Parent/Carer Evaluation Results

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.