The Senior International Sample School
Parent survey report – October 2015
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Report generated on 27/10/2015
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Contents
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1. Executive summary An overview of findings for this survey with comparison to theprevious survey if applicable.
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2. Key results Satisfaction levels for academic, non-academic and additionalcriteria.
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3. Parental priorities Importance ratings and priorities for improvement. 23
4. Unique questions Analysis of your unique questions. 29
6. Standard analysis Analysis of all remaining data which may include gender analysis,academic stretch, healthy lifestyle, parental values and homework.
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7. Year group analysis Year group scores compared to national averages. 46
8. Time series analysis Trends for surveyed criteria over time. 55
9. Appendix Supplementary data and further information. 64
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Executive summaryThis report details the findings of the third Kirkland Rowell Parent Survey for The Senior International SampleSchool. The report measures the levels of satisfaction among the students’ parents for a range of criteria, whichhave been previously identified as being important to the parents of school students, as well as for the coresubjects, taught at the school. The report measures the relative importance of the criteria surveyed, as wellas providing results tables that identify the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the school in the year toOctober 2015. The report also measures performance with regard to overall satisfaction and improvement.
Summary of results for this survey
• 571 completed questionnaires were returned representing a response rate of 81.6%. The response meantthat data could be drawn for all criteria.
• 31 parents answered ‘Yes’ and 523 parents answered ‘No’ to the question ‘Is English the language yourfamily usually speaks at home?’ representing 5.4% and 91.6% respectively.
• The parents gave a very good overall performance score (77.3%) (see page 6).
• Of the parents whose children were not in their first year at the school 51% said the school had improvedover the last year and 6% thought that the school’s performance was worse (see page 31).
• Of the parents of new students, 3% felt that the school had not lived up to their expectations and 24% saidthe school was better than they had expected it to be (see page 31).
• With regard to academic subjects, parents are most happy with the delivery of Chemistry, Citizenship andGraphic Products.
• The parents are least happy with the delivery of English, Electronic Products and Mathematics.
• With regards to non-academic areas, parents are most happy with Caring teachers, School security andComputer access.
• The parents are least happy with Happiness of child, Developing confidence and Careers advice.
• The parents' top priorities for improvement are School communication, Developing potential and Careersadvice.
• The parents of female students gave significantly higher scores for Control of bullying and School facilities.
Summary of results since the previous survey
• The following academic areas received significantly higher scores than the previous survey: Chemistry,Citizenship, Food Technology, Design Technology, Biology, Geography, Spanish and Music.
• The following academic areas received significantly lower scores than the previous survey: Latin, Art,Electronic Products and English.
• The following non-academic areas received significantly lower scores than the previous survey: Truancycontrol, School discipline, Developing confidence and Happiness of child.
• The following additional areas received significantly lower scores than the previous survey: Home-schoolagreements/contracts, Suitable class sizes, Teaching pupils with special needs and Treating all pupils fairly/equally.
Summary of results over more than two surveys
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• The following academic areas received significantly higher scores over more than two surveys: ICT,Geography, History, Religious Studies, German, Graphic Products, Drama, Dance, Spanish andCitizenship.
• The following academic areas received significantly lower scores over more than two surveys: Art and Latin.
• The following non-academic areas received significantly lower scores over more than two surveys: Schooldiscipline and Developing confidence.
• The following additional areas received significantly lower scores over more than two surveys: Suitableclass sizes, Teaching pupils with special needs and Treating all pupils fairly/equally.
• The survey has achieved a good benchmark of performance against which future academic years might becompared.
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Strengths and weaknesses
The results below are the areas in which the school has the highest and lowest perceived standards ofperformance. Gold represents ‘outstanding’, green is ‘good’, black is ‘room for improvement’ and red is‘attention advised’. Criterion scores in blue are only reliable to within 10% and scores in pink should only beconsidered indicative.
Relative strengths for academic criteria84.6% Chemistry
83.7% Citizenship
83.7% Graphic Products
83.0% Dance
82.7% Food Technology
Relative weaknesses for academic criteria56.2% English
67.9% Electronic Products
68.9% Mathematics
70.9% Art
73.0% Latin
Relative strengths for non-academic criteria Importance Ranking74.7% Caring teachers (69.9%) 6th
74.3% School security (42.8%) 11th
73.8% Computer access (22.0%) 18th
72.0% Exam results (50.9%) 10th
71.6% Choice of subjects (35.0%) 14th
Relative weaknesses for non-academic criteria Importance Ranking50.5% Happiness of child (80.8%) 3rd
55.0% Developing confidence (71.9%) 5th
55.8% Careers advice (29.1%) 15th
60.2% School discipline (92.1%) 1st
60.8% Social health education (10.7%) 20th
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Response to survey
571 completed questionnaires were returned representing a response rate of 81.6%.
Proportion of responses (%) Number of responses
Responses from parents of male students 49.4 282
Responses from parents of female students 50.6 289
Responses from parents of Year 7 students 27.0 154
Responses from parents of Year 8 students 20.0 114
Responses from parents of Year 9 students 16.3 93
Responses from parents of Year 10 students 17.9 102
Responses from parents of Year 11 students 13.3 76
Responses from parents of 6th Form students 5.6 32
Overall parental satisfaction
This survey (%)Previous
survey (%)Change (%)
Overall, rate the performance of the school 77.3 76.3 +1.0
Rating ‘poor’or ‘very
poor’ (%)
Previoussurvey (%)
% ChangeRating ‘good’
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Overall, rate the performance of the school 1.4 3.9 -2.5 88.6
Overall parental satisfaction
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• More parents rate the overall performance of the school as ‘good’ or ‘very good’.
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Overall performance scores broken down by gender and year group
Overall performance scores broken down by gender
This survey Last survey
77% 77% 78%76% 75%
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• The parents gave a very good overall performance score of 77.3%, improved since the last survey.
• Parents of male students scored the overall performance of the school broadly in line with the parents offemale students.
Overall performance scores broken down by year group
All parents Parents of male students Parents of female students
80% 80%78% 77%
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• Parents of Year 7 and Year 8 students scored the highest overall from other year groups and are thereforemost satisfied with the school’s performance.
• Parents of Year 7 male students and parents of Year 7 and Year 8 female students scored the highestoverall from other year groups and are therefore most satisfied with the school’s performance.
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Time series analysis of overall performance scores
Graph showing the overall performance scores trend broken down over time.
77% 76% 77%
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• There was no significant change over three surveys for the overall performance score.
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Overall performance scores broken down by extra analysis
Broken down by the question ‘Is English the language your family usually speaks at home?’
77%
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• The overall performance scores show no significant difference.
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Parents recommend this school broken down by gender and year group
Recommend this school scores broken down by gender
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• 94.8% of parents said they would recommend this school to another parent.
• Parents of male students would recommend this school to another parent broadly in line with parents offemale students.
Recommend this school scores broken down by year group
All parents Parents of male students Parents of female students
97% 98% 98% 96%
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• Parents of Year 8 and Year 9 students would recommend this school to another parent more than parentsfrom other year groups.
• Parents of 6th Form male students and parents of Year 8 female students would recommend this school toanother parent more than parents from other year groups.
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Key resultsThe core analysis of your survey data; Proportion making progress for academic, non-academic and additionalcriteria. Explanations have been provided to help you to interpret your results.
Interpreting results
For the sake of assessment in most schools, academic questions receiving a score of:
• Over 80% are 'outstanding' (above the gold line)
• 70% to 79.9% are 'good' (above the green line)
• 65% to 69.9% indicate 'room for improvement' (above the red line)
• Below 65% indicate 'attention advised' (below the red line)
Non-academic and additional questions receiving a score of:
• Over 75% are 'outstanding' (above the gold line)
• 65% to 74.9% are 'good' (above the green line)
• 60% to 64.9% indicate 'room for improvement' (above the red line)
• Below 60% indicate 'attention advised' (below the red line)
Weighted scoresIn the results tables the scores achieved are given as a percentage. A full explanation of how mean scores(lying between 1 and 5) were converted to percentages is given on our website. As there is a measurable biasin the way that parents score criteria, it is necessary to create “weighted” scores so that the score for any onecriterion might be compared meaningfully with the score for any other criterion on a ‘level playing field’. Theseweighted scores are calculated based upon the average scores achieved from over 10 international schools.Results quoted from the previous survey, if applicable, may show small differences from those originally given,as the weightings applied change slightly from one year to the next.
