Pupil Voice feedback
At WH we are very proud of our pupils and we work hard to ensure they all have opportunities to be heard. Here are just some of the comments from our wonderful pupils taken from Pupil Questionnaires, Pupil Voice meetings and during other opportunities. Please click below to see what our wonderful pupils had to say!
Pupil Voice 2025 - 26
Whole School Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here?
Yr 1 - very good because staff keep you safe and you do fun things
Yr 4 - all treated equally and we are all kind
Yr 3 - it is nice to teach here sometimes they listen
Yr 5 - PC which are basically we are respectful. Inclusive – we include all even if we are different. AoC – everyone is welcome and those with Protected Characteristics also we have places if we need to calm or talk, we have a FLO room. In year 5 or 6 there are jobs eg librarians. Lots of things other schools do not have- pets, enrichment. Very welcome – if you have any struggles Mental Health or Well being to come to us for our spaces.
Do you feel safe at WH? (gates, walkie t, keys, reception, fences, adults, fire & lockdown, calm, FLO team) Do you feel safe outside of school?
Yes all thumbs up. Radios, gates, office, registers, lanyards different colours, Lockdown and fire alarms practices, First aiders, get help, lots of staff around, different drills – if it happened in real life not chaos or scared. Mostly we have door stoppers – ch who are not allowed in so we can focus. Teachers blows the whistle 3 times to feel safe – pulls blinds, locks doors, hide. Safe because we have T and TA and drills.
What are you proud of at WH?
AOC - Being an AOG and that means I make a difference – helping those in need. Proud of our motto and being a pupil here. The whole school because it is very well know and we do lots of stuff – trips, jobs around the school, we have a really big school and we are all welcome. We may be an inclusive school and our pets, those having a hard time can visit the pets. The teachers as they watching our safety and our learning. Of how inclusive our school is for blind, wheelchairs and any disorder.
What are your next steps in your learning? (show & explain sticker) What are your end points? (poster, display, discuss)
AOC – uplevel my English words and vocab. Useful to recap and more simpler way. Yr 2 Next steps are getting your minds ready for the next lesson or the last lesson Yr 5 end points help us with previous learning helps us to know our curriculum Yr 3 – remember our learning and they help us
Tell me how our BV, LORIC are important and how we show them?
AOC – BV help us understand things in life – knowing how to vote and speak out. Different rules, respect to resources and all be tolerant – trying to understand, all ideas welcome. Yr 5 helps us be better citizens LORIC – Yr 2 we have lots of characters – helps us, encourages us
Why is attendance important? What happens if you don’t come to school?
Yr 3 because if we don’t come – you won’t have good attendance – Miss Bone comes to your house
AOC – important because if you don’t have good attendance you miss out on learning. Extend your learning. They don’t get paid if you do not have a good job. Really good for you.
Year 1 Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here?
We have fun and learn new things, you learn your letters, nice teachers, coloured bands, lunch order/boxes, somebody rude or unkind we tell a grown up so they will fix it, nice to be at school we learn nice things, playing, friends, Lego, lunches, gems, keeping safe, playtimes, English, RWINc, reading, going to visit the bunnies.
All about the school, what we learn, show them all the toys and equipment, what to do on the first day, make handwriting neat and small.
It’s really nice here - everyone’s nice. I am proud of my writing as it is good.
Y1/2 -We have nice teachers. Everyone is smiley and happy to learn. Maths and English is fun. Everyone is kind and the school is beautiful. Everyone is encouraged. We are an inclusive school. We are all kind and respectful. We are honest. We work hard, aim high and are kind.
What are you proud of at WH?
Proud because of my shapes and my word banks, challenge work is C, English because of lots of writing, good adding and used the clock, writing sentences, I like it because I added and all the words right, 2 rows of writing, English I like writing sentences, I do full stops and capital letters and using the clocks.
Tell me about Success Criteria and how are you challenged?
You self assess tricky or hard, meet the SC if you can move on, if G you can do B for challenge, B can do a Y challenge, Y can do a challenge
How many different ways do you read at WH?
It’s fun and nice, in the library it’s quiet as some are next to it learning, RWInc to learn new sounds, help you read if you need it, love it as we have a reading corner, read at home you get Dojo points, read at school and home it’s great.
What do you enjoy learning about?
Maths is my favourite subject. I know some of my times tables. Lead learners. Art, PSHE. Get to know things I didn’t know before. Explore in Science.
What helps you to learn?
Teachers help you if you need help. Have to put your hand up. Look back in book.
Tell me about BV
Democracy, individual liberty, tolerance, mutual respect, rule of law.
Are play and lunch times safe and happy?
Eat lunch and drink water. Loud in the lunch hall. Play outside. Skipping ropes, hop scotch, bean bags, All of the games.
Tell me about behaviour on the playground
People play with you. We always play with each other. We are kind.
What would you do if someone was being unking?
Tell the teacher. You can go to medical too to tell that teacher. You can tell any adult in school - teachers or TAs. You have to say stop to the unkind person.
Do you feel safe at WH? What makes you feel safe?
All said yes. We have gates, lots of teachers, classrooms to be in that are safe, fences that are high, fire drills, lockdowns, lots of teachers to speak to, fire alarms that can go off it there’s a fire. Adults wear lanyards - if an adult has a red one, they can’t be on their own. Radios.
When do you learn about keeping safe?
History, science, pupil voice when we talk to you, PSHE, keeping safe online in computing.
Do you have someone in school you can talk to if you are worried?
