Writen feedback (with response in red)

Why did you choose our school?

· Word of mouth

· Proximity to home and school reputation

· Xxx’s brothers loved Marine Park and it’s our catchment

· Marine park is one of the best school in north Tyne side. My son started nursery in marine park and he was so happy there.

· I am recommending Marine park to every single parent who’s around me.

· Catchment

· Location

· Very strong reputation and have known other children who have come through the school.

· Location to home and reputation

· Proximity, ofsted report

· Catchment school

· Sister in y1 and we believe the quality of education is very good

· More multi-cultural environment than other schools in the area.

· I attended when I was a child and knew what an amazing school it is.

· Our older son goes abs is very happy there

· Proximity to house, excellent reputation

· Close vicinity to home

· Locality and performance

· Closest and the good reputation

· A friend is a member of staff here. She enjoys working at Marine Park and a happy staff is key to a happy school in our opinion. It is also our closest school, although we were prepared to take her to a school which was further away had we not liked the ethos and atmosphere at Marine Park. The school is a visible part of the community and appears to be involved in lots of projects. I believe our child will have the opportunity to thrive here.

· Closest school to where we live

· Close to home and hear lots of lovely praise from neighbours and friends

· Good reputation, good ‘feel’ when we looked around.

· Has a sibling in the school who is thriving in the learning environment created by the school

· Location & reputation

· Proximity

· Family links

· Closest to home

· My other two children thrived here. It is a wonderful school.

· Locations, reputation, out of school club

· Sibling attends

· In catchment

· Catchment and sibling link but also I know its a great school.

· Reputation and locality

· The school seemed vibrant and fun. We liked that children were involved in showing off the school during the open evening.

· Siblings attend and love it

· Recommended by others and very close by

· Great teachers, very supportive and local.

· Family links, location and OFSTED report

· Reputation and location

· Friend recommended

· We are in catchment areas, positive recommendations from friends and outstanding Ofsted

· Sibling in school

· High standards.

· Because of its values, friendly staff and encouraging/nurturing atmosphere

· The emphasis on learning through play and creativity

· Because of its strong reputation

· We have wonderful experiences from our daughter’s education here at Marine Park.

· ofsted outstanding on school website

· Because we are in catchment

· Location and new building

· Xxx’s brother goes to the school and really enjoys it. We also wanted xxxx to start getting I to a regular routine ready for reception

· It’s close to our house, is popular with local families & allowed us to give our girls chance to learn and develop friendships in separate classes.

· It’s very close to our house, local families speak well of the school. It gave us the chance for our twins to be educated in separate classes and develop their own friendships and confidence.

· I liked the facilities and the staff I met

· Catchment school but moved to area for the good schools. Heard that have good SEND support that our second child will need to

· access

· Proximity and excellent reputation

· Had a good feel when we visited

What have you been particularly pleased with?

· Variety of learning opportunities available

· How happy xxx is to go to nursery every day and the learning journal shows she’s having a lovely time

· Teachers are so nice and they do a lot of care on kids.

· (Member of staff) has made a special effort with xxx who is clearly not enjoying school

· Reading skills

· Communication between teaching staff and home. Lots of information and use of technology is fantastic. We love the learning journey!

· All staff have shown great care both academically and socially. There is a real family atmosphere within the school.

· Learning Journey Books, level of teaching and expectations, communication, helpful office staff

· The teaching staff and support staff in RN are absolutely fabulous! So warm, approachable, and caring. xxx adores (Member of staff) in particular, but they have all encouraged this lovely side of him to come out, a side that has made him excited and interested to learn. He has had such a boost of confidence with writing and learning since starting RN.

· Confidence

· How well my son has settled in, the photos and info we receive, the newsletters, the staff.

· The holistic approach to education and watching how happy he is going to school everyday

· How happy my child is

· Seeing my child is keen to attend school

· My daughters happiness at school

· xxxx seems very happy

· How supportive, caring and inclusive the school was when xxxx broke her leg. How staff stop to chat and seem to know her well already. Her class teachers, as well as support staff, office staff and out of school staff have all been marvellous.

· Love the learning journey so you can see what they do each week and like the comments added about what they did at the weekend.

· It’s clear to see how happy our child is and this is the most important thing for us.

· Very friendly and welcoming staff

· How well my child has settled into reception

· Variety of experiences

· Kindness of staff

· All interactions with teachers and staff are always professional, welcoming and productive. I feel well supported and my children are very proud of their school.

· Staff, wrap around, out of school club, progress of child

· All the staff in Nursery A.M and at Wraparound and ASC are approachable and genuinely seem interested in the happiness, development and well being of our child.

· How well xxxxx has settled in

· Everything

· Teachers general approach

· The focus on books and stories.

· The staff and environment

· How happy my son is at school and how much he loves his teachers.

· My daughters progression.

· The staff are all so lovely and clearly care a lot about the children and their wellbeing

· Communication and organisation. Very friendly staff.

· Holistic approach to education

· Supporting independence/personal development. Stretching him in terms of communication and topics/interests. Helping him navigate social relationships with peers and teachers.

· The induction to nursery

· Bond children create with staff

· The way the classroom is set up and how much our son is loving learning

· The caring approach

· xxxxx is so happy about nursery and talks about it all the time

· xxxxx is incredibly happy and confident in reception and shares lots of lovely messages about his day with us at home. xxxxx is always welcomed so warmly by (Member of staff) and (Member of staff) at the class door and this lovely start to his day means a lot to us. I know xxxx feels safe and secure in their care (alongside other adults who play apart in his learning day who I may not see) and we are very grateful. We love reading xxxxx’s learning journey with him, it encourages xxxx to share his reception experiences with us and for us to know what he’s learning and enhance this at home too.

