We conducted our second full parental survey last month and can now, as promised, summarise the results.
This is what parents said:
100% of you would recommend us to other parents (96%) “enthusiastically” 4% said yes they would recommend
100% of you said you had never encountered, nor heard of, any bullying at IGS: Durham
100% of you said that the teaching here was “excellent” (83%) or “good”
100% of you told us your child either “couldn’t wait to come to school” (63%) or was “happy to come to school”
95% of you felt the leadership of the school (Principal & Board Members) was “excellent”; 5% said it was “good”
83% of you thought we communicated “very well indeed” with you; 17% said “quite well”.
83% of you said that your child’s progress at IGS: Durham had been “excellent”; the rest of you felt your child’s progress had been “good”
63% of you said that your experience so far “exceeded your expectations”; the rest of you felt that we had “lived up to your expectations”.
Your comments included:
“Very happy with the teaching and overall happy and safe atmosphere of the School. Our son is thriving.”
“Wonderful nurturing school covering exciting topics that engage pupils. My son runs to the school entrance every day he is so excited to start. I would highly recommend IGS to any parent looking to embed their child in an excellent learning environment with a real sense of care and dedication to raising bright and polite young people.”
“Our children love going to school and are sad when the weekend comes round. In fact my son cried the other day because he left his homework at school and he was so excited to do it! It's a pleasure to see them enjoy school so much.”
“As his mother, I cannot thank you enough for the peace of mind I now have that my son is being educated well and that his wellbeing is important to the staff. This is the only school we have seen that truly treats the children as individuals and offers an excellent education, not only academically, but in terms of values and life skills. It's how all schools should be.”
“For question 1 we have ticked 'exceeded expectations', but in fact we expected nothing less than the excellent service you are giving. Thank you so much for your hard work.”
“The focus of the school is in the right area: education and encouragement of personal development. I feel there could be greater communication from the school board over their plans and progress versus their expectations, with the concept being new, having comfort of performance is important in terms of attaining and retaining students.”
“Apart from the education being excellent, what we also love about IGS is that we know our child is always cared for. The teachers and teaching assistants go far and beyond to ensure that, if there is something that our son might need assistance with, they will help him without making him feel excluded.”
“Wonderful wide range of activities and opportunities provided both after school and during school hours. Teachers model and encourage such important values and characteristics such as respect, honesty, kindness and patience in their students. The atmosphere is so welcoming, inclusive and encouraging.”
“The school is clearly a very loving and nurturing environment where each child has a voice. I couldn’t recommend this school more highly.”
“Amazing Amazing Amazing”
“School transport development, options for collection and drop offs morning and evening would be great for us.”
“Our child could not be any happier at IGS, we are so pleased we made the move, it is an outstanding school where the children are individually unique.”