Mrs Skinner, teachers, people on duty on the playground, Miss Cotchin, Mr Good, any staff member, Assistant Headteachers, Mrs Fuller, TAs, FLOs, lots of people.
Tell me about how to keep safe online
Do not make or share videos of you getting dressed. Don’t put your name in the computer. Don’t accept messages from people you don’t know.
What would you do if you saw something online that you shouldn’t see?
Close the lid of the laptop and tell and adult. Tell the adult before you delete it so they can see it and help.
Tell me about keeping healthy
Eat healthy food, not too much chocolate. Sleep is important. Eat fruit and veg. Exercise
How do you look after your mental health and wellbeing?
Stay hydrated. Do sports. Believe in yourself. Tell jokes
Year 2 Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here?
How respectful we are, we could tell everybody WH is a safe place, where things are kind. We could show them the places that are nice and we are learning new things. Show them around if they are new.
The school is amazing! The teachers are kind. The school is safe. The children are kind too. We have great lessons that are prepared by the teachers.
Tell me about behaviour on the playground
All of the teachers are around and they help if we need help. The teachers do things to make the playground nicer like the activities and the music. We have some new areas that I like.
What would you do if someone was being unkind?
Say something sensible to them like think about how this makes me feel. Try to deal with it yourself but if it doesn’t get better tell a teacher.
Do you feel safe at WH? What makes you feel safe?
Yes. We have teachers & we can be safe by looking after us. Friends and we make new ones. Adults to tell or ask if you are hurt. Go to medical. We train if there is a fire or if someone breaks in.
All said yes! We have lots of gates, lots of teachers, the teachers make the school safe, If someone got in to hurt us the teachers would stop them. The Assistant Headteachers keep us safe. Adults wear lanyards – green is for visitors, blue is for staff, if someone wears a red one they have to stay with a school adult. Staff have radios.
When do you learn about keeping safe?
PSHE, English, maths, history, art, science, computing, PE
Do you have someone in school you can talk to if you are worried?
Mrs Fuller, Mrs Sharp, all the teachers, FLOs, behaviour team, Mrs Skinner, TAs
Tell me about how to keep safe online
Make sure you don’t share personal information. If you are on a game you need to make up a new name and not use your own name so people cannot find you. You have to be careful and not upload pictures of yourself either.
Tell me about keeping healthy
Eat a healthy lunch, eat vegetables, brush your teeth, exercise
How do you look after your mental health and wellbeing?
Think of nice memories. Have someone to play with. Speak to someone to help you.
What do you enjoy learning about?
Geography and PE – because it makes me enjoy it. PE and Maths because we are learning fun. Maths and history – I know it well. Maths and Eng because I am yellow and do the challenge.
What are your next steps in your learning?
Teacher tells – pupils could read out and say what it is SMSC in lesson, how you felt LORIC, sticker tells you sometimes you add in your work.
Tell me about protected characteristics - what are they?
You can’t make fun of anyone because of their age, pregnancy, gender, religion, how they look – their skin colour, disability
Why do we have protected characteristics?
Because if we didn’t have them if someone was pregnant you can’t make fun of them, It is discrimination.
Does William Harding look after people with disabilities?
We see it in school that everyone treats them the same but helps them too.
Do people at William Harding get treated badly because of their skin colour?
No. Never. That is racism.
Is this school inclusive?
We see it everywhere in the school. Everyone is included.
What would you do if someone was unkind about someone else or used racist or homophobic language?
Its ok to be gay. Tell teacher or tell friend who can tell a teacher if someone is unkind.
Year 3 Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here?
It’s great because we have fun stuff and learning is good. Lots of teachers and make friends. We can learn more things and complicated things as we go through the year groups. Great place to make friends.
It’s a very supportive school. The staff care about all of the pupils and support pupils with extra needs. The school is very nice. The children are kind. We have lots of different types of people here – the pupils are very varied and we have lots of pupils with protected characteristics.
Fire alarms, orange registers, fences and gates. We are all very safe. It is fun here and we have an astro. We make new friends. It is a nice place. My mum said this is the best school in the area – it is a good school. We all feel safe. There are lots of fun activities. Everyone is kind.
What are you proud of at WH?
Music and my singing. My work and my teachers because they help me and my work as I love working. WHS is the biggest school and teachers support us and make working fun. Proud of my maths as it’s easy and engaging. Teachers and TAs help us be safe. Writing because I can do a lot.
Tell me about behaviour on the playground
Teachers make sure they support good behaviour and help pupils with bad behaviour. The adults solve the problems to stop bad behaviour. The teachers make sure all of the children are ok.
What would you do if someone was being unkind?
Explain why it’s not nice – kindly. I would tell them to stop. I would then tell a teacher. I would walk away if someone was unkind and play with someone else. I would ignore them and what they say. I would tell a trusted adult like the FLO Team.
Tell me about behaviour in the classroom
Sometimes children lose control and if they do the teachers come to help
Do you feel safe at WH? What makes you feel safe?
Yes!!! We have the FLOs, behaviour team and teachers who keep us safe and protect us. We have pets we can talk to if we’re worried. We have fire alarms and lockdowns. All of the outside doors get locked at night. The adults look after us on the playground.
When do you learn about keeping safe?
FLDs, PSHE, assemblies, computing, in the library – there are books about being safe
Do you have someone in school you can talk to if you are worried?
FLOs, TAs, behaviour team, my mentor who is a FLO teacher, any teacher, Mrs Skinner
Tell me about how to keep safe online
We learn about it in assemblies. If we are playing a game and a stranger pops up, call a trusted adult and do not answer them. Never share personal information. If you see something don’t shut down completely just close the laptop and tell an adult.
