In June 2009, we asked all of our pupils and parents to complete a questionnaire about York Road School. Thank you to everyone who took the time to complete this.
Pupil Questionnaire Feedback
Positive areas identified:
· specialist theme days eg. Viking Day, Greek Day, Tudor Day, Jamaican afternoon
· school trips
· extra duties eg. ICT monitors, mediators, school council
· fun lessons
· kind and Fair teachers
· money week activities
· learning to swim
· reading “when I first came to this school I could hardly read – now its easy!”
· sports day / district sports
· assembly certificates / DHT’s award
Areas for Development identified:
· more playground equipment (We have made several improvements to our playground including: fencing a quiet area with activities for pupils such as reading, colouring, board games; replacing the lily pads; updating and repairing playground equipment including new coloured safety matting; painting of the playground sheds; re drawing playground grids including a giant draughts board. The climbing wall and stage area are our next priorities for improvement. The children are enjoying their new improved environment.)
· more science experiments and more drama in lessons (teachers will be using exciting new science resources with the children this year to make science more “hands on” and will be including more drama across the whole curriculum.)
· drinking water in classrooms (all water in classrooms is now drinkable.)
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Question
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Raw
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Do you like this school?
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229/262
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87%
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Do teachers show you how to make your work better?
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228/262
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87%
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Are teachers fair to you?
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232/262
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89%
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Do you help yourself to learn?
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220/262
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84%
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Parent Questionnaire Feedback
Positive areas identified:
· ICT monitors
· open afternoons
· excellent transition procedures from Year 2 to Year 3
· website / text communications eg. Isle of Wight / France trip.
Areas for Development identified:
· more notice of themed days / events (this website should help to play a role in achieving this!)
· variety of homework activities (teachers shall be giving a range of homework from across the curriculum.)
· more open afternoons (there will be 2 open evenings during the academic year, which will run until 6PM in order to allow parents who work the chance to come into their child’s class to see their work.)
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Question
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Raw
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%
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Is your child happy in school?
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Yes – 192/207
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93%
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Is your child making satisfactory progress?
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Yes – 187/207
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90%
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Does your child have any worries about school?
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No – 181/207
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87%
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Do you receive sufficient information about what your child does at school?
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Yes – 168/207
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81%
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