Statistical reliabilityGenerally all of our results are quoted as being reliable to within less than 5% at the 95% confidence level.Where this is not possible due to the sample achieved, results are quoted as reliable to within less than 10%at the 95% confidence level and are highlighted in blue. Occasionally when results are even less reliablewe show an indicative result and highlight in pink. Where there are fewer than 10 responses we only show“low response” and no further result is quoted. For further information see our website for details. Criteriawhich have not yet been surveyed in at least 20 schools do not yet have an average figure, and therefore,these scores cannot be weighted against what students parents ‘usually’ say. These un-weighted scores aremarked *.
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Understanding your results table
Academic criteria This survey (%) Previous survey (%) % Change
ICT 86.2 82.8 +3.4
French 82.6 80.9 +1.7
Religious Education 72.4 66.1 +6.3
Physical Education 72.3 69.6 +2.7
Music 72.1 68.3 +3.8
Food Technology 71.4 71.7 -0.3
History 70.8 65.0 +5.8
Mathematics 70.1 69.4 +0.7
Geography 69.9 64.9 +5.0
Business Studies 67.2
Design Technology 67.2 62.1 +5.1
Art 66.5 65.4 +1.1
Textiles 66.3
English 65.5 62.8 +2.7
Russian * 64.3
Science 62.1 74.8 -12.7
Drama 61.5 63.4 -1.9
Engineering 49.5
Psychology Low response
Your results are shown as a weightedmean score. This is a calculationapplied to your raw results using theaverage scores achieved from over 10international schools. It allows eachcriterion to be compared meaningfullyon a ‘level playing field’. This scorecan be over 100%.
The previous survey results mayappear to differ slightly from youroriginal report last year. This isbecause the “weighting” calculationapplied changes slightly from oneyear to the next.
Scores above the goldline are ‘outstanding’.
Scores above the greenline are ‘good’.
Scores above the redline indicate 'room forimprovement'.
* This criteria has not yetbeen surveyed in at least 20schools. As such we do nothave an average figure andtherefore cannot weight thisscore against what studentsparents ‘usually’ say.
Scores below the redline indicate 'attentionadvised'.
“Low response” indicatesthat there were fewerthan 10 responses.
Subject scores in pinkshould only be consideredindicative due to a lowsample size, or highpolarisation.
Subject scores in blueare only reliable to within10% due to the sampleachieved.
Only highlighted changes shouldbe considered significant – agreen highlight shows a significantimprovement, a red highlight showsa significant decline, since the lastsurvey.
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Academic criteria
The following table shows parents’ scores for all academic subjects taught within the school. Where data isavailable, these are compared to the same score from the previous year’s survey, and the percentage changeshown. Only highlighted changes should be considered significant.
Academic criteria This survey (%) Previous survey (%) % Change
Chemistry * 84.6 77.0 +7.6
Citizenship * 83.7 74.8 +9.0
Graphic Products * 83.7 82.9 +0.8
Dance * 83.0 79.3 +3.7
Food Technology * 82.7 76.1 +6.6
History * 82.7 78.9 +3.8
Design Technology * 82.6 74.1 +8.5
Biology * 81.5 74.9 +6.6
Geography * 81.5 75.7 +5.8
Spanish * 81.0 73.8 +7.2
Religious Studies * 80.6 77.0 +3.5
Resistant Materials * 80.5 78.5 +2.0
German * 80.5 77.2 +3.3
French * 80.0 81.2 -1.2
ICT * 79.6 78.7 +0.9
Drama * 77.3 76.7 +0.7
Physical Education * 77.0 81.1 -4.1
Music * 75.6 67.8 +7.9
Physics * 75.6 71.4 +4.2
Business Studies * 74.3 76.5 -2.3
Classics * 73.9 71.9 +2.0
Latin * 73.0 79.0 -6.0
Art * 70.9 78.5 -7.6
Mathematics * 68.9 73.3 -4.4
Electronic Products * 67.9 78.4 -10.5
English * 56.2 70.6 -14.4
• Parents consider delivery of the following academic subjects to be ‘outstanding’: Chemistry, Citizenship,Graphic Products, Dance, Food Technology, History, Design Technology, Biology, Geography, Spanish,Religious Studies, Resistant Materials, German and French.
• Parents consider delivery of the following academic subjects to be ‘good’: ICT, Drama, Physical Education,Music, Physics, Business Studies, Classics, Latin and Art.
• Parents consider delivery of the following academic subjects to show ‘room for improvement’: Mathematicsand Electronic Products.
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• Parents consider delivery of the following academic subjects to show ‘attention advised’: English.
• Parents consider delivery of the following academic subjects to have shown a significant improvementsince the last survey: Chemistry, Citizenship, Food Technology, Design Technology, Biology, Geography,Spanish and Music.
• Parents consider delivery of the following academic subjects to have declined since the last survey: Latin,Art, Electronic Products and English.
• The following academic subjects have not been surveyed in at least 20 schools so we do not yet have anaverage figure, and therefore, these scores cannot be weighted against what students parents usually say:Chemistry, Citizenship, Graphic Products, Dance, Food Technology, History, Design Technology, Biology,Geography, Spanish, Religious Studies, Resistant Materials, German, French, ICT, Drama, PhysicalEducation, Music, Physics, Business Studies, Classics, Latin, Art, Mathematics, Electronic Products andEnglish.
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Happy versus unhappy parents for academic criteria
Judging performance based solely on the mean score allows for error: It is possible that the views of parentsmight be polarised so that positive and negative scores cancel each other out. It is therefore useful to conducta method of analysis which identifies the proportion of parents who are unhappy with the school’s performancefor the criteria surveyed.
The following table identifies the percentage of parents who are unhappy (rating poor or very poor) alongsidethose who are happy (rating ‘good’ or ‘very good’) for the school’s performance in each area. Note that theseresults do not include respondents who chose ‘neither good nor poor’, ‘I don’t know’ or failed to answer thequestion.
• Having fewer than 2% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered‘outstanding’ (above the gold line).
• Having between 2% & 4.9% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered as‘good’ (above the green line).
• Having between 5% & 10% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered asshowing ‘room for improvement’ (above the red line).
• Having more than 10% of parents unhappy with a particular area may suggest ‘attention advised’ (below thered line).
Only highlighted changes should be considered significant; green shows improvement, red shows decline.
Academic criteriaRating ‘poor’ or‘very poor’ (%)
Previoussurvey (%)
% ChangeRating ‘good’
or ‘verygood’ (%)
Citizenship 0.0 0.0 0.0 90.2
Dance 0.0 1.1 -1.1 96.8
Design Technology 0.0 6.1 -6.1 91.9
Food Technology 0.0 4.6 -4.6 82.1
German 0.0 3.3 -3.3 83.6
Graphic Products 0.0 1.6 -1.6 85.2
Resistant Materials 0.0 3.7 -3.7 72.2
Spanish 0.0 0.0 0.0 90.5
Business Studies 3.4 6.1 -2.7 75.4
Chemistry 3.4 1.4 +2.1 90.1
Geography 3.7 0.5 +3.2 83.3
Drama 4.4 8.6 -4.2 86.2
French 5.2 3.5 +1.8 79.2
Physical Education 6.0 0.5 +5.4 83.7
History 6.0 4.2 +1.9 88.4
Religious Studies 6.2 5.6 +0.6 87.0
Music 6.4 10.0 -3.6 68.4
Physics 6.5 6.9 -0.4 83.7
Classics 6.6 2.8 +3.8 76.3
Biology 6.8 5.4 +1.4 88.2
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Academic criteriaRating ‘poor’ or‘very poor’ (%)
Previoussurvey (%)
% ChangeRating ‘good’
or ‘verygood’ (%)
ICT 8.0 0.0 +8.0 85.4
Mathematics 8.3 5.3 +3.0 63.9
Art 10.2 5.9 +4.3 80.0
Latin 12.3 0.9 +11.4 72.6
Electronic Products 14.5 2.6 +11.9 71.3
English 28.6 6.3 +22.4 46.1
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Non-academic criteria
The following table shows parents priorities for non-academic areas. Where data is available, these arecompared to the same score from the previous year’s survey, and the percentage change shown. Onlyhighlighted changes should be considered significant.
