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: 271

Headlines

• 100% strongly agree or agree that the school provides a good education for their child.
• 100% strongly agree or agree that they are happy with the progress that their child is making.
• 100% strongly agree or agree that their child feels that their teachers work hard and teach well.
• 100% strongly agree or agree that they would recommend Orchard Primary School to another parent.
• 100% strongly agree or agree that the office staff are friendly and welcoming.
• 99% strongly agree or agree that their child likes school.
• 99% strongly agree or agree that staff explain how to help their child at home.
• 99% strongly agree or agree that the termly reports are useful.
• 99% strongly agree or agree that they feel comfortable about approaching the school with questions or a problem.
• 99% strongly agree or agree that the school listens to their views and suggestions.
• 99% strongly agree or agree that their child feels safe at school.
• 99% strongly agree or agree that the school ensures that pupils are well behaved.
• 98% strongly agree or agree that the school is led and managed well.
• 98% strongly agree or agree that they are kept informed about how their child is getting on.

Most Common ‘I would like…’ Parent Comments

Areas of Focus

93% strongly agree or agree that the school deals effectively with bullying.

We will continue to:

• Follow the clear systems we have in place for investigating any allegations of bullying.
• Raise the profile of the Anti-Bullying Quality Mark (ABQM) award.
• Offer termly teacher briefing/CPD focus, led by the Headteacher.
• Offer termly onsite assembly focus and content – linked to ABQM.

96% strongly agree or agree that the school provides suitable homework.

We will:

• Have a blend of recorded and practical tasks spread across a half term.

94% 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.

97% strongly agree or agree that the newsletter keeps them well informed about events / 96% strongly agree or agree that they find the school website a useful source of information.

We will continue to:

• Promote the website to parents via coffee mornings, newsletter and texts.
• Ensure staff are aware of content of website to ensure they can direct pages to specific pages.