group.
In Reception 94% feel that the amount of homework and its complexity are appropriate for the child’s
age. In contrast, just 50% of those with children in Year 6 are happy with the amount and the
frequency of homework. Similarly, only 59% giving feedback about Year 5 homework are happy that
the complexity of the tasks are appropriate for the age of the child.
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Allowing a longer completion time (1 week)
Structuring homework more across a whole term
A better balance between subjects
Ensuring teachers mark homework
Demands for more or less homework
The Analysis – Teaching & Learning
86% of all Parents are happy that the school makes good use of technology
to support teaching and learning. Similarly, there are positive views about the
way in which the school teaches social and life skills to the children. Opinions are consistent across all
Year Groups.
Overall, 71% agree or agree strongly that the school provides a sufficient level of challenge for their
child. The range for all Year Groups is between 65% and 74%.
Slightly fewer (67%) are happy that their child gets enough physical education (with scores in the
50%s for Y1, Y3 and Y6).
Only 60% of all Parents agree that there is a good range of clubs for their child to participate in.
Scores here are weakest in Y2, Y4 and especially Y3 (just 46% are happy).
Of those people who felt they were able to provide feedback about the school’s provision for those
with Special Educational Needs, 87% felt that SEN provision is good.
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Setting challenging goals for higher performing children
Opportunities for creativity
More PE / swimming
Less focus on OFSTED, more on teaching
The Analysis – School Lunches / Meals
The headline in this section is that 81% of all Parents agree or agree strongly
that “taking everything into account, school lunches are an enjoyable experience
for my child(ren).”
However, this statistic hides the fact that when asked to give feedback about specific elements of the
school lunch experience, all but one of the individual scores are a little lower in comparison.
So, whilst 82% feel that the variety of food on the menu is good, only around three quarters are happy
with the quality of food or the environment. Furthermore, just 69% agree that the choice of options
works for their child on each day and 54% are happy with the portion sizes.
Portion sizes more or less follow a pattern of becoming a bigger issue as the children get older, with
only around 1 in 4 Parents of those in Y5 or Y6 feeling that their child gets enough to eat on a daily
basis.
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The Analysis – Communication With Parents
The data shows that Parents are generally very happy with communication
around Major Changes, the School Calendar and information about their child’s progress.
However, there is a need to provide more advanced warning about Special School Days (events in the
classroom, fundraising days, non-uniform days). Only 1 in 3 feel that they get to find out about these
things well enough in advance.
Communication about Out Of School Time activities could be better on both measures. Only half are
satisfied with either the quality of the communication or the timeliness of it.
Communication concerns are strongest for parents with children in Reception, possibly for those new
to the school.
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Variable quality of communication across the school
Some non-working parents find communication less effective
Communication and liaison with teachers
Head Teacher visibility
The Analysis – Communication With Parents
In terms of communication, you will never please all of the people all of the time. Some people will
see communication as good (clear). Others will read/hear the same thing very differently. Some will
see the communication as timely (enough warning). Others will not. The goal here is to aim for a
majority of people seeing the communication as good AND a majority seeing it as timely.
Good quality
(clear)
Timely
(enough warning)
Major Changes
82%
64%
School Calendar
78%
62%
Child’s Progress and Performance
74%
71%
Special School Days
70%
31%
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2015 activities
Out
Of School
51%
50%
The Analysis – Recent Changes
There is strong positive support from Parents about the amount of progress the school has made in
terms of improvements to its physical environment (internal and external). 94% are happy here. This
holds across Parents with children in all Year Groups.
78% of Parents are happy with their own level of understanding about the ambition and vision of the
school’s leadership team.
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Executive Summary
101 Parent replies, with positive perceptions of Eaton as a school (high levels of
agreement with the statements). 16/28 questions have 80% or better positive
results - only 1 question is below 60%.
Parents feel the school is well led/managed and would recommend it to a friend.
The majority are happy with the amount, complexity and frequency of homework,
but there are some concerns in the older Year Groups.
There is demand for more PE and more access to after school clubs.
81% report their children feeling that school lunches are an enjoyable experience
but there are concerns over portion sizes being adequate for the older children.
Communication is generally very clear, but the key issue is to provide more
advanced notice for Special School Days and more clarity in communication about
Out Of School Time activities.
There is strong positive support from Parents about the amount of progress the
school has made in terms of improvements to its physical environment (internal
and external).
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