Non-academic criteria This survey (%) Previous survey (%) % Change
Caring teachers* 74.7 74.6 +0.1
School security* 74.3 74.9 -0.5
Computer access* 73.8 73.0 +0.8
Exam results* 72.0 71.2 +0.8
Choice of subjects* 71.6 71.6 0.0
Developing moral values* 71.3 70.2 +1.1
Teaching quality* 71.2 69.9 +1.3
Control of bullying* 68.6 67.8 +0.9
Community spirit* 67.0 66.3 +0.7
School facilities* 66.4 65.8 +0.6
Availability of resources* 65.3 65.3 0.0
Truancy control* 64.8 75.9 -11.1
School communication* 64.3 67.1 -2.8
Developing potential* 62.6 65.9 -3.4
Levels of homework* 62.3 61.8 +0.5
Social health education* 60.8 63.1 -2.3
School discipline* 60.2 72.1 -11.9
Careers advice* 55.8 54.7 +1.1
Developing confidence* 55.0 67.2 -12.2
Happiness of child* 50.5 74.0 -23.5
• Parents consider delivery of the following non-academic areas to be ‘good’: Caring teachers, Schoolsecurity, Computer access, Exam results, Choice of subjects, Developing moral values, Teaching quality,Control of bullying, Community spirit, School facilities and Availability of resources.
• Parents consider delivery of the following non-academic areas to show ‘room for improvement’: Truancycontrol, School communication, Developing potential, Levels of homework, Social health education andSchool discipline.
• Parents consider delivery of the following non-academic areas to show ‘attention advised’: Careers advice,Developing confidence and Happiness of child.
• Parents consider delivery of the following non-academic subjects to have declined since the last survey:Truancy control, School discipline, Developing confidence and Happiness of child.
• The following non-academic subjects have not been surveyed in at least 20 schools so we do not yet havean average figure, and therefore, these scores cannot be weighted against what students parents usuallysay: Caring teachers, School security, Computer access, Exam results, Choice of subjects, Developingmoral values, Teaching quality, Control of bullying, Community spirit, School facilities, Availability of
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resources, Truancy control, School communication, Developing potential, Levels of homework, Socialhealth education, School discipline, Careers advice, Developing confidence and Happiness of child.
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Happy versus unhappy parents for non-academic criteria
The following table identifies the percentage of parents who are unhappy (rating poor or very poor) alongsidethose who are happy (rating ‘good’ or ‘very good’) for the school’s performance in each area. Note that theseresults do not include respondents who chose ‘neither good nor poor’, ‘I don’t know’ or failed to answer thequestion.
• Having fewer than 2% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered‘outstanding’ (above the gold line).
• Having between 2% & 4.9% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered as‘good’ (above the green line).
• Having between 5% & 15% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered asshowing ‘room for improvement’ (above the red line).
• Having more than 15% of parents unhappy with a particular area may suggest ‘attention advised’ (below thered line).
Only highlighted changes should be considered significant; green shows improvement, red shows decline.
Non-academic criteriaRating ‘poor’ or‘very poor’ (%)
Previoussurvey (%)
% ChangeRating ‘good’
or ‘verygood’ (%)
Teaching quality 3.5 5.6 -2.1 76.1
Caring teachers 3.8 4.6 -0.9 79.4
Computer access 3.9 4.5 -0.6 79.4
Truancy control 4.0 6.2 -2.2 60.4
Exam results 4.9 9.9 -5.0 75.7
Choice of subjects 5.7 7.3 -1.6 74.3
School security 5.7 7.6 -1.9 81.2
School facilities 6.8 8.5 -1.7 64.2
Community spirit 7.7 8.5 -0.8 62.9
Developing moral values 7.8 9.7 -1.9 68.5
Availability of resources 8.9 10.6 -1.7 67.2
Social health education 10.2 11.5 -1.3 54.9
Developing potential 11.4 13.0 -1.6 63.4
Control of bullying 11.5 16.3 -4.8 68.4
School communication 13.4 11.8 +1.6 59.9
School discipline 15.2 7.5 +7.7 49.6
Careers advice 18.9 20.7 -1.8 42.1
Levels of homework 19.0 18.9 +0.1 53.1
Happiness of child 20.4 7.6 +12.8 31.6
Developing confidence 22.0 13.3 +8.7 53.2
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Additional criteria
Additional criteria were chosen by the school, and investigated with regard to parent satisfaction. The followingresults were achieved with regard to those parents who answered the question. The percentage scores aregiven in descending order. Only highlighted changes should be considered significant.
Additional criteria This survey (%) Previous survey (%) % Change
Written reports* 75.5 75.6 -0.1
Promoting racial harmony* 75.0 74.9 +0.1
Use of IT in classes* 74.7 74.1 +0.5
Church/Parish links and support* 73.0 72.9 +0.2
Ensuring pupils do their best/make goodprogress*
71.8 71.8 0.0
Tailoring child's work to their needs andability*
71.2 70.4 +0.8
Choice of sports* 70.6 70.6 0.0
Pastoral care* 70.2 69.1 +1.1
School's image in the local community* 68.9 68.0 +0.9
Value for money* 68.4 68.4 +0.0
Encouraging pupils' activity in the localcommunity*
65.0 66.0 -1.1
Sports facilities* 64.6 63.1 +1.5
School meals* 64.0 63.1 +0.9
Looking after pupils well* 61.9 60.6 +1.2
Home-school agreements/contracts* 57.7 72.4 -14.7
Teaching pupils with special needs* 57.2 63.9 -6.7
Treating all pupils fairly/equally* 47.2 68.1 -20.8
Suitable class sizes* 44.8 59.7 -14.9
• Parents consider delivery of the following additional criteria to be ‘outstanding’: Written reports.
• Parents consider delivery of the following additional criteria to be ‘good’: Promoting racial harmony, Useof IT in classes, Church/Parish links and support, Ensuring pupils do their best/make good progress,Tailoring child's work to their needs and ability, Choice of sports, Pastoral care, School's image in the localcommunity and Value for money.
• Parents consider delivery of the following additional criteria to show ‘room for improvement’: Encouragingpupils' activity in the local community, Sports facilities, School meals and Looking after pupils well.
• Parents consider delivery of the following additional criteria to show ‘attention advised’: Home-schoolagreements/contracts, Teaching pupils with special needs, Treating all pupils fairly/equally and Suitableclass sizes.
• Parents consider delivery of the following additional criteria to have declined since the last survey: Home-school agreements/contracts, Teaching pupils with special needs, Treating all pupils fairly/equally andSuitable class sizes.
• The following additional criteria have not been surveyed in at least 20 schools so we do not yet have anaverage figure, and therefore, these scores cannot be weighted against what students parents usually say:
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Written reports, Promoting racial harmony, Use of IT in classes, Church/Parish links and support, Ensuringpupils do their best/make good progress, Tailoring child's work to their needs and ability, Choice of sports,Pastoral care, School's image in the local community, Value for money, Encouraging pupils' activity inthe local community, Sports facilities, School meals, Looking after pupils well, Home-school agreements/contracts, Teaching pupils with special needs, Treating all pupils fairly/equally and Suitable class sizes.
