I am writing as a follow up to my website post sent out last week regarding the proposed changes to our start and finish times from September 2021.
We have had 33 parents complete the Google Form, which is approximately 10% of our school population.
You can see from the above chart that 76% of parents who expressed their views shared that they are happy with the changes and 24% that shared that they were unhappy with the changes.
In addition to the 76% of parents who shared that they were happy to move forward, we also consider the fact that 90% of parents have chosen not to express their views, therefore, we do feel that the vast majority of parents are happy to move forward with the proposed changes.
Based on this, we have taken the decision to move forward with the changes, however, I will take some time to read through the comments from the few who have left one and will try my best to accommodate to support parents the best I can- it might be that I give you a call to chat through things if I do not feel we can support with your query.
I really do feel that the changes to start and finish time will really support our staff team to be even better versions of themselves, whilst not impacting on the progress of our children. Our school day is absolutely jam packed and the children are really being supported and challenged in terms of their academic studies, even more so as a result of the pandemic; I would not be changing the times if I really thought that this would impact on the academic progress being made by our children.
Please may I remind parents that if you do have any further queries around this matter, that the best way to communicate this is to give me a call at school or to drop me an email [email protected] and I will get in touch.
Thank you for your support regarding this matter, I will be in touch regarding any queries raised through the Google Form and will also be in touch regarding our wrap around care/after school club offer for September.
Regards,
Miss Laing
Headteacher