Parent Survey Results 2016

Please watch the video below to see the results from this year's online parental survey:

While the overall response is positive, we are always open to constructive criticism and seeking new ways to improve. As a school it is not often possible to ‘please all of the people all of the time’ but we will always identify trends in opinion and endeavour to develop these areas. As a result of this year’s survey, the following targets have been set:

1	To continue to improve strategies for managing incidents of poor behaviour
	While we are proud of the behaviour of the majority of our children, there were increased incidents of disruptive behaviour from small groups of children in two of our classes.  Much work was done last year in creating a clear and fair behaviour policy while at the same time developing as a ‘Thrive’ school. ‘Thrive’ enables staff to understand where incidents of poor behaviour and dis-regulation originate and to work with individuals to develop strategies to control these and form better relationships. We are confident we will see this work making an impact this year.
2	To improve homework guidance and provision
	Again, a lot of work was undertaken last year in developing a new approach to homework. A ‘homework’ week where parents will be invited into school will be held at the end of September. Further details to follow shortly.
3	To encourage healthy eating throughout the school
	We will be running a food nutrition project with the school council this term. This will culminate in the review of our own snack provision and the publication of new guidance for parents.
4	After school clubs
	Extra-curricular clubs are a non-statutory part of school life. As such, some schools choose to run them while others do not. At Ffynnon Taf we believe that these additional opportunities to develop are worthwhile and we are lucky enough to have staff that will give up their time to run them. Where possible, we ensure these clubs are free of charge. However, when using outside agencies, this is not always the case. These clubs are designed to extend learning or develop skills in a particular area – they should not be considered childcare provision. We will endeavour to provide a more balanced range of clubs throughout the year (in terms of age range and theme) but would remind parents that we also have a very good value child care provision that can be booked flexibly for your convenience. We aim to increase the hours of this service to 6pm in the near future.
5	Improving Communication
	We are currently looking at ways of ‘streamlining’ how we communicate with parents. The more channels there are for communication, the more opportunities for a message to be missed. This will include using ICT more effectively and ‘working towards’ becoming a paperless school. We will continue to meet statutory requirements for reporting on pupils’ progress and will ensure we have explained to parents what these actually are.

Further details of the work we are doing to achieve the above targets will be sent home shortly. In the meantime, if you would like to discuss any element of this survey or the targets, please do not hesitate to contact us in school.