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Happy versus unhappy parents for additional criteria
The following table identifies the percentage of parents who are unhappy (rating poor or very poor) alongsidethose who are happy (rating ‘good’ or ‘very good’) for the school’s performance in each area. Note that theseresults do not include respondents who chose ‘neither good nor poor’, ‘I don’t know’ or failed to answer thequestion.
• Having fewer than 2% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered‘outstanding’ (above the gold line).
• Having between 2% & 4.9% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered as‘good’ (above the green line).
• Having between 5% & 15% of parents who are unhappy with a particular area should be considered asshowing ‘room for improvement’ (above the red line).
• Having more than 15% of parents unhappy with a particular area may suggest ‘attention advised’ (below thered line).
Only highlighted changes should be considered significant; green shows improvement, red shows decline.
Additional criteriaRating ‘poor’ or‘very poor’ (%)
Previoussurvey (%)
% ChangeRating ‘good’
or ‘verygood’ (%)
Written reports 2.6 4.1 -1.5 78.5
Church/Parish links and support 3.6 5.8 -2.2 76.0
Use of IT in classes 3.6 7.1 -3.5 81.4
Promoting racial harmony 5.0 5.8 -0.8 82.6
Pastoral care 5.5 7.8 -2.3 72.1
Value for money 6.3 7.4 -1.1 65.4
Choice of sports 7.0 6.8 +0.2 74.5
Tailoring child's work to their needs andability
8.3 15.8 -7.5 73.2
School's image in the local community 9.9 12.1 -2.1 68.8
Sports facilities 12.7 15.3 -2.6 61.6
Looking after pupils well 12.8 14.4 -1.6 56.8
Encouraging pupils' activity in the localcommunity
14.1 15.2 -1.1 65.6
Ensuring pupils do their best/make goodprogress
14.3 21.2 -6.9 75.2
School meals 15.6 18.0 -2.4 57.7
Home-school agreements/contracts 24.1 7.5 +16.6 62.5
Teaching pupils with special needs 24.1 13.2 +10.9 55.1
Treating all pupils fairly/equally 27.7 10.8 +16.9 21.1
Suitable class sizes 39.3 19.5 +19.7 23.3
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Parental prioritiesParents were asked to choose the ten criteria which were most important to them from a list of twenty. Thissection shows the analysis of these importance ratings and of the priorities for improvement.
Parental priorities importance
Ideally those criteria which are most important to parents will be the criteria to which parents award the highestscores. In the following table, the second column shows the percentage of parents who chose each of thecriteria as one of their ten choices of what they felt was most important to them. The third column showshow well the school performs for the criteria ie. 1st = what the school does best, 20th = what the school doesleast well. Only highlighted rankings should be considered as being worthy of note. A green highlight showsthat the school performs well within a criterion that is important to parents, a red highlight shows that theschool performs less well within a criterion that is important to parents. The final two columns show the sameinformation for the previous survey, for comparison.
CriteriaImportancescore (%)
Satisfactionranking
Previousimportancescore (%)
Previoussatisfaction
ranking
School discipline 92.1 17th 91.5 6th
Teaching quality 88.8 7th 89.7 10th
Happiness of child 80.8 20th 83.1 4th
Developing potential 74.6 14th 74.5 15th
Developing confidence 71.9 19th 71.8 12th
Caring teachers 69.9 1st 69.4 3rd
Control of bullying 69.8 8th 69.4 11th
School communication 64.2 13th 63.4 13th
Developing moral values 57.5 6th 57.4 9th
Exam results 50.9 4th 48.0 8th
School security 42.8 2nd 45.2 2nd
Availability of resources 37.9 11th 38.7 17th
School facilities 37.4 10th 38.2 16th
Choice of subjects 35.0 5th 34.2 7th
Careers advice 29.1 18th 28.5 20th
Levels of homework 27.4 15th 27.7 19th
Community spirit 23.9 9th 22.4 14th
Computer access 22.0 3rd 23.9 5th
Truancy control 13.0 12th 13.0 1st
Social health education 10.7 16th 10.2 18th
With regard to the five criteria most important to parents:
• The school performs less well in: School discipline, Happiness of child and Developing confidence.
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Importance: your school vs. similar schools
Parents were asked to choose ten priorities from a list of twenty criteria. The table below shows which criteriathe parents from your school selected as most important. The second column shows you the percentage ofparents who selected each criterion as one of their ten choices, and the final column compares your school’sdata to the views from parents from similar schools. Position differences of four or more have been highlightedas being worthy of note.
CriteriaImportancescore (%)
Importanceranking
Averageranking
for similarschools
Rankingdifferenceto similarschools
School discipline 92.1 1st 2nd +1
Teaching quality 88.8 2nd 1st -1
Happiness of child 80.8 3rd 5th +2
Developing potential 74.6 4th 4th 0
Developing confidence 71.9 5th 3rd -2
Caring teachers 69.9 6th 6th 0
Control of bullying 69.8 7th 9th +2
School communication 64.2 8th 7th -1
Developing moral values 57.5 9th 8th -1
Exam results 50.9 10th 10th 0
School security 42.8 11th 12th +1
Availability of resources 37.9 12th 15th +3
School facilities 37.4 13th 11th -2
Choice of subjects 35.0 14th 14th 0
Careers advice 29.1 15th 13th -2
Levels of homework 27.4 16th 16th 0
Community spirit 23.9 17th 17th 0
Computer access 22.0 18th 18th 0
Truancy control 13.0 19th 20th +1
Social health education 10.7 20th 19th -1
• All of the criteria the parents from your school selected as important are in line with the criteria that parentsof similar schools select as important.
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How parent priorities change as students get older
The graph below shows which criteria parents of Year 7 students selected as important compared to whichcriteria parents of Year 11 & 6th Form students selected as important. This shows us how parent prioritieschange as the students get older. The table shows the criteria where there is a significant difference betweenthe two groups.
Parent priorities
Year 7 Year 11 & 6th Form
Schoo
l disc
ipline
Teach
ing q
uality
Contro
l of b
ullyin
g
Develo
ping
pote
ntial
Happin
ess o
f chil
d
Schoo
l com
mun
icatio
n
Caring
teac
hers
Develo
ping
conf
idenc
e
Develo
ping
mor
al
value
s
Exam
resu
lts
Schoo
l sec
urity
Leve
ls of
hom
ewor
k
Choice
of s
ubjec
ts
Compu
ter a
cces
s
Availa
bility
of
reso
urce
s
Comm
unity
spirit
Schoo
l facil
ities
Truan
cy co
ntro
l
Caree
rs a
dvice
Social
hea
lth e
duca
tion
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Per
cent
age
Criteria where differencein score is significant
Year 7 ranking Year 11 & 6th Form ranking
Control of bullying 3rd 6th
School communication 5th 8th
School security 11th 16th
Levels of homework 12th 17th
Careers advice 19th 13th
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How parent priorities change by gender of child
The graph below shows which criteria parents of female students selected as important compared to whichcriteria parents of male students selected as important. This shows us how parent priorities change by genderof the child. The table shows the criteria where there is a significant difference between the two groups.
Parent priorities
Male students Female students
Schoo
l disc
ipline
Teach
ing q
uality
Happin
ess o
f chil
d
Contro
l of b
ullyin
g
Develo
ping
pote
ntial
Caring
teac
hers
Develo
ping
conf
idenc
e
Schoo
l com
mun
icatio
n
Develo
ping
mor
al
value
s
Exam
resu
lts
Schoo
l sec
urity
Availa
bility
of
reso
urce
s
Schoo
l facil
ities
Choice
of s
ubjec
ts
Leve
ls of
hom
ewor
k
Caree
rs a
dvice
Compu
ter a
cces
s
Comm
unity
spirit
Truan
cy co
ntro
l
Social
hea
lth e
duca
tion
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Per
cent
age
Criteria where differencein score is significant
Male students ranking Female students ranking
Developing confidence 7th 5th
Developing moral values 9th 9th
Availability of resources 12th 14th
Social health education 20th 19th
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How parent priorities change – extra analysis
The graph below shows which criteria were important to parents, broken down by their response to thequestion ‘Is English the language your family usually speaks at home?’. The table shows the criteria wherethere is a significant difference between the two groups.
