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 DETERMINATIONsays, “DON’T GIVE UP.”

Colin CURIOSITYsays, “THINK FOR YOURSELF.”

Chloe COMMUNICATIONsays, “RESPECT OTHERS.”

Izzy INDEPENDENCEsays, “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

Eaton Primary SchoolAn Evolution Academy Trust School

Board of Governors

What does a governing body do? . . . a reminder

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

We do this through the Vision, Aims & Values

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

Linking Vision, Aims & Value to the way we govern

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 ResultsOctober 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

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We intend to run the survey annually to check on progress, but plan to take more parent feedback in key areas during the year.

We learned that Parents are generally positive about the school, but there are concerns in some areas (as we would expect).

Action is already being taken in some areas (including Homework and Communication).

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 asked for your views on . . .

Response Levels

Reception

Years 1-2

Years 3-4

Years 5-6

24

47

31

35

Responses by PhaseNote: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

ReceptionYear 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5Year 5

24

23

27

13

21

19

20

Responses by Year Group

5842

1

Total Responses = 101

Single ChildMultiple Childrennot stated

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The Analysis – OFSTED’s Parent View Questions

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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%.

• Car parking• Arrival arrangements

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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.

The Analysis – Homework

• 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

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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 theway 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.

The Analysis – Teaching & Learning

• Setting challenging goals for higher performing children• Opportunities for creativity• More PE / swimming• Less focus on OFSTED, more on teaching

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The headline in this section is that 81% of all Parents agree or agree stronglythat “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.

The Analysis – School Lunches / Meals

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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.

The Analysis – Communication With Parents

• Variable quality of communication across the school• Some non-working parents find communication less effective• Communication and liaison with teachers• Head Teacher visibility

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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.

The Analysis – Communication With Parents

Major Changes 82% 64%

Timely (enough warning)

Good quality(clear)

School Calendar 78% 62%

Child’s Progress and Performance 74% 71%

Special School Days 70% 31%

Out Of School Time activities 51% 50%

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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.

The Analysis – Recent Changes

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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