What would you do if you saw something on line that you shouldn’t see?
Tell a trusted adult who can use the address to see what is happening and block it.
Tell me about keeping healthy
Eat 5 a day. Eat vegetables. Have lots of sleep. Exercise. Eat fruit. Eat a balanced diet. Drink water. Eat protein. Learn keeps you healthy.
How do you look after your mental health and wellbeing?
If you are angry, sad or anxious try to do your favourite thing. To look after your mental health play with pets or do some colouring. In school ask a teacher for a movement break. Listen to calming music. Try to relax when you’re stressed.
Why is attendance important? What happens if you don’t come to school?
If you miss days you wouldn’t get learning and then report card will be low. If we miss school parents get a fine.
Tell me about protected characteristics - what are they?
These are things about you. You can’t stop people doing things because of them. Things that we might have you can’t bully people for.
Why do we have protected characteristics?
To protect them and not stop them doing things because of their characteristics.
Do people at William Harding get treated badly because of their skin colour?
No this is an open and inclusive school. We treat people the same whatever their skin colour. You can’t say racist stuff about people’s skin.
What would you do if someone was unkind about someone else or used racist or homophobic language?
Go to Mr Fuller as this is very bad - it is urgent. I would step away and say you shouldn’t say that.
Year 4 Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here?
Really fun school, it’s a helpful school it makes people feel safe here, teachers here are great and help, teachers are kind, staff open gates and work with you, safety is main thing to protect children, everyone is kind no matter what if they are all different all the same, TAs are nice and help you in all learning and are next to you. We all treat each other the same even if there is a problem or protective characteristics, we use school motto and our school values and SV so everybody knows we can improve.
Everyone treats everyone the same. It’s safe. The school support everyone’s differences – we’re all unique. It’s fun with interesting lessons. Everyone is included.
Tell me about behaviour on the playground
If someone does something bad they get reflection. Everyone has someone to play with. First aiders help if you get hurt.
What happens when someone break a rule? It is dealt with immediately. People have to face the consequences of what they do.
Tell me about behaviour in the classroom
Good. We listen to the teacher. Some children ruin it but they get consequences.
Do you feel safe at WH? What makes you feel safe?
Yes! Gates, lockdown, locks on gates, lots of teachers, staff keeps us safe, lots of doors, lanyards – red ones mean adults cannot be by themselves.
When do you learn about keeping safe?
Assemblies – online safety, road safety, PSHE, FLDs, computing.
Do you have someone in school you can talk to if you are worried?
Teachers, trusted adults, FLOs, Mrs Skinner, teachers on the playground. You can speak to any teacher who is available.
Tell me about how to keep safe online
Don’t talk to random people. If bullying say to them say don’t do that leave. Don’t share your address or reply to messages. You don’t want to get a computer virus.
What would you do if you saw something on line that you shouldn’t see?
Close the screen but don’t turn it off. Don’t talk back to someone. Keep the web address open and tell a trusted adult.
Tell me about keeping healthy
5 a day, eat vegetables, PE lessons – keep fit, walk to school to do exercise. Don’t eat a lot of junk food. Eat a balanced diet. Do a sport.
How do you look after your mental health and wellbeing?
Exercise, sleep, colouring, go to hush hush, take deep breaths.
Do you feel safe at WH?
All said yes - thumbs up. Gates, bands, high standard of respect and protecting characteristics. We have whistles & fire practices, there are lots of staff, it’s better inside as we have doors with locks, big gates, tall gates outside, fire drills, lockdowns for a dangerous animal or someone here. We can talk to adults anytime, and if we trip or scrap knees our teachers can help with first aid. We have walkie talkies, big gates to keep us protected, lanyards, cameras, fences. If the lanyards red need a staff with them or a different colour ok.
What are you next steps in your learning? What are your end points?
When you do get a small sticker for what you have used to improve your learning, it is about what we do and helps us understand more. We do it when we are finished. For example of it could be digits and you circle the answer. It could also be a British Values next step to show which one you used and SMSC. Shows what you are going to learn and helps you see what you can learn, when you have finished you recap see what you have learnt, by end of term finished all.
Tell me about protected characteristics - what are they?
If someone is a different religion don’t bully them. It’s skin colour and faith. These are characteristics we do not bully people for. We are equal. We have them to help everyone be safe. It doesn’t matter if you have them or not – we are all equal.
Do boys and girls have equal opportunities at William Harding?
Yes because if girls or boys are being bad they get the get consequences. All are treated the same. If you don’t treat them the same there is a consequences. We respect genders.
Why do we have protected characteristics?
People would be treated badly if we didn’t have them. Racism would come back. The world would not be a better place.
Does William Harding look after people with disabilities?
If someone has a mental disability the teachers help them. Everyone is respected equally.
Is this school inclusive?
Yes, to everyone no matter what protected characteristics they have.
Year 5 Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here?
Biggest school, first aid, radios, lots of teachers to help, school trips, learning, protected characteristic and include everyone, values, unique motto
It’s safe because there are tons of gates and fences. We have drills to know what to do if something happens. If you’re worried about something or you feel unsafe you can go to FLOs. Adults wear lanyards – blue for staff and if you see someone with a red one who is not with a staff member you need to stop them and make them have an adult but telling someone from school. Its’ safe. We are fair and inclusive.
