Bullying at school is put in spotlight
ONE parent in seven in Leicestershire doesn’t think their child’s school is effective in tackling bullying.
The data has been extracted from Ofsted’s “Parent View” survey, which gathers opinions from hundreds of thousands of mums and dads every year.
When asked whether their child’s school “deals effectively with bullying”, 14.0 per cent of parents in Leicestershire either disagreed, or strongly disagreed. The figure fell to 7.4 per cent in Leicester city.
The data covers both primary and secondary schools. Nurseries, special schools and pupil referral units are not included.
Maintained schools are included, as are academies and independent schools monitored by Ofsted.
In Leicestershire, the figures show, there were 4,461 responses.
Some 61.9 per cent “strongly agreed” or “agreed” that their school dealt effectively with bullying. A further 24.1 per cent said they didn’t know.
The data also breaks down the figures for individual schools in Leicestershire and Leicester city - although not all are included.
Seagrave Village Primary School had the parents who were happiest with action to tackle bullying, among schools for which figures are available.
Some 96.6 per cent of parents said it dealt well with the issue.
At the other end of the table, Robert Bakewell Primary School and Community Centre was next, with 35.8 per cent, followed by St Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Leicester with 34.8 per cent.
Leicester and Leicestershire schools where the most parents agree with the statement “this school deals effectively with bullying”: Seagrave Village Primary School, 96.6%; Limehurst Academy, 87.9%.
Leicester and Leicestershire schools where the most parents disagree with the statement “this school deals effectively with bullying”: Robert Bakewell Primary School and Community Centre, 35.8%; St Josephs Catholic Academy, 34.8%; Cobden Primary School and Community Centre, 26.1%.
Schools with fewer than 20 responses from parents were not included in the performance tables for individual primaries and secondaries.
Indeed, Ofsted does not even publish the results for schools with fewer than 10 responses in a year.
That means the “best” and “worst” schools are only the best and worst among those for which data is available, and published.
The latest Parent View figures are based on responses received between April 2018 and
April 2019.
Some parents’ attitudes may have changed since they were polled.
A total of 343,008 submissions were recorded across England for the period.