Parents Survey Results Published!

Well, they did wait until the last day of term, but the survey has now been published. It was in the book bags that the children brought home. Now, credit where credit is due; this is a very impressive peice of work - I mean it. Thank you Governors - a lot of work has gone into this. An 84% return by parents is a great response, but it does create a lot of work for whoever is going to have to read it all and make sense of it. This seems to have been done, and done well. It took some time in coming, and it would have been great if our expectations could have been managed a little better, but thank you.

Overall what the survey shows is that we do still have a good school. Many parents are happy with the way the school is being run. This is a great result and very reassuring. "What more could you ask for then?", I hear you say. What the survey also shows is that there is a significant minority of people who are very unhappy. Some of the quotes also indicate this.

What I hope is that the meetings outlined by the Governors will go some further way to allowing these parents to be really listened to and where appropriate have their issues addressed. There have been a large number of rumours flying around and there are some people who are very vocal about their unhappiness. I suspect that the only way to get these people to be quiet is to listen to them and deal with their concerns, as far as is possible. This would also be the Christian way of going about things.

The survey made the very valid point that we must not be complacent about where things are good. I was dissapointed though not see any reference to putting right the issues that parents are concerned with. Hopefully we can take that for granted...

Well done all you parents who responded to the survey. Keep involved with your school. Keep praying for the school and all the staff and our Governors.

Discsussion points I want to raise in the future will include

• whose school is it anyway?
• what sort of ethos should a Catholic shool have?
• if it has that ethos what does that feel like day to day?
• what are these concerns that this site keeps alluding to?
• what should we expect of our Governors (there were some points about that in the survey)?
• what is the role of the Diocese and the Local Authority?
• where does the PFA fit into the picture?
• what do we want of a head-teacher?

Anyting else? We could keep going for ages! Any, have a great holiday and a Happy Easter! Oh yes, and go easy on the chocolate....