Parent priorities
Yes No
Contro
l of b
ullyin
g
Happin
ess o
f chil
d
Teach
ing q
uality
Schoo
l disc
ipline
Develo
ping
conf
idenc
e
Schoo
l com
mun
icatio
n
Caree
rs a
dvice
Caring
teac
hers
Develo
ping
pote
ntial
Availa
bility
of
reso
urce
s
Choice
of s
ubjec
ts
Compu
ter a
cces
s
Develo
ping
mor
al
value
s
Schoo
l sec
urity
Schoo
l facil
ities
Exam
resu
lts
Leve
ls of
hom
ewor
k
Truan
cy co
ntro
l
Comm
unity
spirit
Social
hea
lth e
duca
tion
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Per
cent
age
Criteria where differencein score is significant
Yes ranking No ranking
Control of bullying 1st 5th
Careers advice 7th 16th
Developing potential 9th 4th
Computer access 10th 18th
Exam results 16th 10th
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Relative parent priorities for improvement
Parent priorities are shown below compared to parent priorities in similar schools. The school’s previous yearsfigures are also provided for comparison.
Criteria This survey (%) Previous survey (%) Similar schools (%)
School communication 12.7 10.0 0.0
Developing potential 11.8 15.2 0.0
Careers advice 10.4 10.0 0.0
Levels of homework 9.6 8.6 0.0
School discipline 7.7 7.3 0.0
School facilities 6.7 7.7 0.0
Happiness of child 6.3 4.9 0.0
Teaching quality 5.6 4.8 0.0
Developing confidence 5.5 6.8 0.0
Control of bullying 4.6 4.2 0.0
Choice of subjects 3.9 5.0 0.0
Computer access 3.6 3.2 0.0
Availability of resources 2.8 3.0 0.0
Developing moral values 2.7 2.6 0.0
Caring teachers 2.2 2.1 0.0
Social health education 1.2 1.2 0.0
Community spirit 1.0 1.2 0.0
Exam results 1.0 1.1 0.0
Truancy control 0.6 0.5 0.0
School security 0.2 0.5 0.0
• Parents have given a higher priority to the following areas compared to similar schools: Schoolcommunication, Developing potential, Careers advice, Levels of homework, School discipline, Schoolfacilities, Happiness of child, Teaching quality, Developing confidence and Control of bullying.
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Unique questionsResults for your unique questions are shown below.
Parents’ responses to the question: ‘Are the car parking arrangements at this school fit for purpose?’
20%
56%
24%
Yes No No answer0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Per
cent
age
Parents’ responses to the question: ‘The governing body of this school are approachable and friendly’
20%19%
18%
12%
8%
3%
20%
Stronglyagree
Agree Neither agreenor disagree
Disagree Stronglydisagree
I don't know No answer0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Per
cent
age
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Parents’ responses to the question: ‘Does the school support the emotional well-being of your child?’
20%
22%
15%14%
9%
20%
Always Usually Sometimes Rarely Never No answer0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Per
cent
age
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Standard analysisThis section of the reports summarises parents’ views on the school’s performance.
Performance and expectations
Performance compared to last year
13%
38%
41%
6%
0%
Much improved Slightly improved Remained thesame
Slightly worse Much worse0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Per
cent
age
• Of the parents whose children were not in their first year at the school 51% said the school had improvedover the last year and 6% thought that the school’s performance was worse.
Has the school lived up to your expectations
24%
65%
3%
8%
Better As Expected Worse Don't know0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Per
cent
age
• Of the parents of new students, 3% felt that the school had not lived up to their expectations and 24% saidthe school was better than they had expected it to be.
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Gender analysis
This section of the report provides an analysis of parent scores and priorities broken down by gender, to see ifthere are any differences of significance worth noting.
Satisfaction scores for academic criteria
Male Female
Chem
istry
Graph
ic Pro
ducts
Citizen
ship
Food
Techn
ology
Dance
Histor
y
Spanis
h
Design
Tec
hnolo
gy
Germ
an
Religio
us S
tudie
s
Biolog
y
Frenc
h
Geogr
aphy
Resist
ant M
ater
ials
ICT
Dram
a
Physic
al Edu
catio
n
Mus
ic
Busine
ss S
tudie
sLa
tin
Classic
s
Physic
s Art
Electro
nic P
rodu
cts
Mat
hem
atics
Englis
h0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Per
cent
age
• There are no significant differences between the academic satisfaction scores for parents of femalestudents and parents of male students.
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Satisfaction scores for non-academic criteria
Male Female
Compu
ter a
cces
s
Caring
teac
hers
Exam
resu
lts
Schoo
l sec
urity
Teach
ing q
uality
Develo
ping
mor
al va
lues
Choice
of s
ubjec
ts
Comm
unity
spirit
Contro
l of b
ullyin
g
Schoo
l com
mun
icatio
n
Availa
bility
of r
esou
rces
Leve
ls of
hom
ewor
k
Schoo
l facil
ities
Develo
ping
pote
ntial
Truan
cy co
ntro
l
Social
hea
lth e
duca
tion
Schoo
l disc
ipline
Caree
rs a
dvice
Develo
ping
conf
idenc
e
Happin
ess o
f chil
d0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%P
erce
ntag
e
Non-academic criteria wheredifference is significant
Male satisfaction score (%) Female satisfaction score (%)
Control of bullying 65.7 71.6
School facilities 62.8 69.9
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Satisfaction scores for additional criteria
Male Female
Writ
ten
repo
rts
Prom
oting
racia
l har
mon
y
Use o
f IT in
clas
ses
Ensur
ing p
upils
do
their
best/
mak
e go
od p
rogr
ess
Tailor
ing ch
ild's
work t
o th
eir
need
s and
abil
ity
Churc
h/Par
ish lin
ks a
nd su
ppor
t
Schoo
l's im
age
in th
e loc
al
com
mun
ity
Pasto
ral c
are
Choice
of s
ports
Value
for m
oney
Sports
facil
ities
Schoo
l mea
ls
Encou
ragin
g pu
pils'
activ
ity in
the
local
com
mun
ity
Look
ing a
fter p
upils
well
Home-
scho
ol
agre
emen
ts/co
ntra
cts
Teach
ing p
upils
with
spec
ial n
eeds
Treat
ing a
ll pup
ils fa
irly/e
quall
y
Suitab
le cla
ss si
zes0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%P
erce
ntag
e
• There are no significant differences between the additional satisfaction scores for parents of femalestudents and parents of male students.
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Extra analysis
This section of the report provides an analysis of parent scores broken down by the response to the question ‘IsEnglish the language your family usually speaks at home?’.