Do you feel safe at WH? (gates, walkie talkie, keys, reception, fences, adults, fire & lockdown, calm, FLO Team) Do you feel safe outside of school? Yes (all). Drills lockdown and fire to alert us. Fences. Adults deal with the situation. Cameras to make sure nobody escapes. Teachers have lanyards – they are safe adult. Blue lanyard is staff and work here. Green is a visitor on their own. Yellow is building and contractors. Gates automatically lock. Radios different channel and a list to use. Fire register – this is to say who can go home by themselves or whether you are absent and helps in a fire – check all pupils are in or not. You must be quiet doing the register as it is important.
What Do You Enjoy Learning About? We have fun eg history very interesting, Romans and Roman day. Maths because we are adding and timesing. Art because I like being creative and PE as it‘s fun. Maths and history because we learn about fun information eg in Year 4 Tudors and in maths - love it when I joined here. Maths, as I could get onto the challenges by challenging myself. Science because you can be like anyone and make anything like a volcano erupt and maths because I just have the answer. History learn anything about the past. French - we get to learn a new language and it ‘s fun. English and PSHE – English because I can learn words in the dictionary and new words. PSHE because I just like it.
What Are Your Next Steps In Your Learning? (show & explain sticker) What Are Your End Points? (poster, display, discuss)
It is from previous lesson, helps you recount and helps your next task. Sometimes teachers put a list for when you have finished eg in EW for what to improve on. SMSC’s are used to ask what we have used.
What helps you to learn? (including the environment, resources, TAs, modelling)
Staff, boards, teachers write it down, I can help myself, dictionaries, magpie boards for words, 5 B’s, read around the word, resources, look into your previous work, ask for help from TAs, have a plan.
Why is attendance important? What happens if you don’t come to school? It is because if you don’t come you miss out on lessons. 5 flames for everybody in and then you get extra enrichment time. So important - 100% is very good - if you are sick and then you miss school and don’t know what happens. If really sick or broken bones you stay at home, but you can break an arm and come to school. It’s not good not to come.
Do you feel safe at WH? What makes you feel safe?
Yes all thumbs up. Gates all around, lanyards, sturdy fences on playgrounds, gate locks, lockdown and fire practices, radios and channels, lunchtime supervisors, playground markings, year 5 and 6 walk home lists, TAs, Flo team, behaviour team, First aiders, Medical FLO
Biggest school, first aid, radios, lots of teachers to help, school trips, learning, protected characteristic and include everyone, values, unique motto
Yes! We have lockdowns, fire drills, radios, registers, FLOs. We have lots of people we can talk to if we’re worried. There are teachers everywhere who can help us.
Why is attendance important?
Parents could be fine, you need to learn to be in school, attendance flames.
What are you proud of at WH?
Writing because of dialogue use ad description in my EW and onamatopia. My writing the amount of paras and filled it, my punctation use as this was the lesson focus, handwriting cursive and the length of my writing as earlier it was not very good and I could not write very much. My editing as I know find it calming. EW as I uplevelled my work and I edited more than usual and all my punctuation use. My maths because I get help and I did a lot of writing and it looked better. My maths because I could not get to the challenge but I do now and I can concentrate. Maths new work I found struggling a bit and I looked back and then I could figure it.
Presentation in books, improved handwriting, amount of written work, completing my step works, remembering punctuation – spoke about progress
Tell me about behaviour on the playground
It’s ok. If something happens then it’s dealt with. It’s good because we have adults who can help us if we need it.
What would you do if someone was being unkind?
We can tell a teacher who can help solve it. We can tell an MDS. We can tell the person to stop and to be kind. We can tell the people to walk away from each other and take a break from each other.
Tell me about behaviour in the classroom
We listen to our teachers and behave well in class.
When do you learn about keeping safe?
FLDs, PSHE, maths, assemblies and computing.
Do you have someone in school you can talk to if you are worried?
FLO Team, SEND Team in the Acorn Room, counsellor, teachers, TAs, parents.
Tell me about how to keep safe online
Don’t put your phone number or email into a game. We have learnt about viruses. Don’t let a website catch out. You have to keep your personal information private. You also have to be careful with AI because there are lots of fake things.
What would you do if you saw something on line that you shouldn’t see?
Don’t turn it off, close the laptop. Tell an adult about it. The adult can help find out who it is and block it.
Tell me about keeping healthy
We learn about it in FLDs and PSHE. We learn about the things that are bad for you. To be healthy you have to exercise, eat healthy food, wash your hands before eating.
How do you look after your mental health and wellbeing?
Exercise, eat healthily, PE helps us to boost our mental health. You can use fidget toys to help if you can’t control yourself.
Year 6 Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here? Very inclusive, no matter or disability or SEND, things like that they are still joining in and helped. IT’s extremely safe – fences all around, natural border of trees, keeping us all safe. It’s a good balance of learning and working in year 6 as we push hard but we have extra breaks.
Is behaviour good at WH? (dealt with well/support) Not punishments but positive time to think what to do better. Children are not in trouble to make them feel sad but to reflect. Behaviour is good but when not you tell a teacher and they have reflection. Action is taken.
Yes, staff deal with it - if not, consequences and rewards, behaviour policy charts on lanyards, pegs, traffic lights.
Do you feel safe at WH? (gates, walkie talkie, keys, reception, fences, adults, fire & lockdown, calm, FLO Team) Do you feel safe outside of school? Yes (unanimous). Safety drills are organised. Lanyards. Residentials are safe. Safety in numbers. Teachers around to help us. High fences, radios and security cameras. Natural barrier of hedges. CCTV
All thumbs yes! Fire drills, lockdowns, gates and trees, adults to protect us, clear signals for lockdown or fire drill, gates are locked, keys for adults only, a good amount of surveillance, lanyards for staff. Posters on wall show us that it is blue for staff, green visitors who are on their own, yellow contractors who can be on their own, red for visitors who cannot be alone. If we see an adult without one, we don’t speak to them, we speak to an adult.