· What I prefer is the school atmosphere and the teaching style

· The children have made good friends. The children seem happy

· Communication

· xxxx's learning and development

· The way that xxxx has settled into school life

· The way xxxx settled into school, the support from her teachers. (Member of staff) is so kind and always responds to emails.

· Nearly everything. Great teachers in particularly who are lovely with the children.

· Friendliness

· The excellent support xxxxx has received in reception; her progress in reading and writing; how happy she is at school

· xxxx really seems himself and happy in school

What could we do better?

· Na

· Nothing

· Nothing

· Unsure

· N/a

· Nothing - you’re brilliant and your staff do a wonderful job.

· Nothing!

· Nothing currently

· Not sure

· Not sure

· Unsure of anything yet!

· Nothing really, all a very positive experience

· We are so happy with school and feel xxx is thriving in lots of ways so nothing to add about improvements.

· Not much outside of covid restrictions

· Not your fault, but more face-to-face interaction with parents through visits and assemblies etc. This will come in time though and is by no means a fault of the school - you are very much doing your best in a bad situation.

· Sometimes I feel we are over cautious and cancelled pupil / parental experiences like Robinwood too early, sports days, Christmas shows .. I know they take so much planning. But it makes you sad when the wider community is attending massive football matches / concerts etc and you are missing such special events in your child’s school life, or trips cancelled but don’t think the school can win either and some parents may not have been happy if they’d gone ahead. It’s very difficult. Even compromise like masks and outside events or only immediate family attending would be something. This is probably unfair on the school as it is given advice by public health etc.

(We recognise the contradiction in the wider community. We always seek to follow local public health and Department for Education Guidance. We do try to adapt to this guidance and understand the frustration caused by missing out on special events.)

· Website, school meals- don't think it's necessary to give a sugary dessert every day.

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· Cater to dietary requirements better at breakfast club (i.e. vegan).

· Sports for January

· Closer look and understanding of each individual child's abilities. My child is being sent home very easy tasks well below their abilities. More challenging tasks would be good.

· Share pictures of my child while learning, I have only seen a group photo so far and the one on the cover of her learning journey

· Drive inclusivity and facilitate relationships/friendships between children rather than let themselves formulate or not formulate them..

· New starter information

· There was no real chance to ask questions about school and school day before they started. Just a document and YouTube video which wasn't updated until late on. The letter confirming arrangements for start had errors in it on dates because it had just been copied and pasted. They should ask for feedback on these and what was missing. A lot of assumptions on what information they thought we would want. We keen to know about playtimes, how many children in each class, what plan was to settle children in.

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· I think it was poor not to have details of the curriculum for reception up at the start of term and no expected date when will be available.

· Regardless of curriculum update which was excuse given for the delay it would be helpful to know what would be done in each week or day at the start. An example would be no warning our child would come back talking about her private parts being private. We had no warning that was a theme/topic she would be looking at. No problem with it being discussed but some warning to make sure we could handle questions at home be useful.

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· More focus on Lac and Plac children with a more proactive and targeted policy for pupil premium plus

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· Communication

· Communication. It is quite bad. More attention needs to be paid to parents who are new to school and don't know the way things work

· Communicate. When I have raised concerns the teachers look right through me. All parents evening appointments were gone so reception told me to go sit and wait and see if I could be seen on one of gaps teacher had. She looked over top of my head twice. Doesn’t even know who’s parent I am after three months of picking my son up. Massively disappointed. My son hates school. Only one teaching assistant who is helpful and approachable. If I had other options I would remove my son from this school.

(We were able to meet with the parents that wrote this and follow this up with them)

· Some more opportunities to check in with teachers during settling in period. I found I was often worried about how he was settling in the first few weeks and didn’t feel I could call without a real ‘reason’ (I didn’t see teachers at the door though because he uses OSC so that could be why!). Parents evening as the first proper contact felt a little late.

· A little more time to chat to teachers.

· I think we could have more specific feedback about our child in the learning journey, it's very generic

· An app or website with photos on of the children during the school day so we can see what they do

· Updates on what my children have been doing at school.

· I would like to hear more about my child’s report from school.

· Occasional feedback at drop off/pick up.

· Provide more aftercare options.

· I don’t think it’s necessarily a major factor for early reception but although we heard at parent’s evening how our child was doing generally/settling in (which is the most important thing), I wouldn’t say I know how she is doing ‘academically’ or what the teachers see as her strong/weak areas. But as I say, it’s early in the year and we are not overly concerned with the ‘academic performance’ at this stage ourselves, but perhaps the comments in her reading book could say whether she’s doing ‘ok’ or if there are any areas to work on etc…

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Is there anything else you want to tell us?

· We are really pleased with how well xxx has settled in to Nursery life. He absolutely loves it! Thank you for all you are doing for him.

· Just a thank you

· Thanks for all your support and hard work.

· I’m as happy as always… love Marine park!

· Thank you for ensuring xxx has had a successful start to his schooling

· Keep up the great work!

· Thanks for making xxxx welcome

· We just wanted to thank you again for looking after xxx when she was in the wheelchair and apologise in advance for any mischief she gets up to now she’s been set free!

· We are very happy how xxx has settled in at nursery.

· We have been so happy and impressed with the staff and school. Our son had some issues at his private nursery with emotional outbursts but he seems so much happier at marine park. He clearly feels very safe and he tells us how much he loves his teachers. We are so relieved and very grateful!

· We are really happy with the school and how our daughter has settled in/been welcomed into the school community