Freezywater St George's CofE Primary School

What I like about our school as a church school:

• Holding Christian values in our ever-secular society
• The Christmas Plays
• Everyone is lovely – great families and teachers (2)
• The children are always happy and they learn a lot about believing
• I like the way it instils Christian values in the children which in turn impacts on their attitude and
• behaviour.
• Christian values (20)
• Keeping the Christian ethos (8)
• Church-community link
• Teaching the children respect (3)
• They learn about Jesus
• Great morals, friendly, organised
• Discipline (4)
• Religious Education (6
• Practising the faith and teaching them the Christian faith (3)
• That they teach well
• The children have faith and good manners
• Friendly – small size (children learn more quickly)  (3)
• The management of the school by the governors
• Prayer is important and children are encouraged to pray
• Kids know a lot about why we celebrate things like Xmas, Easter, Good Friday etc
• Is that is helps the pupils grow in respect of God and his people and enhances their good 
• behaviour
• The smart uniform
• Singing hymns and songs, going to church and experiencing different services
• Having a belief
• Encouragement of pupils and parents
• Caring and friendly staff and environment, providing children with a good Christian upbringing
• Teaches the children respect and tolerance of other religions and understanding of different 
• faiths
• Very welcoming and kind
• Discipline and God’s fearing attitude (3)
• Everything
• Teaching them to have respect for themselves and others
• The knowledge my children have about Christian religion shows that the children are being 
• brought up in a Christian way
• Learning about God and having a faith, taking part in collective worship as this is becoming rarer 
• in schools
• It builds up the children to achieve and have a good value in life, appreciating one another and life 
• in general
• The majority of the children have the same religion
• Culture and traditions, understanding and valuing traditional Christian values and why we 
• celebrate festivals
• My son has learned a lot about being a Christian
• Teaching and making them know God
• My child can participate in Christian activity, know about Christianity and keep Christian values 
• and morals
• That the children learn from a young age about the Bible (2)
• Making religion understandable for young children
• The children are taught about respect and good manners, the teachers want the best out of the 
• children
• Strong faith (2)
• Different religions taught and children learn to respect all from all walks of life
• Every child is valued and known.
• The school recognises improvement.
• It embraces all in line with Christian values and is a place where the children can learn and 
• develop freely
• I love that the school teaches the children core Christian ethos and morals of humanity. Really 
• pleased.
• They teach children about how to be friendly and respectful with others
• Friendly staff. Enjoy attending church services
• Students are encouraged to participate in a wide variety of community and religious events
• Friendly and helpful staff
• Excellent location
• The levels of discipline are very high and children are respectful of both adults and each other
• It reiterates beliefs and morals based on the Bible
• Size, intimacy. Christian faith, morals
• It prepares them for a life outside school
• It accepts children with different faiths, children are given homework related to the Bible and 
• this gives them a chance to explore and learn about the stories
• I love the church services, it is so lovely to see the children sing and have fun.
• My daughter is very happy and enjoys coming to school. That is the key.
• The atmosphere and friendliness
• The moral-ethical background
• They teach the children about Jesus as their personal saviour
• Very happy with the teachings
• Caring, upholds Christian values and maintains good discipline
• That the school helps to instil strong moral values and that stems from the religious values that 
• the school upholds.

What I would like to see improved in our school as a church school:

• Good support from parents
• Everything so far is good; can’t wait to have a permanent vicar
• Parents to know and talk more
• More activities for parents with children
• I think the school is doing very well
• I am happy at it is and any improvements are most welcome
• Behaviour standards are enforced and rules such as boys’ hair are kept before standards slip
• I would say more homework
• Updated technology; clean new cutlery and crockery
• Children should learn to pray before class starts each day
• Nothing at present – all is well
• Maybe take the kids to church for monthly mass
• More relations with local community eg joint fundraising etc
• More collective worship
• Not happy about warnings and detentions. Where are the achievement awards? Surely if they are
• punished individually then they should be awarded individually.
• The disruption in the classroom even though it has decreased this year
• No non-Christian pupils
• To teach the children more about Christian values and respect
• Have another disco “Fanfare Party”
• In this regard I believe the school is doing well
• I would like more teaching of other religions so that children are aware of other faiths
• Give all the children a lead role and keep building up the children’s faith
• The school is lovely
• Communication with parents – feedback to parents
• Can’t think of anything now; don’t know; nothing – yet; nothing really; nothing – all is cool; nothing 
• ( 7 responses)
• I am very happy with the way the school is run (no problem at all)
• I am happy with the direction the school is taking as a church school
• Happy with the school
• Facilities
• More field visits
• Telling the pupils more about God
• I would like the school to share more information with parents more and sometimes “texts” may 
• be vague. Overall though, I am happy with school.
• We are happy and can’t think of any improvement
• Admit more children from different faiths so our children can learn directly from other children
• That all the teachers would be as approachable as ____
• Fairly new to the school and feel there is much for me to experience
• Maybe after school clubs – such as maths - arranged for the children
• It seems the children do quite alright – continue with the good work
• The competitive standards i.e .academic excellence should continue
• More activities
• For the school to ensure Christian values are continuously instilled during pay and games
• To continue and support the children to a greater height
• Maybe more church services for different saints
• I am happy with the school as it is
• More activities for making parents get involved
• Can’t think of anything
• More questioning which is reflected in older topics. Religious education should not be too literal. 
• More analysis, critique, reflection, development of own values and pathways
• To teach the children about God and how to do his will so they can be safe and make it in life.
• Continue to maintain values and standards
• Bringing more children to church
• Continue encouraging Christian values
• “Keep the Bible on the table”