What are you proud of at WH? Awards. Pupil awards. Enrichment, Forest School, PE. All teachers are kind at WH and this is not the same in all other schools. Residentials and individuals subjects. Science and experiments for example the circuitry system. Cultural and the different backgrounds which are diverse and the different languages we all speak. Sports Day.
What do you enjoy learning about? Art and being creative and learning to draw for example for digital design. PE and outdoor sports and Forest School. Geography and learning about the world. History and enjoying the UK past before our generation. Maths which is straightforward with one answer.
PE, DT & Art to be creative. Most subjects - science experiments, RE - different cultures, exploring in computing.
What are your end points? Lessons are based on these and we try to achieve our goal of them. The achievements you should bet by the end of term.
How many different ways do you read at WH?
SQUIRT, all the time, reading lessons, across curriculum reading comprehension, library, buddies, book club, Oxford reading buddy, Come and Read
Are play and lunch times safe and happy?
Yes – teachers on playground & in hall, duty teachers on playground, behaviour books, astro, equipment to play with, playground markings, play games, hush hush room, trim trail.
Show me progress in your work
Improved quantity in EW, completing all of maths, more ticks in maths, better at spelling – fewer mistakes in books, less oranges in English now
Why is attendance important? What happens if you don’t come to school? Miss out and don’t know what you are learning when you return. No reason then you will get a home visit from the FLO Team. You miss out on fun and FLDs. Parent will go to jail or get fined.
Protected Characteristics - KS1
Tell Me About Protected Characteristics - What Are They?
Y1 – It’s sex and age and pregnancy and gender
Y2 – It’s gender, age, pregnancy, religion, eye colour, hair colour, skin colour, Christianity
Do Boys & Girls Have Equal Opportunities At William Harding?
Yes
Does William Harding Look After People With Disabilities
Yes
Do People At William Harding Get Treated Badly Because of Their Skin Colour?
No - that’s wrong
Have You Ever Been Unkind About Someone, Or Made Fun of Someone, Because They Are Different To You ?
No
Is This School Inclusive?
Yes - it is a value
What Would You Do If Someone Was Unkind About Someone Else or Used Racist or Homophobic Language?
Tell a teacher. Tell your parents. Ask your parents to tell the teacher. Put your hand up and tell someone.
Tell a teacher. Tell your parents. Tell your friends
Why Do We Have Protected Characteristics?
Y1 – to keep us all safe
Y2 – so that people are not unkind. So that everyone is safe. It’s our values. We are all kind. So it’s all fair like in PE – we can all do PE.
Do Boys & Girls Have Equal Opportunities At William Harding?
Y1 – yes we get treated the same
Y2 – yes we all have the same opportunities to do things. We treat everyone the same here
Why Do We Have Protected Characteristics?
Y1 – to keep us all safe
Y2 – so that people are not unkind. So that everyone is safe. It’s our values. We are all kind. So it’s all fair like in PE – we can all do PE.
Does William Harding look after people with disabilities?
Y1 – yes!!!
Y2 – Yes because we see it all the time
Do people are William Harding get treated badly because of their skin colour?
Y1 – No. That’s racism and it’s rude
Y2 – No. We know because we see what happens and this doesn’t
Is This School Inclusive?
Y1 – Yes
Y2 – Yes we see it every day
What would you do if someone was unkind about someone else or used racist or homophobic language?
Y1 – Tell the teacher or the Headteacher
Y2 – Tell the teacher. Tell them to stop. I would play with the person they upset and the person who did it would get consequences.
Protected Characteristics - KS2
Tell Me About Protected Characteristics - What Are They?
It is illegal to discriminate against people. Some people need something more or different. Some people are disabled like being in a wheelchair. Protected characteristics make us all unique. It is something that makes you special. Sometimes people need resources to help them. It is thinks like being a girl or boy, being disabled, religions and cultures.
Do Boys & Girls Have Equal Opportunities At William Harding?
Yes. We are all treated the same in lessons and can join clubs. We all play together.
Why Do We Have Protected Characteristics?
It makes sure everyone has an equal chance. It stops people being treated rudely. It stops people being left out. Everyone is an individual and should feel its ok to be an individual. We don’t all need to be treated the same but we all need to have equal chances.
Does William Harding Look After People With Disabilities
Yes - we have people with disabilities in school and they are in class with us and play with us.
Do People At William Harding Get Treated Badly Because of Their Skin Colour?
No. That’s racist and illegal. If someone did do that we would tell a teacher and they would sort it out.
No. Children are not bullied because of skin colour it is really bad to do that.
Have You Ever Been Unkind About Someone, Or Made Fun of Someone, Because They Are Different To You ?
No - why would anyone want to do that? That is not okay to do.
Is This School Inclusive?
100% yes. Everyone is welcome. Everyone can be here.
Yes - everyone is welcome
What Would You Do If Someone Was Unkind About Someone Else or Used Racist or Homophobic Language?
Tell the teacher. You shouldn’t be rude back. You shouldn’t repeat what they said back to them. Ask the person who has been upset to come with you to tell the teacher. Remove them from being near the person who is upsetting them. You shouldn’t bully or be unkind. Some people bully because they are hurting and upset themselves and they want to make other people feel that way too. Bullies might regret it later when they realise what they did. We are all special.
