Parent Questionnaires

We are continually looking for ways to improve the way we do things at St Alfege and appreciate the feedback we are able to gain from parents and carers as it enables us ensure we are providing the best education possible for all the children who attend our school. We aim to send out an annual questionnaire to parents to find out how well we are doing as a school. 

 

Parent Questionnaire - Autumn 2025

Thank you to those parents who completed our questionnaire. 

We had 18 responses in total which roughly equates to about 10% of the families at our school. 

The questions asked were as follows:

• What do you think we do well as a school in general? This can be in relation to learning, administrative procedures or pastoral support.
• What do you think we could do better? This can be in relation to learning, administrative procedures or pastoral support.
• What do you think we do well as a Church of England school?
• My child is happy at this school
• The school has high expectations for my child
• My child does well at this school
• I would recommend this school to another parent

 

What do we do well?

Parents thought highly about the pastoral support given to children and families, the level of communication between parents and teh school and the way in which the school valued diversity and inclusion was effective. 

We are very satisfied with the school and learning and methodologies. We value training for parents who support and accompany education from home.

What are the areas we need to address?

Most of the comments regarding what we could do better referred to the fact that we were actually doing a good job,

Nothing at the moment, we are very delighted with the staff dedication to the children and parents.

But we know there is always room for improvement and although some parents felt communication was good, others felt it could be better, with more notice given for certain things. There was a request to implement Parent Class Reps to support communication and we have taken this feedback on board. In our Spring 1 newsletter parents were invited to volunteer for the Parent Class Rep position. We are looking forward to working with parents in this role. 

There was also a comment about the fact that children in Year 6 may not be adequately prepared for the transistion to secondary school. This is something we are actively looking into and hope to develop in the summer term. 

Parent Questionnaire - Spring 2024

Thank you to those parents who completed our questionnaire. 

We had 31 responses in total which roughly equates to about 16% of the families at our school. 

The questions asked were as follows:

• What do you think we do well as a school in general? This can be in relation to learning, administrative procedures or pastoral support.
• What do you think we could do better? This can be in relation to learning, administrative procedures or pastoral support.
• What do you think we do well as a Church of England school?
• My child is happy at this school
• The school has high expectations for my child
• My child does well at this school
• I would recommend this school to another parent

 

What do we do well?

The results of the questionnaire showed that on the whole, parents were very complimentary about how well the school is doing in providing a rounded education for their children. This included our values and principles, the learning we provide, the support for parents and children, the effectiveness of responding to issues and clear communication.

As a church school, parents spoke highly of our church services, the ways in which we instilled Christian values and the fact that children had a better understanding of God as a result of our teaching.

 

What are the areas we need to address?

We know we may not always get it right and although there were very few areas that parents felt needed improvements, areas that we will be addressing link to parents understanding of early reading, clearer signposting to where parents can find out about what their children are learning, clear communication regarding staff changes and school dinners.

The latter has already been addressed following a meeting our School Council had with representatives from Chartwells, the company who provide our school meals. Click here for the response from Chartwells following the meeting.