Parent Voice
Our relationship with parents and carers is very important to us. Working together we can support your child to thrive at Parkstone.
For that reason we value your opinions and views on how we can improve. You can email Mr Hallsworth direct with any suggestions at headteacher@Parkstone.poole.sch.uk. Alternatively, you can meet him at Parents’ Evening or make an appointment to come in and chat. Please also leave feedback for Ofsted by following this link to the Ofsted Parent View page.
Parental Survey 2022
The responses to the 2022 Parental Survey were overwhelmingly positive. It is extremely pleasing that the vast majority of parents/carers believe that the school is well led and managed and that their child is happy at the school, makes good progress, is well taught, feels safe and motivated to learn at Parkstone. It is also pleasing to see that the majority of parents feel that students are well behaved, their child’s wellbeing is looked after, appropriate homework is set and that they would recommend Parkstone to other parents.
The response to the questions on communication, accessibility to information, curriculum & career information and response to concerns was also very good. This was helpful feedback as we writte to all parents across all Key Stages with personalised curriculum outlines so that they have the overview of what their child is studying in each subject. As a school that prides itself on not standing still we still feel we can improve in these areas and are open to any suggestions that parents may have.
One area that did score slightly lower on your responses was “I am aware of how to contact School Governors”; however only a minority of parents then answered positively to wanting “more communication with Governors and Parents”. Therefore to highlight, to those parents who may find this useful, there is a page on our website that will give you all the details on contacting our Governors: https://www.parkstone.poole.sch.uk/information/governing-body/
We are also very pleased that the students’ survey, carried out in line with the parental survey, mirrored parents’ positive responses. The majority of students also stated that they enjoyed school, felt safe and thought they were taught well, challenged in their learning and treated fairly; as well as given opportunities to hold positions of responsibility. They felt that the school is a pleasant environment to learn, students were respectful and caring and they were proud to be a Parkstone student. Older year groups were asked about their target grades and support with their progression and students’ responses to these questions were extremely positive.
Overall, we were delighted with the responses and we use this valuable feedback given to us by parents/carers and students to feed into our School Development Plans. We always value parents’ feedback and welcome this at any time.