At Swaffham Church of England Primary Academy we recognise the importance of and value parental involvement in the life of our school.  We believe that education is a collaborative enterprise involving, amongst others, parents, staff and children.  As a school, we are committed to establishing and maintaining an effective and purposeful working relationship between the home and school.

Parent voice and feedback is very important to us and supports leaders to drive forward further school improvement.

We regularly obtain parent opinions and views of our school through surveys, questionnaires, obtaining feedback on events and informally by staff being present and approachable on the school gates at the start and end of our school day.

Open Classroom Event:  February 2023

We asked families what they enjoyed about this event.  Here is a selection of parent feedback:

‘How excited he was to show us his work.’

‘I enjoyed seeing how proud she was of all of her work.’

‘Good to see what is going on in the classroom.’

‘It is great to see what they are learning about and see their books.’

‘How interesting the kids learning was…especially the history.’

‘I really enjoyed that I was able to see how my child is progressing and see the learning environment.’

‘Seeing all the work that has been done over term and how handwriting has improved.’

‘Was lovely to see how well the class get on and help each other.’

‘Finding out what the children have been learning about.’

‘We all enjoyed the quiz.’

‘Looking through the books and seeing all the work I’ve been told about.’

‘Looking through the showbook and seeing displays.  Lovely to explore the classroom.’

‘Seeing what the children are learning and looking at past work.’

‘Being able to interact with my child and see what they get up to in class.’

‘Nice and relaxing…teacher was very informative.’

‘It was nice to see the learning environment and interaction between my child and their teacher.’

‘Interactive.’

Open Classroom Event November 2022:  

Parents were invited to come into their child's classroom with their child to see and hear what they had been learning about.

We asked families what they enjoyed about this event.  Here is a selection of parent feedback:

‘It was lovely to see how much my child has improved in reading and writing.’

‘It was really beneficial to speak to our child’s teacher with how we can support learning at home.’

‘Such a lovely opportunity to see what they have been learning and to see them in their classroom.’

‘Really impressed with all their provision and progress in such a short time.’

‘The freedom of being able to look around the classroom with our child.’

‘I enjoyed looking through the books and classroom and seeing everything they have been learning about.’

‘Being able to look at the progress my child has made.’

‘I enjoyed seeing my child in their learning environment.’

‘It was good to be a part of my child’s learning.’

‘It was great to be able to see what the children have been learning and a chance to see their work and their books.’

‘Seeing how proud he was to show us his work.’

‘So good to see that conservation plays a big part of the curriculum.’

‘How happy the children are.’

‘That we could look through the books with our child and talk about their learning.’

‘Lovely chance to be involved in my child’s work and be in the classroom.’