Parent/Carer Evaluation Results

These are the results of the parent and carer questionnaire from the summer of 2025. A full copy of the results is available in the right hand column. The 2026 questionnaire will be sent to all parents in June next year, and results will be published in July.

Some positive parent/carer comments:

  • TJS is a truly lovely school where there’s a strong sense of community — everyone knows and supports each other, and it feels very well run and cared for. My children genuinely enjoy being at school, and as a parent, that brings great peace of mind. Mr. Sellens and Lindsay’s efforts to make everyone — including their own staff — feel included and special have not gone unnoticed. Their leadership helps create a warm and welcoming environment that truly sets the school apart.
  • The leadership team is stellar. Excellent school, I will highly recommend it.
  • We greatly value the strong partnership between parents and the school, and we appreciate the nurturing and enriching environment that Thomas Jones provides. Our child is thriving under the school’s care, and we are enthusiastic supporters of the “Thomas Jones way,” which we’ve seen have a profoundly positive and calming effect on the children.
  • Thank you so much to the entire team. Your support over the past three years has been truly invaluable. Our children have been incredibly happy at Thomas Jones and are very sad to be leaving.
  • We will deeply miss Mr. Sellens’ leadership and kindness, the dedication of the outstanding teachers and all the school team, the wonderful school plays, the football tournaments, Sports Day, the art and maths competitions, the bake and craft sales, the school trips… All of these experiences reflect the unique spirit of Thomas Jones and have created an unforgettable sense of community.
  • We will never forget the incredible support our children received when they arrived at Thomas Jones without speaking a word of English. Today, they are not only approaching greater depth in their learning, but are also confident, happy, and thriving
  • At a time when public primary schools are facing challenges in France, I would be happy to share with my fellow citizens the best practices I have observed at Thomas Jones, to help make excellent education accessible to all, regardless of social background.
  • I believe Thomas Jones is an amazing School; very well lead, very clean, very well equipped. It does prepare children in every way possible.
  • Thomas Jones is led by amazing staff and headmaster who had the vision to give pupils the opportunities and believe in themselves, that they can an achieve high standards of work with pride and they always do! The values and behaviour of this school are exceptional and I am proud that my child went to this school.
  • We love everything about the school and cannot fault it. We are very lucky this is where our children have started their journey in education and look forward to the coming years for them both. Thank you.
  • Thank you for all the outstanding work you do at Thomas Jones School. We are more than happy to be a part of this school family which enables us to achieve great performance and personal results.
  • My child has gained so much from attending Thomas Jones, from an educational , social and spiritual level. I will be eternal grateful to the Head master, the teachers and PAs. I wish all schools in England could be like Thomas Jones as the schools values and principles allowed my grandson to develop to his full potential. I cannot thank and praise this school enough.
  • I am incredibly proud that my child is here. I greatly appreciate the standards delivered at the school, from the staff to the organic offerings and excellent results. Being part of the Thomas Jones school community is a true privilege. Thank you for all that you do for our small part of London.

What parents/carers said, and what we are doing

What parents/carers said

What Thomas Jones is doing

You would like halal meat choices

Following a child and parent consultation period, we introduced halal meet in April 2025. This is now on the menu, alongside non-halal options including non-halal meat. We are trying to provide a more sustainable menu at Thomas Jones so meat is not an option every day of the week, but halal is always available on the meat option days.

You would like a Spanish club

Languages are really important to us and we will discuss this idea at our autumn term leadership team meeting.

You would like real ties as an option

We utilise the clip-on ties so they can be used across the school and save time both here and at home, however, we will discuss this.

You would like a Chinese club or publication

We have an ever growing Chinese heritage demographic within the school, and see the value in nurturing this. This will be discussed in the autumn term.

You would like more detailed information about your child’s skills and development

We always aim to provide this at the autumn and spring term parent teacher meetings, in the summer term written report, and through ad hoc interactions. We encourage parents and carers to ask their child’s class teacher should the need arise to have any additional meetings. We would always accommodate this.

You would like detail on our handwriting scheme so you can help at home

This is great! There will be a meeting in the autumn term about sharing details with parents and carers.

You would like clubs to finish when Play Plus does or children to go from clubs into Play Plus

Pupils can go seamlessly into Play Plus after a club. We apologise if this was not made clear.

You feel communication can be disjointed including relating to dance club

We always try our best to communicate well with parents and carers and are sorry if this is not always the case. We are constantly working to streamline systems and improve communications within our capacity as a small school. We welcome specific feedback so we can improve.

In terms of communication regarding clubs, we will review our practices.

You feel there are some low-level instances of bullying

There will always be instances over a child’s time at school where children are unkind and/or upset their peers. We do take bullying very seriously and pride ourselves on acting expediently. Our track record regarding this is exemplary. Please do approach us if ever you feel that bullying is taking place. If you need to share something with us, please do not hesitate to reach out.

You would like more club options to choose from including music clubs

During the summer term of 2025, we had 6 before/after school clubs on offer across the school (in addition to lunch time ventures). This is our maximum capacity, with Play Plus utilising school space as well as breakfast club.

We have music lessons rather than clubs as well as a KS2 choir. Music clubs can be difficult to source in terms of finding teachers with the appropriate expertise after school hours. We will, however, discuss this.

It is our intention to run as many different clubs as possible but our main objective is always about quality rather than quantity.

 

You would like information on what your child is eating at school (and how much)

We appreciate how important this is. Unfortunately it is incredibly difficult to provide feedback with over 200 children eating on site every day.

You feel your child is picking up inappropriate language at school

We are sorry to hear this. Whenever the use of inappropriate language is brought to our attention, we tackle this immediately with some sensitivity. We cannot always prevent this from occurring but do work to teach children appropriate ways of speaking and interacting, and this is embedded into our personal development curriculum and often tackled in assembly. Do let your child’s class teacher know about anything that concerns you regarding this.

You would like your child to be able to share more thoughts and ideas with staff

We value this. We have a school council model in place from Years 1-6. We work tirelessly to build strong relationships with children so they feel able to share their ideas readily. In the autumn term we will brainstorm other ways this could happen and meet with all class teachers about best practise.

You feel your child has not been challenged enough in class

This is most unfortunate. We will be running some professional development arising from this concern.

You have concerns about your child’s SEND being met

The class teacher will always meet you about your child’s SEND – parent and carer meetings for children with a support plan take place 3 times yearly, rather than just 2. If do you require further expertise then the SEND Leader or Assistant SEND Leader have a wealth of experience and expertise, and will always make the time to speak with you.

You would like Thomas Jones to mark events such as World Book Day and other awareness days.

World Book Day is marked in our school calendar through assembly and in class but we do not utilise dressing up as part of this as many schools do. We do appreciate that we are unique in this way. We have a very full school calendar but do make time to focus on some national awareness events (Black History for example) and individual class teachers may choose some to discuss with their class alongside this. We do fundraise for charity periodically throughout the year and the school council lead on this. However we will review this in the autumn term.

Thank you to all parents and carers who took the time to respond to the questionnaire. We really value all of your comments and suggestions.