Satisfaction scores for academic criteria
Yes No
Religio
us S
tudie
s
Citizen
ship
Chem
istry
Design
Tec
hnolo
gy
Germ
an
Food
Techn
ology IC
T
Classic
s
Resist
ant M
ater
ials
Mus
ic
Geogr
aphy
Histor
y
Biolog
y
Physic
al Edu
catio
n
Dance
Frenc
h
Physic
s
Busine
ss S
tudie
s
Spanis
h
Mat
hem
atics
Latin
Dram
a Art
Englis
h0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Per
cent
age
Academic criteria wheredifference is significant
Yes satisfaction score (%) No satisfaction score (%)
Religious Studies 88.0 80.3
Classics 83.8 74.0
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Satisfaction scores for non-academic criteria
Yes No
Schoo
l sec
urity
Teach
ing q
uality
Schoo
l facil
ities
Compu
ter a
cces
s
Availa
bility
of r
esou
rces
Comm
unity
spirit
Caring
teac
hers
Contro
l of b
ullyin
g
Leve
ls of
hom
ewor
k
Schoo
l com
mun
icatio
n
Choice
of s
ubjec
ts
Develo
ping
mor
al va
lues
Develo
ping
pote
ntial
Develo
ping
conf
idenc
e
Caree
rs a
dvice
Schoo
l disc
ipline
Exam
resu
lts
Social
hea
lth e
duca
tion
Truan
cy co
ntro
l
Happin
ess o
f chil
d0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%P
erce
ntag
e
Non-academic criteria wheredifference is significant
Yes satisfaction score (%) No satisfaction score (%)
Exam results 61.8 72.8
Truancy control 57.8 65.4
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Satisfaction scores for additional criteria
Yes No
Use o
f IT in
clas
ses
Churc
h/Par
ish lin
ks a
nd su
ppor
t
Encou
ragin
g pu
pils'
activ
ity in
the
local
com
mun
ity
Prom
oting
racia
l har
mon
y
Pasto
ral c
are
Writ
ten
repo
rts
Value
for m
oney
Tailor
ing ch
ild's
work t
o th
eir
need
s and
abil
ity
Sports
facil
ities
Choice
of s
ports
Schoo
l mea
ls
Schoo
l's im
age
in th
e loc
al
com
mun
ity
Treat
ing a
ll pup
ils fa
irly/e
quall
y
Ensur
ing p
upils
do
their
best/
mak
e go
od p
rogr
ess
Look
ing a
fter p
upils
well
Home-
scho
ol
agre
emen
ts/co
ntra
cts
Teach
ing p
upils
with
spec
ial n
eeds
Suitab
le cla
ss si
zes0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%P
erce
ntag
e
• There are no significant differences between the additional satisfaction scores for parents broken down bythe question ‘Is English the language your family usually speaks at home?’.
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Academic stretch
This section of the report summarises parents’ perceptions of whether their children are pushed too hard or nothard enough.
Scores should ideally not exceed the red line. We find that English and Mathematics, however, do commonlycross the red line for 'not pushed hard enough'.
Parents’ views on whether their children are being pushed too hard or not hard enough broken down by subject:
Not pushed hard enough Pushed too hard
Mat
hem
atics
Englis
h
Dram
a
Biolog
y
Physic
al Edu
catio
n
Germ
an
Mus
ic
Geogr
aphy
Dance
Histor
y Art
Resist
ant M
ater
ials
Design
Tec
hnolo
gy
Busine
ss S
tudie
s
Religio
us S
tudie
s
Graph
ic Pro
ducts
Physic
s
Chem
istry
Frenc
h
Classic
s
Citizen
ship
Food
Techn
ology IC
T
Spanis
hLa
tin
Electro
nic P
rodu
cts0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Per
cent
age
Not pushedhard enough
Pushed too hardAcademic stretch percentages
Yes No Yes No
This survey 44.2 55.8 12.4 87.6
Similar schools
Yes 25.8 74.2 32.3 67.7Extra analysis broken down by the response tothe question ‘Is English the language your familyusually speaks at home?’ No 48.0 52.0 12.0 88.0
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Healthy lifestyle
This section of the report summarises parents’ perceptions of whether their children are encouraged to livehealthy lifestyles.
Parents’ responses to the question: ‘Eating a healthy diet?’
60%
40%
Yes No0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Per
cent
age
Parents’ responses to the question: ‘School encourages healthy lifestyle through exercise’
71%
29%
Yes No0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Per
cent
age
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Parental values
This section of the report summarises parental values and expectations.
Parents’ responses to the question: ‘How important is it that your child obtains the required level of points toenter the university of choice?’
This survey Similar schools
33%
49%
7%
1%0% 0% 0% 0%
Very important Quite important Not very important Of no importance0%
20%
40%
60%
Per
cent
age
• 32.6% of parents think is very important – this differs from the views of parents at similar schools. 48.7% ofparents think it is quite important – this differs from the views of parents at similar schools.
• 6.7% of parents think it is not very important – this differs from the views of parents at similar schools. 1.4% of parents think it is not at all important – this is broadly in line with views from parents at similarschools.
Parents’ responses to the question: ‘How important is it to your child obtains high quality independent careersadvice before they make their choice about the next step in their career path?’
This survey Similar schools
28%
50%
18%
5%
0% 0% 0% 0%
Very important Quite important Not very important Of no importance0%
20%
40%
60%
Per
cent
age
• 27.9% of parents think is very important – this differs from the views of parents at similar schools. 49.6% ofparents think it is quite important – this differs from the views of parents at similar schools.
• 17.8% of parents think it is not very important – this differs from the views of parents at similar schools. 4.6% of parents think it is not at all important – this is broadly in line with views from parents at similarschools.
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Parents’ responses to the question: ‘If you considered sending your child to another school please say whichone.’
33%
24%
22%
11%10%
0%
School A School B School C School D School E Other0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Per
cent
age
Parents’ responses to the question: ‘Why did you decide to send your child to The Senior International SampleSchool?’
28%
21% 21% 20%
18%
13%
6% 6%
4% 4%3%
1%0% 0%
Religio
us re
ason
Family
atte
nded
Non a
cade
mic
stand
ards
/phil
osop
hy
Reput
ation
/
reco
mm
ende
d
Acade
mic
stand
ards
Loca
tion
Catch
men
t are
a
To sta
y with
frien
ds
Other
Visit/o
pen
even
ing/b
roch
ure
Choice
of c
hild
First c
hoice
said
no
Suited
child
s nee
ds
Facilit
ies0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Per
cent
age
Some parents chose more than one option.
Parent survey report – Standard analysis
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Parents’ responses to the question: ‘Which school did your child attend before The Senior International SampleSchool?’
16%
11%
9%
7%
24%
0%
School A School B School C School D School E Other0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Per
cent
age
• Schools with fewer than 12 responses have been added to the ‘Other’ totals.
• Before attending The Senior International Sample School, 23.6% attended School E. The other studentsattended a variety of other schools.
Parents’ responses to the question: ‘If your child has been at the school for less than two years, has the schoollived up to your expectations?’ broken down by previous school attended
Better As Expected Worse
24%
16%14%
12%
43%
0%
60%
82%86%
88%
57%
0%
16%
3%0% 0% 0% 0%
School A School B School C School D School E Other0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Per
cent
age
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Homework
This section of the report provides a summary of time spent on homework broken down by year group.Comparable data is provided from the last survey and from similar schools.
For this question, schools typically achieve more than 50% of parents who choose “about right”.