They would tell a teacher, tell the unkind child to stop, walk away from an unkind person, tell a trusted adult, comfort someone who is upset, tell the FLO Team or take them to the FLO Team, ignore people who are being mean and walk away – don’t be mean back
Tell Me About Protected Characteristics - What Are They?
Y3 – You can’t bully people because of it. It is protected so disability, sexual orientations, things you don’t have to share with everyone
Y4 – gender, age. It’s personal to some people and they might not want to share it.
Y5 – There are 9 and they are on posters around the school. It includes gender, disability, race, pregnancy, sexuality, age. We have to respect them. We include everyone whether they have a protected characteristic or not. We collaborate with everyone.
Y6 – It’s things like disability or gender or pregnancy or sexual orientation. There are posters up in school with all 9 on. It’s a trait that people can have and no one can judge them for it or stop them doing things or discriminate against them.
KS2 – Things you can be bullied for, things like gender and sexuality and religion. People can’t stop you getting a job for it. It is illegal to bully people about these things. We have to respect differences and be kind.
Do Boys & Girls Have Equal Opportunities At William Harding?
Y3 – yes it doesn’t matter if a girl is naughty or a boy, they get the same consequences if they do the same thing. We all have friends who are boys and friends who are girls
Y4 – yes. Everything is split up equally like the jobs. Everyone has the same chance to do them. When new children arrive they get split between the classes too. The same gender isn’t chosen to do things all the time like only girls get to be animal advocates
Y5 – yes. We all get the same consequences. We can all do the same things like clubs and lessons.
Y6 – Yes. We all get the same chances to do the same things like trips and lessons and clubs. We get the same consequences too.
Why Do We Have Protected Characteristics?
Y3 – So that everyone feels normal and no one is left out. So that everyone feels safe
Y4 – Now everyone is treated equally and the boundaries have been aligned.
Y5 – So nobody is left out. We can support people too. So everyone can do the same things like everyone can play tennis
Y6 – So that no one is bullied, judged or stopped from doing things they want to do because they have a protected characteristic.
Does William Harding look after people with disabilities?
Y3 – Yes even if it isn’t for a long time like if you break your arm and you can’t write the teacher will write for you. We have lots of trained people who help the children with disabilities
Y4 – yes. The disabled people get the help they need. Like in PE we do different activities so they join in. If they are in a wheelchair they might have a teacher with them all the time to help them.
Y5 – yes. In PE we change the rules so that everyone can take part. Everyone is included even if they need something to help them join in.
Y6 – Yes. We do things like have movement breaks for people with Autism. We put things in place to help them cope like everyone else.
KS2 - Yes, everyone is welcome.
Do people are William Harding get treated badly because of their skin colour?
Y3 – No we don’t treat people badly. We are all kind. We treat everyone fairly and we don’t judge them. We have a variety of different skin colours in the school and everyone is treated the same and welcomed.
Y4 – No. We have high expectations of protected characteristics. We do not do that.
Y5 – no. We are diverse. It is about diversity and the world is diverse. We are part of the world.
Y6 – No. It never happens.
Is This School Inclusive?
Y2 – Yes we see it every day
Y3 – None of the classes are the same. Every class is different in its own way. There are lots of people here and new people join. There is fairness and equality. We also spread out the new people between all of the classes so there isn’t one class of all new people. That way we can help new people too.
Y4 – Yes. We are a big community all together. We are all treated the same for the specific areas like protected characteristics.
Y5 – Yes. It is one of our values. We are also collaborative with everyone. Like we mentioned about PE.
Y6 – Yes. No matter what, no matter who you, are you’re allowed in and welcomed.
What would you do if someone was unkind about someone else or used racist or homophobic language?
Y3 – Tell the teacher and they will get a consequence. I would say no, stop, that’s not appropriate.
Y4 – tell a trusted adult. I would say to the person who they were unkind to not to take their words to heart and say it isn’t true what they said.
Y5 – Tell the teacher and tell them it’s not ok
Y6 – It doesn’t happen but if it did I would tell the nearest trusted adult and I would tell the person to stop.
Why do we have protected characteristics?
There are things we shouldn't say about other people and that we shouldn't be unkind. It’s illegal to bullied because of them. It makes it clear what people can and cannot do to be fair to everyone.
PHSE - Year 1
What lessons teach you about safety?
We learn about being safe and what it is not safe, having bleach in your house is not okay and being safe means when you are somewhere that is okay and when something is not okay like dishwasher tablets, ask the safe strangers.
Tell me about reading at WH?
We read the words on the PSHE rules, we read off the board, we read the vocabulary, we listen to the lead learners read
Tell me about LORIC?
We use Charlie communication we put our hand up to speak, we use Laura leadership to follow or be the leaders.
PHSE - Year 4
What can you tell me about behaviour at WH?
Behaviour is fun in PSHE as we get to do fun activities, its calming and at the start of the lesson we do ‘calm me’ time which is where we look at pictures and close our eyes and imagine if we were in the picture what would do?
Do you feel safe at WH?
FLDs on online safety, people who help us, bullying, crossing the road. Being healthy and the safety with resources that are for adults and teenagers like cigarettes
Tell me about the progress you have made
We get reminded about our last topics and see our progress, we get reminded about our end points and see how we achieved them, house points, move our name up on the behaviour chart
Tell me about School Values
We respect each other, we do not interrupt, we persevere and never give up, we include everyone in the activities, sometimes we might vote for democracy if we disagree
KS2 Maths FLD Focus
What would you tell a visitor about WH FLDs?
FLDs are really fun to learn, We spend the afternoon doing them and sometimes you get a visitor come, they teach us things that are permanently stuck in our heads, they’re very fun.
