2020 SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY FROM THE HEADMASTER
2020 has certainly been an unusual year, one that has presented enormous challenges, created changes we could never have imagined and given us a deep sense of gratitude for many of the things we hold close – including our school and the education and friendships it provides. While the College rapidly settled in to its ‘new normal’ in 2020, it was not without its stresses, strains, triumphs and u-turns. We regularly survey parents about a whole range of aspects of their son’s education at Newington, but this year it seemed even more important to understand if the upheaval of 2020 had fundamentally changed how parents and students viewed the school. We chose to survey boys and families who were at key transition phases in their schooling, in Years 6, 9 and 12, and commissioned MMG to conduct a survey taking in responses from 406 parents and 516 boys. It measured satisfaction across a broad sweep of College life, most critically our academic, co-curricular, pastoral and sport programs. I’m pleased to say all our campuses are in great shape, with overall satisfaction levels from parents in the top ‘very high’ band at Stanmore, Wyvern House Prep and Lindfield Prep. Across parent of boys in years 6, 9 and 12, 84 per cent agree we are instilling integrity and open-mindedness in their son. Students in Years 6, 9 and 12 put the College in the ‘high’ band – a good result, and one we are happy with given the typical trend for students to provide lower scores than their parents. Nonetheless, we are digging deeper into their responses and will adjust things where we need to. This booklet contains a snapshot of the overall survey results, providing you with an understanding of where we are excelling and where we need to provide more focus. I would like to thank you for participating in the survey. Your input is invaluable and will help shape the College in coming years.
Mr Michael Parker Headmaster
2 | 2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY
ABOUT THE SURVEY
The survey was conducted in September 2020. It included parents of, and boys in, Year 6, 9 and 12. It benchmarks Newington against similar 60 schools, comprising 4225 respondents, across similar categories.
Parents surveyed – 406
33 60 313 Lindfield Wyvern Stanmore
Boys surveyed – 516
46 95 375 Lindfield Year 6 Wyvern Year 6 Stanmore Years 9 and 12
4 | 2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY
WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY AT A GLANCE
Average scores from Wyvern Year 6 parents
O yalty verall S Lo atisf nity act Affi ion
Ac ad n e io m t 86% 85% ic ta u P p ro e g r R a 85% 79%81% m
C
h t y C r t n i i h s e n a t i u m 2020 p a
n e l m a
g
i E
m a n
t
g o c Newington College h
y n 82% 77%
C o
E Wyvern House s Year 6 parents
M g n a i e L n 83% b e a l 89% 83% l a g e d e e m W r s e t h n n t e ip d tu 86% S
C 88% 73% om m ar u ul n 82% ic ica rr t tio -Cu or ns Co Sp Co-Curricular Non-Sport
Very Low Low Moderate High Very High 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 70 - 80 80
6 | 2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY Average scores from Wyvern Year 6 parents Average scores from Wyvern Year 6 students
lar Ov cu era rri rt ll S cu po at o- -S isf C on ac N ti on 77%76% 81%
A
2020 c
C a
o d
- e C
m S
u Newington College
p
i
r
c
o
r
i
r
c P
t
u 82% Wyvern House 80% r o
l
a g
r r a
Year 6 students m 77%
S tu 76% 66% d e os nt h W Et y e n nc llb ia ai ein rist pl g Ch ha & C
Very Low Low Moderate High Very High <50% 50%-<60% 60%-<70% 70%-<80% 80%+
2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY | 7
WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY ACADEMIC
The overall satisfaction of Wyvern parents with the academic program is 81 per cent. The overall satisfaction score of Wyvern Year 6 boys with their academic program is 80 per cent.