Parent perceptions of the amount of homework given
Not enough Too variable Too much About right
28%
21%
41%
17%
42%
26%
9%
15%
11% 11%
20% 21%
16%
9%
5%7%
1%
7%
3%1%
13%
52%
60%
47%
57%
34%
57%
69%
All parents Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10 Year 11 6th Form0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Per
cent
age
Hours of homework Hours
This survey 5.0 hrs
Similar schools hrs
Yes 3.7 hrsExtra analysis broken down by the response to the question ‘IsEnglish the language your family usually speaks at home?’ – thisbreakdown is significant No 4.4 hrs
Homework hours for All parents
Mean hours spent on homework weekly All parents – distribution of hours (Sample: 571)
Thissurvey
Previoussurvey
Similarschools
Allstudents
5.0 hrs 4.8 hrs
All malestudents
5.1 hrs 4.1 hrs
All femalestudents
4.9 hrs 5.6 hrs
1%
13%
34%
26%
17%
3% 3%1% 2%
0% 0% 1%
00-
22-
44-
66-
88-
1010
-12
12-1
414
-16
16-1
818
-20
20+
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Per
cent
age
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Homework hours for Year 7
Mean hours spent on homework weekly Year 7 – distribution of hours (Sample: 154)
Thissurvey
Previoussurvey
Similarschools
Allstudents
4.5 hrs 4.5 hrs
All malestudents
4.4 hrs 4.1 hrs
All femalestudents
4.6 hrs 4.9 hrs0%
3%
38%
29%
23%
2%5%
1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
00-
22-
44-
66-
88-
1010
-12
12-1
414
-16
16-1
818
-20
20+
0%5%
10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%
Per
cent
age
Homework hours for Year 8
Mean hours spent on homework weekly Year 8 – distribution of hours (Sample: 114)
Thissurvey
Previoussurvey
Similarschools
Allstudents
3.2 hrs 3.1 hrs
All malestudents
3.2 hrs 2.4 hrs
All femalestudents
3.3 hrs 3.9 hrs0%
30%
25%
29%
17%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
00-
22-
44-
66-
88-
1010
-12
12-1
414
-16
16-1
818
-20
20+
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Per
cent
age
Homework hours for Year 9
Mean hours spent on homework weekly Year 9 – distribution of hours (Sample: 93)
Thissurvey
Previoussurvey
Similarschools
Allstudents
4.1 hrs 4.3 hrs
All malestudents
4.3 hrs 3.3 hrs
All femalestudents
3.9 hrs 4.9 hrs0%
13%
33%
28%
10%
16%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
00-
22-
44-
66-
88-
1010
-12
12-1
414
-16
16-1
818
-20
20+
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Per
cent
age
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Homework hours for Year 10
Mean hours spent on homework weekly Year 10 – distribution of hours (Sample: 102)
Thissurvey
Previoussurvey
Similarschools
Allstudents
4.0 hrs 4.1 hrs
All malestudents
4.0 hrs 2.5 hrs
All femalestudents
3.9 hrs 4.8 hrs
3%
13%
47%
17%
10%
0%
8%
3%0% 0% 0% 0%
00-
22-
44-
66-
88-
1010
-12
12-1
414
-16
16-1
818
-20
20+
0%
20%
40%
60%
Per
cent
age
Homework hours for Year 11
Mean hours spent on homework weekly Year 11 – distribution of hours (Sample: 76)
Thissurvey
Previoussurvey
Similarschools
Allstudents
4.4 hrs 4.1 hrs
All malestudents
3.6 hrs 3.3 hrs
All femalestudents
5.1 hrs 4.9 hrs0%
12%
30%
26% 26%
0%2%
5%
0% 0% 0% 0%
00-
22-
44-
66-
88-
1010
-12
12-1
414
-16
16-1
818
-20
20+
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Per
cent
age
Homework hours for 6th Form
Mean hours spent on homework weekly 6th Form – distribution of hours (Sample: 32)
Thissurvey
Previoussurvey
Similarschools
Allstudents
10.1 hrs 10.3 hrs
All malestudents
11.8 hrs
All femalestudents
8.7 hrs 10.3 hrs0%
10% 10%
21%
3%
0%
3%
0%
34%
7%
0%
10%
00-
22-
44-
66-
88-
1010
-12
12-1
414
-16
16-1
818
-20
20+
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
Per
cent
age
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Year group analysis
Analysis of year group scores compared to national average
The graphs in this section of the report show the scores achieved for each of the surveyed criteria, brokendown by year group, compared to the national averages. The purple line shows the scores achieved from theaverage of similar schools, where these averages are available. If the bar is above the line, students in thatyear group are more satisfied than the national average. If the bar is below the line, students in that year groupare less satisfied than the national average.
Criteria where evidence was indicative rather than reliable are once again shown in pink.
Year groups where there were fewer than 13 respondents for a criterion are not shown. Note that the yeargroup scores are un-weighted.
Year group analysis compared to national averages for academic criteria
English
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Mathematics
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Biology
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Chemistry
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Physics
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
ICT
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Geography
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
History
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Art
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Religious Studies
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
French
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Physical Education
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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German
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Design Technology
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Graphic Products
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Resistant Materials
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Electronic Products
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Food Technology
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Drama
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Dance
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Music
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Classics
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Spanish
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Citizenship
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Business Studies
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Latin
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Year group analysis compared to national averages for non-academiccriteria
School discipline
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
School facilities
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Developing confidence
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Social health education
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Control of bullying
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Caring teachers
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
School security
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
School communication
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Careers advice
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Developing moral values
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Levels of homework
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Happiness of child
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Community spirit
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Developing potential
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Teaching quality
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Exam results
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Choice of subjects
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Truancy control
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Availability of resources
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Computer access
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Year group analysis compared to national averages for your additionalsurveyed criteria
Choice of sports
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Church/Parish links and support
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Encouraging pupils' activity in the local community
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Ensuring pupils do their best/make good progress
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Home-school agreements/contracts
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Looking after pupils well
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Pastoral care
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Promoting racial harmony
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
School meals
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
School's image in the local community
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Sports facilities
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Suitable class sizes
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Tailoring child's work to their needs and ability
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Teaching pupils with special needs
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Treating all pupils fairly/equally
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Use of IT in classes
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Value for money
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Written reports
Year7
Year8
Year9
Year10
Year11
6thForm
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
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Time series analysis
Graphs showing trends for surveyed criteria over time
The graphs in this section of the report show the trends for surveyed criteria, broken down over time.
Note that these results are un-weighted and year names refer to the end of the academic year. Statisticallysignificant increases in scores over time are shown in green. Statistically significant decreases in scores overtime are shown in red.
Example time series graphs
History
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Science
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Extra curricular activities
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Careers advice
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
The score for Historyhas significantlyincreased over the lastthree surveys.
The score for Sciencehas significantlydecreased since thelast survey.
The score for Extracurricular activities hassignificantly increasedsince the last survey.
There has been nostatistical differencein scores for Careersadvice over the lastthree surveys.
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Score trends over time for academic criteria
English
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Mathematics
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Biology
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Chemistry
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Physics
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
ICT
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Geography
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
History
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
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Art
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Religious Studies
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
French
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Physical Education
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
German
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Design Technology
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Graphic Products
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Resistant Materials
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
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Electronic Products
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Food Technology
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Drama
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Dance
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Music
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Classics
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Spanish
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Citizenship
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
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Business Studies
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Latin
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Score trends over time for non-academic criteria
School discipline
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
School facilities
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Developing confidence
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Social health education
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Control of bullying
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Caring teachers
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
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School security
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
School communication
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Careers advice
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Developing moral values
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Levels of homework
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Happiness of child
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Community spirit
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Developing potential
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
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Teaching quality
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Exam results
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Choice of subjects
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Truancy control
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Availability of resources
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Computer access
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Score trends over time for additional criteria
Choice of sports
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Church/Parish links and support
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
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Encouraging pupils' activity in the local community
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Ensuring pupils do their best/make good progress
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Home-school agreements/contracts
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Looking after pupils well
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Pastoral care
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Promoting racial harmony
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
School meals
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
School's image in the local community
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
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Sports facilities
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Suitable class sizes
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Tailoring child's work to their needs and ability
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Teaching pupils with special needs
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Treating all pupils fairly/equally
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Use of IT in classes
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Value for money
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
Written reports
2014 2015 201640%
60%
80%
100%
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AppendixSupplementary data and score breakdowns.
Academic criteria analysis
A breakdown of how parents scored the satisfaction of academic subjects.
