What Parents Say

Overall, the picture is one of a thriving school providing an excellent education for the pupils in its care, which is enthusiastically endorsed and appreciated by parents.

Parents are strong advocates for the School – almost all parents would
recommend King’s to friends. The findings are in keeping with the responses received in the 2021 – 2024 parental surveys. We would like to thank parents again for taking the time to give us their feedback and we offer our assurances that their suggestions for areas to improve will be listened to.

• For Academic Challenge, 89% of parents rated the School as Excellent or Good (compared with 88% last year).
• 83% of parents graded the school as Excellent or Good for providing ‘Stimulating Lessons’ (up slightly on last year’s 82%).
• 92% of parents said that overall communications from school were ‘good’ to ‘excellent’. 
• An overall score of ‘very good’ (or 3.90) was given for how well the School promotes tolerance and mutual respect amongst the school community (on par with last year’s 3.84).
• 77% of parents rated ‘sporting opportunities’ as Excellent or Good, while Extra-curricular activities as a whole were rated by 80% of respondents as good or excellent
• Some 79% of respondents rated ‘pastoral support’ in the School as Excellent or Good
• 90% of respondents said that their child had a supportive peer group at school
• The breadth of our curriculum was rated by 76% of parents as Excellent or Good.

The following quotations received in the 2025 survey are examples of the positive comments made by parents:

“I don't have a bad word to say about the Junior school, we have been so pleased with every aspect of it, our son has really enjoyed it and I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone.”

“Very impressed with King's generally. Delighted that we decided to send our boys."

“I’m loving how well my son has settled into the school." 

 “Excellent school, we’re very pleased!”

“It's our first year at King's and it's been a great experience so far. I work abroad, so the weekly newsletter is very important to me. All members of staff have been very supportive and my son has settled in very well."

“It's our first year at King's and it's been a great experience so far. I work abroad, so the weekly newsletter is very important to me. All members of staff have been very supportive and my son has settled in very well."

 

Every good school continuously seeks to improve and, therefore, parents were asked to feedback on any areas they would like to see further development. Some of the areas chosen are already rated highly, indicating that parents simply wish to see a continued focus.

The breadth of our curriculum was rated by 76% of parents as Excellent or Good, which is up on last year’s 68%.

Every good school continuously seeks to improve and, therefore, parents were asked to feedback on any areas they would like to see further development. Some of the areas chosen are already rated highly, indicating that parents simply wish to see a continued focus.

The breadth of our curriculum was rated by 76% of parents as Excellent or Good, which is up on last year’s 68%.

Catering provision is rated by 70% of parents as ‘excellent or good’ – up on last year’s 54%. This is an area that we regularly review and continually seek the feedback of pupils through our Catering Committees. Again, while overall levels of satisfaction are high, we do have additional plans to improve provision for our Year 9 and Year 10 pupils, who are typically ‘last in the queue’ at lunchtimes. We are pleased that many parents celebrated the fact that food is cooked on-site and promotes heathy eating.