Agreement with aspects of the academic program among Wyvern Year 6 parents:
85% 82% 81% 81% 80%
Provides a Is assisting my Is assisting Is assisting Is assisting my stimulating and son’s learning my son in my son in son’s learning challenging in numeracy developing a developing in literacy learning sense of self/ a sense of environment individuality confidence
82% 79% 78% 77% 76% 73%
Provides a Provides Has class sizes Emphasis The College Provides teaching feedback on that allow for on academic is achieving sufficient and learning my son’s appropriate achievement its aim of opportunities environment progress and student about right assisting my for parent that is development attention son to achieve involvement responsive to his academic the needs of its potential students
10 | 2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY ACADEMIC - TOP SCORES Parents
89% 91% 89% I have found my son’s class I have found I am clear as to whom I teacher to be an excellent my son’s class teacher should approach if I have role model for students to be easily accessible concerns about my son’s development and learning
Boys
87% 90% 88% My teacher helps me with My teacher gives me My class teacher is an me reading, writing, feedback on where I can excellent role model speaking and listening improve
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
Parents
23% 66% Too little emphasis I have a well-informed placed on academic understanding of the achievement Building Learning Power framework
Boys
47% Generally I believe the amount of homework I receive is about right
2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY | 11 WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY PASTORAL
Overall satisfaction among parents with the Wyvern student wellbeing program is 83 per cent. Overall satisfaction among Year 6 boys with the Wyvern student wellbeing program is 76 per cent.
Agreement Newington College provides a safe and caring environment for my son is 85 per cent. Agreement my son feels valued as a member of the Newington community is 85 per cent.
Satisfaction with aspects of my son’s life at Newington:
86% 84% 83% 71%
The way in The The way in Opportunities which teaching development of which non- provided to staff have my son’s moral teaching staff participate in responded to and ethical have responded service learning concerns that I values to concerns activities either have raised that I have at the College raised or in the wider community
85% 83% 81% 81% 81% 75%
The The attention The way in The behaviour The College’s Opportunities inclusiveness of paid by staff which older of students in uniform provided the Newington to student students public standards for student College wellbeing engage with leadership community matters younger development students
12 | 2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY PASTORAL - TOP SCORES Parents
87% 88% 87% 88% The College encourages I am confident my son’s Provides an environment My son’s class teacher him to have respect for class teacher can help him where my son feels knows my son well himself and others with wellbeing issues accepted for who he is
Boys
85% 84% 83% 83% My teacher knows me well Satisfaction with how you Satisfaction with the Satisfaction with have been taught right attention paid by staff to opportunities for student from wrong your wellbeing leadership development
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
Parents
20% Are dissatisfied with opportunities to participate in service learning opportunities at the College or in the wider community
Boys
16% 31% Believe bullying is a Satisfaction with the behaviour serious problem of students in public (Note: 37 per cent were neither satisfied not dissatisfied)
2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY | 13 WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY CO-CURRICULAR
The overall satisfaction level with Wyvern Prep’s Co-curricular sport programs among parents is 73 per cent, or ‘high’.
Satisfaction with Wyvern Prep’s Co-curricular music program among parents is 84 per cent, ‘very high’.
82% 81% 79%
Satisfaction The emphasis Satisfaction with Wyvern placed on with recognition House clubs co-curricular of my son’s and activities sporting achievements activities is in co-curricular ‘about right’ sport
Overall satisfaction with the Co-curricular sports program among boys is 82 per cent.
81% 76% 75%
Emphasis Satisfaction Satisfaction placed on clubs with Wyvern with the and activities is House clubs Co-curricular ‘about right’ and activities music program.
14 | 2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY CO-CURRICULAR - TOP SCORES
Parents
80%+ Satisfaction with the Water Polo, AFL and Basketball programs
Boys
85%+ Satisfaction with individual sports was almost universally ‘very high’
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
Parents
65% Satisfaction with efforts to improve the program and the sport experience for boys across lower grade teams Boys
56% Satisfaction with the emphasis placed on the Co-curricular Music program
2020 Survey Results - WYVERN HOUSE PREPARATORY | 15 200 Stanmore Road, Stanmore NSW 2048 TEL 02 9568 9333 | EMAIL [email protected] | WEB www.newington.nsw.edu.au