What are you proud of at WH?
I feel proud of my number day costume, I feel proud of the variety of maths topics we learn in Number Day and Finance FLD, when we learn about them we feel proud that you have achieved it.
What do you enjoy learning about?
Enjoy doing more maths, like wearing a number day costume, liked being a business person and thinking about budgets and helps us with the future
What helps you to learn?
The teachers and TAs help us, the resources around the classroom, our friends (peer support), the five Bs
SEND Pupil Voice
What is it like to be a pupil at William Harding School?
It is nice because we do fun stuff. We make friends - (Y4)
Proud, happy, sometimes nervous - (Y6)
Good, it makes me feel good - (Y2)
Good, happy - (Y5)
Good, amazing. I had my sister to support me - (Y6)
Nice because it is fun. I like playing - (Y4)
Do you enjoy learning? Yes. I prefer Art and Maths - (Y4)
Yes. No, because I do green work and some children make fun of me - (Y6)
Yes, English - (Y2)
I enjoy Science and Maths because they are fun - (Y5)
Yes, I love learning. I love Art and I like Science- (Y6)
Sometimes, I like Science, PE and Maths - (Y4)
What are you proud of?
When I do my work and get stickers and move my peg up - (Y4)
Doing good things like activities, the work I do - (Y6)
Building LEGO in reward time - (Y2)
That I have lots of friends - (Y5)
Getting star of the week. Extended write, when I do a page of planning and writing - (Y6)
Pupil Voice 2024-25
Pupil Voice SEN, Reception - Year 6
Year 1 Pupil Voice
What are you proud of at WH? All of learning. Teachers. So good drawings. Can so things I couldn’t do when I was little.
What do you enjoy learning about? Maths is my favourite subject. I know some of my times tables. Lead learners. Art, PSHE. Get to know things I didn’t know before. Explore in Science.
Year 2 Pupil Voice
Is behaviour good at WH? Yes – because if something bad happens, the behaviour is dealt with by adults.
Do you feel safe at WH? Yes in school - lot of teachers in school, lots of different people, all of teachers keep an eye on us, help us, friends help us, don’t need to worry – if you get scared, you can tell your teacher/friends/FLO team, safe because there’s a lockdown and we know what to do if there is a fire or if any dangerous animals come in.
What are your next steps in your learning? What value we have shown in the lesson, next steps about reading your work and checking your work. We have them so we can fix the work. End points – self-assess at the end.
Why is attendance important? What happens if you don’t come to school? If you don’t come to school you loose attendance and miss lessons, you can’t learn anything.
Are play and lunch times safe and happy? Yes – safe because loads of teachers and friends. Gates. When we come inside for lunch everything is controlled and they ring the bell when it’s too noisy. Friends are kind when we are playing. Sports teachers playing games.
Year 3 Pupil Voice
What are you proud of at WH? Learn something new every day, proud that part of school that adds to my knowledge, lessons we learn something different every day.
What do you enjoy learning about? Maths because I like knowing times tables, science because I want to be a scientist when I grow up. English so I can improve my vocabulary. Do and art because we get to be creative and make things and learn new skills. Every subject because I love learning and I get lots of greens on my learning objectives. History because I like knowing things from before we were born.
Year 4 Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here? Good school, kind teachers & pupils, biggest primary school in bucks, safe school, animals in year groups, big school, lots of teachers, good learning, school trips, make friends.
What are your next steps in your learning? BV/SMCV, a bit like end points – recap your work, what resources used, linked to todays work. Goal for end of year, term or lesson, help you recap & learn more stuff. On class wall and SMART – new topic & discuss.
What helps you to learn? Teachers, board lots of information, teachers give examples (modelling). Guided write. 5xBs. Resources like magpie, maths equipment, partners – talking together. Challenges -help you learn.
Do you feel safe at WH? Our school is secure because it has solid, locked gates and it is surrounded by tall fences. From time to time we have fire alarm drills when we practice lining up in case of a real fire. The fire alarms exits and extinguishers are sign posted. We all follow the school policies for staying safe. We also have lock down policy which we practise for. All the teachers and support teachers are helping us stay safe. Outside school our parents look after us and they can call the police if something bad happen in our community.
Year 5 Pupil Voice
Show me progress in your work? Quantity of writing has improved, using your planning for better writing, moving to expected, moving blue to yellow.
How many different ways do you read at WH? Every day and lesson, library, SQUIRT, displays, reading corners, reading lesson for comprehension, story time/book club, main hobby is reading at home.
Tell me how our School Values, SMSC, BV, LORIC are important and how we show them? Help with out of school, being a good person, in everyday life, PSHE, end of lesson, displayed around school, assemblies.
What is the WH Curriculum? I do, we do, KOs, work relating to end points, Lead learners – present LO/SC, help in lesson, plenary.
Year 6 Pupil Voice
What would you tell a visitor about WH, what is it like to be a pupil here? Very inclusive, friendly, helpful teachers, good environment for learning, calm, not chaotic ,inter house, year 6 rewards, children treated well, pupil leaders.
Is behaviour good at WH? Good. It is dealt with, behaviour chart, reasonable consequences, children supported – TAs to help, FLO to support, teachers to talk to, traffic lights, radios, rewards – enrichment time, HPs, gems, SOHT & week, gem rewards
How many different ways do you read at WH? SQUIRT, starters, every lesson, library, model texts, read own work, reading comp, books from library, read kindle at home, starting to read newspapers.