Academiccriteria
Verypoor (1)
Poor (2)Average
(3)Good (4)
Verygood (5)
GraphSample
size
English 0.0% 28.6% 25.3% 36.1% 10.0%1 2 3 4 5
555
Mathematics 4.6% 3.7% 27.8% 44.7% 19.2%1 2 3 4 5
555
Biology 0.0% 6.8% 5.0% 44.2% 43.9%1 2 3 4 5
513
Chemistry 0.0% 3.4% 6.5% 38.8% 51.2%1 2 3 4 5
522
Physics 0.0% 6.5% 9.8% 58.3% 25.4%1 2 3 4 5
521
ICT 0.0% 8.0% 6.7% 44.8% 40.6%1 2 3 4 5
538
Geography 0.0% 3.7% 13.0% 38.7% 44.6%1 2 3 4 5
538
History 0.0% 6.0% 5.5% 42.0% 46.5%1 2 3 4 5
571
Art 0.0% 10.2% 9.8% 66.3% 13.7%1 2 3 4 5
513
ReligiousStudies
0.0% 6.2% 6.8% 45.9% 41.1%1 2 3 4 5
528
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Academiccriteria
Verypoor (1)
Poor (2)Average
(3)Good (4)
Verygood (5)
GraphSample
size
French 0.0% 5.2% 15.6% 37.0% 42.2%1 2 3 4 5
489
PhysicalEducation
0.0% 6.0% 10.3% 54.1% 29.6%1 2 3 4 5
571
German 0.0% 0.0% 16.4% 45.3% 38.3%1 2 3 4 5
522
DesignTechnology
0.0% 0.0% 8.1% 54.2% 37.8%1 2 3 4 5
446
GraphicProducts
0.0% 0.0% 14.8% 39.9% 45.3%1 2 3 4 5
135
ResistantMaterials
0.0% 0.0% 27.8% 22.2% 50.0%1 2 3 4 5
489
ElectronicProducts
0.0% 14.5% 14.3% 57.0% 14.3%1 2 3 4 5
231
FoodTechnology
0.0% 0.0% 17.9% 33.6% 48.5%1 2 3 4 5
571
Drama 0.0% 4.4% 9.4% 61.6% 24.6%1 2 3 4 5
537
Dance 0.0% 0.0% 3.2% 62.3% 34.5%1 2 3 4 5
308
Music 6.4% 0.0% 25.2% 28.8% 39.7%1 2 3 4 5
396
Classics 6.6% 0.0% 17.2% 50.8% 25.5%1 2 3 4 5
387
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Academiccriteria
Verypoor (1)
Poor (2)Average
(3)Good (4)
Verygood (5)
GraphSample
size
Spanish 0.0% 0.0% 9.5% 57.6% 32.9%1 2 3 4 5
538
Citizenship 0.0% 0.0% 9.8% 45.9% 44.3%1 2 3 4 5
546
BusinessStudies
0.0% 3.4% 21.1% 51.1% 24.4%1 2 3 4 5
520
Latin 0.0% 12.3% 15.1% 41.0% 31.6%1 2 3 4 5
554
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Non-academic criteria analysis
How parents scored the delivery and management of non-academic criteria.
Non-academiccriteria
Verypoor (1)
Poor (2)Average
(3)Good (4)
Verygood (5)
No opinion(N)
Graph
School discipline 4.6% 10.0% 33.6% 36.8% 10.7% 4.4%1 2 3 4 5 N
School facilities 1.4% 5.1% 27.2% 47.0% 13.4% 5.9%1 2 3 4 5 N
Developingconfidence
8.0% 13.0% 23.7% 30.3% 20.4% 4.7%1 2 3 4 5 N
Social healtheducation
2.9% 4.9% 26.7% 33.4% 8.5% 23.6%1 2 3 4 5 N
Control ofbullying
3.3% 6.5% 17.0% 40.8% 17.2% 15.3%1 2 3 4 5 N
Caring teachers 1.0% 2.4% 15.5% 49.0% 24.2% 7.8%1 2 3 4 5 N
School security 2.1% 3.1% 11.9% 49.1% 24.9% 8.8%1 2 3 4 5 N
Schoolcommunication
2.6% 10.5% 26.3% 45.9% 13.0% 1.7%1 2 3 4 5 N
Careers advice 2.4% 9.0% 23.5% 18.9% 6.6% 39.6%1 2 3 4 5 N
Developingmoral values
0.7% 6.4% 21.4% 41.2% 20.7% 9.7%1 2 3 4 5 N
Levels ofhomework
3.4% 15.2% 27.4% 38.5% 13.7% 1.9%1 2 3 4 5 N
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Non-academiccriteria
Verypoor (1)
Poor (2)Average
(3)Good (4)
Verygood (5)
No opinion(N)
Graph
Happiness ofchild
4.5% 15.1% 45.9% 30.3% 0.0% 4.2%1 2 3 4 5 N
Community spirit 2.2% 4.3% 24.9% 35.6% 17.7% 15.3%1 2 3 4 5 N
Developingpotential
2.6% 8.0% 23.4% 58.7% 0.0% 7.3%1 2 3 4 5 N
Teaching quality 0.7% 2.6% 19.1% 57.8% 13.6% 6.2%1 2 3 4 5 N
Exam results 1.4% 2.1% 13.6% 40.4% 12.7% 29.9%1 2 3 4 5 N
Choice ofsubjects
1.2% 3.6% 16.9% 48.0% 14.8% 15.5%1 2 3 4 5 N
Truancy control 1.0% 1.9% 26.4% 44.7% 0.0% 26.0%1 2 3 4 5 N
Availability ofresources
3.1% 4.1% 19.3% 42.5% 12.0% 19.0%1 2 3 4 5 N
Computeraccess
0.5% 2.9% 14.6% 49.1% 20.2% 12.6%1 2 3 4 5 N
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Additional criteria analysis
How parents scored the delivery and management of your additional non-academic criteria.
Additionalcriteria
Verypoor (1)
Poor (2)Average
(3)Good (4)
Verygood (5)
No opinion(N)
Graph
Choice of sports 0.0% 5.3% 14.0% 38.6% 17.9% 24.2%1 2 3 4 5 N
Church/Parishlinks and support
0.0% 2.6% 14.5% 37.9% 16.0% 29.0%1 2 3 4 5 N
Encouragingpupils' activityin the localcommunity
2.7% 6.9% 13.7% 34.0% 10.4% 32.3%1 2 3 4 5 N
Ensuring pupilsdo their best/make goodprogress
2.2% 2.0% 3.1% 13.6% 8.7% 70.3%1 2 3 4 5 N
Home-schoolagreements/contracts
5.7% 7.6% 7.5% 28.1% 6.6% 44.5%1 2 3 4 5 N
Looking afterpupils well
2.7% 7.9% 25.3% 40.2% 7.0% 16.8%1 2 3 4 5 N
Pastoral care 1.4% 3.1% 18.4% 43.5% 15.5% 18.2%1 2 3 4 5 N
Promoting racialharmony
0.3% 3.1% 8.4% 34.6% 21.6% 31.9%1 2 3 4 5 N
School meals 3.6% 8.2% 20.2% 29.9% 13.8% 24.2%1 2 3 4 5 N
School's imagein the localcommunity
2.2% 6.2% 18.2% 43.4% 15.2% 14.7%1 2 3 4 5 N
Sports facilities 1.7% 8.8% 21.3% 38.5% 12.7% 17.0%1 2 3 4 5 N
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Additionalcriteria
Verypoor (1)
Poor (2)Average
(3)Good (4)
Verygood (5)
No opinion(N)
Graph
Suitable classsizes
9.2% 24.2% 31.8% 15.0% 4.9% 15.0%1 2 3 4 5 N
Tailoring child'swork to theirneeds and ability
1.0% 5.9% 15.6% 39.7% 22.0% 15.7%1 2 3 4 5 N
Teaching pupilswith specialneeds
8.9% 11.2% 17.3% 34.0% 11.9% 16.8%1 2 3 4 5 N
Treating allpupils fairly/equally
6.2% 19.7% 47.8% 17.1% 2.6% 6.7%1 2 3 4 5 N
Use of IT inclasses
0.3% 2.9% 13.4% 52.5% 20.2% 10.6%1 2 3 4 5 N
Value for money 0.3% 4.7% 22.4% 40.0% 11.9% 20.7%1 2 3 4 5 N
Written reports 0.0% 2.4% 17.2% 48.8% 22.9% 8.8%1 2 3 4 5 N
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Graphs to show raw, adjusted satisfaction scores achieved for each ofthe criterion surveyed, before weightings are applied.
Academic subjects
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