EDWARD FEILD PRIMARY SCHOOL
Saturday, 20 June 2015
TO ALL PARENTS
EDWARD FEILD – COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE
After the recent communications survey open to all parents (Closed 2 nd June 2015), the following
questions were raised and these are the answers from governors. This document aims to provide
you with an update on where the governors are with the communication plans and actions.
If there are any queries with this document or if you have further points to raise then please email
governors@efs.oxon.sch.uk or you can leave a note at the school office for the attention of the
governors.
COMMUNICATIONS SURVEY FINDINGS (June 2015)
Questions
Response from Governors
1. Survey question on the survey asked The Communications working group have
what the school does well?
now met a few times to establish the plans
General opinion of the parents surveyed is and planned improvements. The remit of
that communication is poor and there needs this group is to improve school
to be improvement.
communications, comprises of governors
and parents.
An action plan has been produced on what
will change in the short and longer term, so
we hope you will see improvements over the
coming months.
2. Survey question asked what format
is preferred for communications.
Emailed yellow letter would be preferred
by a vast majority of the parents
surveyed.
3. Survey asked about channels and
also general feedback.
Paper newsletters will continue for those
unsubscribed to Parent Mail, it would be
preferable to send them to the youngest
(rather than eldest) child in each family.
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Three new communications channels are
being introduced by September 2015 (Email,
Text, New Website)
Following on from the survey completed in
the March parent’s evenings, the School has
now installed Parent Mail and will be
opening this up to parents to subscribe to
school emails and text messages. Go live
date will be circulated a.s.a.p.
It is acknowledged that we should switch to
the youngest child in school to receive the
paper newsletter. We plan to swap this over,
from September 2015.
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Saturday, 20 June 2015
How would you prefer to receive 1st – Emailed yellow letter (complies with the
school aim to be more eco-friendly and save paper)
information from the school
2nd – Paper yellow letter
(Ranked in order of importance)
3rd – Website
4th – Text message / Friends Facebook page
5th – Twitter
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5.
An updated website will go live in
September, which features are most
important to you?
(Ranked in order of importance)
6.
What other ways would parents like
to receive information and improve
communications were:
1st – Calendar
2nd – Class Pages
3rd – Practical information (starting school,
moving up etc)
4th – Policies
5th – General Twitter updates
 Timely updated noticeboards on
school site.
 Parents information evenings when
required.
 Phone call if my child is directly
affected by something at school
where possible.
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What features would you like to see
on the new website?
 Classes pages.
 Letters sent home page.
 Friends and Fundraising updates,
details of events and how to help.
All of the these listed will feature on the
new website.
 More information about day to day
at school, what happens, what the
children are learning.
 More support for children’s learning,
what homework, curriculum and
topics are being covered to help
parents support this.
 Curriculum updates.
 E-Learning
learning.
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Key Messages on Survey responses
 Communications should be timely, proofread, accurate and informative.
 To offer a number of different communication channels so that parents/carers can choose
how to consume the information.
 Up to date Website, with frequent updates is essential.
 Regular information on what is happening across the school.
 Better curriculum support and knowledge for parents/carers.
Channels & Tools
We plan to be communicating to audiences via the following channels:
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Email (Parent Mail facility for parents to subscribe to)
Text Messages (Parent Mail facility for parents to subscribe to)
Paper newsletter (for unsubscribed parents of to Parent Mail). Parent mail helps also
facilitates the paper copies to be distrbuted to help save administration time and enable
either an electronic or paper copy is distributed to all parents.
Website including twitter feed (full launch September 2015)
Parent/Teacher Meetings (three times a year)
Parent Information Evenings (Adhoc)
Noticeboards
Letters out to parents
Twitter feed
Governors email address for feedback and actions
Termly Governor updates
Friends of Edward Feild closed facebook page (this is managed by Friends)
Young Reporters, children in school feeding into communications.
Don’t forget to follow the school on Twitter: @edwardfeildps
Next Communications Survey
We plan to run another communications survey in October 2015 to see how the new
communications channels are working.
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Saturday, 20 June 2015
Kidstock
It is acknowledged by school that the communications for the Kidstock event could have been
handled better. As part of the communications working group a review is taking place of the
standard letters for events to ensure that lessons are learned and a new approach adopted from
September 2015 for communications to parents.
Tell us your views
You can contact the governors via a number of routes and also see more of what the
governors are working on via the new planned channels;
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Feedback box in School Reception.
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Email governors@efs.oxon.sch.uk
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Face to face – all the governors are listed on the wall in the school reception,
catch us in the playground.
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Governor noticeboard, will be available shortly with key Governor information
on; meeting dates, who the governors are, current plans and actions.
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Governor’s areas on the new website from September 2015.
You can also speak with any of the parents involved with the communications working
group if easier (catch them in the playground) and they can feed this back to the
working group.
Katherine Simpson
Annie Canning
Bridget Hopwood
Amanda Clarke
Regards
Edward Feild Governing Body
 governors@efs.oxon.sch.uk
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