Thanks ever so much for the parental survey - i really appreciate, and value your comments. The area where we came out weakest was with regards clubs.
Although still strong, I do take on board your comments, and will put some work in these for you, indeed for us all.
The responses to this question was brilliant; we know as a staff how much effort we have put into this area.
Although of course saddened we cannot please every these results reassured me.
In my opinion it is inevitable that we will disagree. That is unpleasant at the time, for everyone, but it is also fine. It only becomes a problem if we fail to sort it out. Out of the people who have "raised concerns" with us 44 of you are happy, or very happy with the outcome - and that is actually good to be honest. What i would say is that if you are unhappy you should come back in and see us, and lets try and sort it out. That would be beneficial to everyone.
We should all take credit from the above. Children make mistakes - we all do, and, albeit hard to say, bullying does happen. But i give you my word that I will always sort it. And I will always be honest. Collectively though we both strongly agree that the kids in the school are well behaved - they are - Theyre not perfect, who is.... but they are tremendous. And when things go wrong, I promise, that working together, we will sort it.
The survey was constructive, kind, and helpful so thank you. It is, I promise completely anonymous. Behind the scenes you get some facts about how long it took you to fill in - quite a variance here - one family took 37 minutes, one 18 seconds! However long it took you, thank you. And in the words of the Four Season, "Let's hang on to what we've got, don't let go, cos, we've got a lot, hang on, hang on, hang on to what we've got" and lets never take it for granted, and lets never stop working to maintain the brilliance of the school, and the pride we all have in the school.
Thanks for your comments as well,
"I love St George’s and think my child is thriving there. They love to tell me what he has been doing and the Seesaw updates are brilliant. My only concern is the lack of sport or after school activities on offer. My child is in year xxx and loves every sport going, he attends activities out of school which we pay for, however nothing seems to be offered at St George’s or if it is, it is unclear how children are being selected. Overall happy with the school but think this is one area where improvements could be made and more activities be offered." I TAKE THIS POINT
"My daughter has come on leaps and bounds since starting at St. George's. I'm delighted by the way she has settled into the school and she has built some wonderful friendships both in her class and across the Key Stage. She feels safe, has learned to read and write brilliantly and the school goes to great lengths to make the children's time at the school memorable, for instance the Christmas fair with the reindeer and brass band. A lovely school!" THANK YOU.
"My concern is still being felt with at present. No extra curricular activities for younger children compared to older children and younger children at other schools." THANK YOU, I TAKE THIS USEFUL FEEDBACK ON BOARD
"My child has been supported throughout their journey in St George's. We couldn't have chose a better school." THANK YOU
"I would like to see some of the breakfast sports clubs to return eg judo and fencing. My children loved attending before covid. It gave them the opportunity to try sports that perhaps they wouldn’t normally." AGREED
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"i have been constantly impressed with the learning experience at St George’s. The school curriculum is always fun and interactive with amazing experiences for the children. The staff work very hard and set a fantastic example of the school values." JUST A LOVELY COMMENT, THANK YOU
"A fantastic school full of warmth, support and ambition. My daughter is thriving and I am enjoying her progressing through her school years within St George’s!" THANK YOU
And this comment encapsulates the Homework debate that I have been part of for the last 20 years now as a Headteacher. It made me smile, give me pause for thought, made me despair, yet gave me hope!
This comment, along with all of your comments will be discussed with SLT next week. Once again thank you for returning your surveys, and rest assured that I, along with the whole team will put right our wrongs, and work tirelessly for your most treasured possession. We we never take for granted the faith you placed in us. Take care folks, and have a great weekend, Andy
Homework!!!! I'm sure there will be a mixture of those parents who want more and those that don't so I'm not sure anything will change as its always the big debate but still wanted to give my personal opinion. Weekly spellings, times tables, reading every night and Mymaths - yes! 10000% on board with. These are vital skills for life. The homework grids - no! Just trying to get through the other things can be hard to fit in when you are working parents, of more than one child and have clubs to fit in. The homework grids cause so much unnecessary stress for parents (I'm in a few class what's apps and it's not just me I can assure you!) We would much rather spend our weekends together as a family, going for walks etc but have to give these up to help with homework. Well don't bother doing it then I hear you say. Yes, we could just not bother but when there is a homework share/celebration I don't want my child to feel upset or look lazy because they haven't done anything. So we do it, usually last minute, lots of stress and tears on both parts. For what? Send out the half termly overviews like you do so we all know what's being covered and let those parents that want to be super keen upload things onto seesaw and forget the homework books and the homework share!? We would spend any extra bits of time then probably doing more reading or maths which is surely more beneficial than making a cardboard model that's going to be put in the school recycling the week after. Just a thought🤔
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