Parent View

Parent View gives you the chance to tell us and to tell Ofsted what you think about our school, from the quality of teaching to the way we deal with bullying and poor behaviour. The survey can be completed at any time; you don’t have to wait until the school is being inspected and we use your feedback to help us with our school improvement priority planning. Ofsted will use the information you provide when making decisions about which schools to inspect and when. 

When our school is notified of our next Ofsted inspection, you will be invited to give your views about our school to the inspector using the Parent View online facility as this has replaced Ofsted’s paper questionnaire. To ensure you hear about any future inspections in a timely fashion please make sure we have your most up-to-date contact details and of course follow us on Twitter: (@hillwestprimary)

To access parent view please follow the link at the bottom of this page and register with an email address and a password. Once your login has been activated, it only takes a few minutes to complete answers to 14 short questions about the different aspects of our work.  

Your views are important to us and we use the analysis of parent throughout the year. Your views will also help an inspector / inspectors make a decision about our school during the next inspection.

If you do not have a computer or an email address or if you would like help to use Parent View, please come into school and ask at reception.

Parent View Results in 2018-2019 for our school (based on 218 responses)

• 98% of parents said their child was happy in school
• 100% of parents said their child felt safe at our school
• 94% of parents said their child makes good progress 
• 100% of parents said their child is well looked after at our school
• 96% of parents said their child is taught well at our school
• 89% of parents said that our school makes sure the pupils are well behaved
• 92% of parents said that as a school we deal effectively with bullying 
• 83% felt that our school was well led and managed and 81% said that they felt the school responded well to any concerns they raise with us
• 90% of parents said that they receive valuable information from the school about their child’s progress
• 94% of parents said they would recommend our school to other parents 

Key Actions

• We have revised our ‘report cards’ which are summative assessment outcomes recorded and shared with parents termly, to include a judgement on behaviour for learning.
• We introduced a more effective way of communication with parents when behaviour of individual pupils fell below our high expectations
• We issue termly learning profiles which sees parents and teachers working together to set ambitious but realistic learning targets and next steps for individual children.

Parent View Results in 2019-2020 for our school (based on 40 responses)

• 100% of parents said their child was happy in school
• 95% of parents said their child felt safe at our school
• 95% of parents said their child makes good progress 
• 91% of parents said that our school makes sure the pupils are well behaved
• 65% of parents said their child had not been bullied and 18% said as a school we deal effectively with bullying (10% didn’t know)
• 20% said they had never raised a concern with school and 68% said when they had raised a concern it had been dealt with properly
• 98% of parents said we make them aware of what their child will learn during the year
• 90% of parents said they would recommend our school to other parents 

Key Actions

• We launched our new core values across school – ACE; ambition, curiosity, ever-respectful
• Following a round of applications, we have appointed ACE champions from the pupil body, representing all classes from Year 1 – 6
• We have developed a relationships policy which is underpinned by trauma informed practice and we have revisited and reviewed our Behaviour Rationale (which is also attached).

Parent View Results in 2020-2021 for our school (based on 36 responses)

• 94% of parents said their child was happy in school
• 97% of parents said their child felt safe at our school
• 86% of parents said their child does well in our school 
• 77% of parents said that our school makes sure the pupils are well behaved
• 81% of parents said their child had not been bullied.
• 25% said they had never raised a concern with school and 73% said when they had raised a concern it had been dealt with properly
• 89% of parents said we make them aware of what their child will learn during the year
• 86% of parents said they would recommend our school to other parents 

Key Actions

• Introduced restorative conversations with children.  These conversations may take place between any adult and any child in school during any part of the school day.
• Introduced internal behaviour notifications to the school leadership team but these will no longer be sent home. 
• Reinforced our high expectations for behaviour with all children, developing a detailed procedure for managing and supporting behaviour at school.

Parent View Results in 2021-2022 for our school (based on 114 responses)

• 95% of parents said their child was happy in school
• 95% of parents said their child felt safe at our school
• 90% of parents said their child does well in our school 
• 80% of parents said the school has high expectations for my class
• 77% of parents said their child had has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed
• 76% of parents said that our school makes sure the pupils are well behaved
• 59% of parents said their child had not been bullied.
• 18% said they had never raised a concern with school and 55% said when they had raised a concern it had been dealt with properly
• 89% of parents said we make them aware of what their child will learn during the year
• 83% of parents said they would recommend our school to other parents 

Key Actions

• Developed a consistent and well-considered expectations document to support teachers uphold the high expectations of leaders for children’s behaviours.
• Shared individual leader and teacher email addresses with all parents so that communication between home and school was further enhanced 
• Reinforced our high expectations for behaviour with all children, developing a detailed procedure for managing and supporting behaviour at school.
• Designated a school Mental Health Lead to support pupils and staff
• Revised our school Anti-Bullying Policy and shared this with children reiteratively (Several Times On Purpose)

Parent View Results in 2022-2023 for our school (based on 135 responses)

• 87% of parents said their child was happy in school
• 90% of parents said their child felt safe at our school
• 91% of parents said their child does well in our school 
• 75% of parents said the school has high expectations
• 61% of parents said their child had has SEND, and the school gives them the support they need to succeed
• 71% of parents said that our school makes sure the pupils are well behaved
• 67% of parents said their child had not been bullied.
• 24% said they had never raised a concern with school and 46% said when they had raised a concern it had been dealt with properly
• 96% of parents said we make them aware of what their child will learn during the year
• 76% of parents said they would recommend our school to other parents 

Key Actions

• We used WALKTHRUs to support our staff continued professional development and learning and specifically focused on the strands of Behaviour and Relationships
• Reinforced our high expectations for behaviour with all children, and ensured consistency of practice across school
• Reviewed our engagement model so that all parents felt listened to and supported through extending our relational proactice.