Why is attendance important? What happens if you don’t come to school? Miss lessons miss learning, harder the next lesson, keep track of %, rewards from FLO. Parents need to report absence, staff check home visits, registration for safety.
Pupil Voice 2023 - 2024
Pupil Voice SEN, Reception - Year 6
Pupil Voice 2022 - 2023
Pupil Voice Reception - Year 6
Pupil Voice 2021 - 2022
Animal Advocate applications
We asked the William Harding Year 6 pupils to apply to volunteer to be an animal advocate. We had over 30 applications. We are very proud to share a selection of those applications with you here
SEN Pupil Voice with SENDCo May 2022
Year 1 Pupil Voice with Year Lead, March 2022
Year 4 Pupil voice Maths with Year Lead March 2022
PHSE Pupil Voice March 2022
Year 4 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead March 2022
Year 1 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead, March 2022
Year 5 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead, March 2022
Year 6 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead, March 2022
Reception Pupil Voice January 2022
Year 1 Pupil Voice January 2022
Year 4 Pupil Voice January 2022
Year 6 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead November 2021
Year 4 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead November 2021
Year 3 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead November 2021
Year 4 Pupil Voice October 2021
Year 5 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead November 2021
Year 5 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead October 2021
Year 6 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead October 2021
Year 2 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher October 2021
Year 3 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher October 2021
Year 4 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher September 2021
Year 5 Pupil Voice with the Head Teacher September 2021
Year 6 Pupil Voice with the Head Teacher September 2021
Year 4 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead September 2021
Year 5 Pupil from Manderston, What is it like to be a pupil at William Harding?
‘It’s a privilege & with our smart uniform.’
Year 1 Pupils September 2021
What would you tell a visitor about William Harding, what is it like to be a pupil here? Lunch is very good. Our teacher is very nice. I like the playground. It smells nice here.
What are you proud of at William Harding? Everyone coming in with a smile - School is a happy place. Proud of getting house points. The things I do well. Respect.
Strengths - Positive attitude to school and learning. Feel safe. Understand behaviour policy. Understand next steps.
Year 2 Pupil Voice September 2021
What would you tell a visitor about William Harding, what is it like to be a pupil here? Nice, amazing, lots of fun things to do, PE is really fun.
What are you proud of at William Harding? Ourselves, reading, art.
What helps you to learn (including the environment, resources, TAs)? Vaps grid, number line, working walks, diennes.
How are you challenged? Getting a yellow sticker when I am blue in Maths.
Tell me about School Values, SMSC & BV They make you a better person.
Strengths Behaviour
Year 3 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead September 2021
Pupil Voice 2020 - 2021
Year 5 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead June 2021
Year 3 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead May 2021
Year 1 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead May 2021
Year 2 Pupil Voice with the Inclusion, Pastoral and Safeguarding Lead May 2021
Year 3 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher May 2021
Year 4 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher May 2021
Year 5 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher April 2021
Year 6 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher April 2021
Year 1 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher April 2021
Year 3 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher April 2021
Pupil Voice March 2021 - During extended writing with a group of children on the subject of Mental Health, when asking who in school they felt they could talk to the children all said FLO's (Family Liaison Officers).
Pupil Voice PE March 2021
Pupil Voice PSHE March 2021
What is your view on bullying at WH? ‘There is none.’ – Year 1 pupil
Tell me about play and lunchtimes. How does PSHE link? ‘To be kind.’ ‘Don’t bully, be kind, let everyone join in.’ – Year 2 pupils
Pupil Voice all subjects March 2021
Pupil Voice Spring Half Term 2021
Year 1 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher December 2020;
Year 3 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher November 2020
Year 4 Pupil Voice meeting with the Deputy Headteacher November 2020
Year 5 Pupil Voice meeting with the Deputy Headteacher November 2020
Year 6 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher November 2020
Year 1 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher October 2020
Year 2 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher October 2020
Year 3 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher October 2020
Year 5 Pupil Voice meeting with the Deputy Headteacher October 2020
Year 4 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher September 2020
Year 6 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher September 2020
Pupil Questionnaire 2020/21
KS1 Pupil Voice questionnaire feedback 2020/21
82% of pupils said they were happy at school
86% said they felt safe at school
91% said they knew who to talk to if they needed support
88% said behaviour is good
80% said they knew what helps them learn
91% said they knew what their next steps are and that they respond to them
92% of pupils said that staff do a good job
KS2 Pupil Voice questionnaire feedback 2020/21
70% of pupils said they were happy at school
78% said they felt safe at school
76% said they knew who to talk to if they need support
75% said they knew what their next steps are and that they respond to them
83% of pupils said that staff do a good job
Pupil Voice 2019 - 2020
Year 4 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher feedback March 2020
Year 6 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher feedback January 2020
Year 1 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher feedback January 2020
Year 2 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher feedback December 2019
Year 3 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher feedback Nov 2019
Year 4 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher feedback Nov 2019
Year 5 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher feedback Nov 2019
Year 6 Pupil Voice meeting with the Headteacher feedback Nov 2019
Pupil Questionnaire 2019
KS1 Pupil Voice questionnaire feedback 2019
82% of pupils said they were happy at school, 86% said they felt safe at school, 82% said the school teachers them how to be safe
91% of pupils said they enjoyed play and lunch times
82% said their learning is challenging and 87% said adults help/support them to improve their work, 89% said they knew how well they are doing and they know what to do to improve
92% of pupils said that the head teacher and staff do a good job
KS2 Pupil Voice questionnaire feedback 2019
85% of pupils said they were happy at school, 87% said they felt safe at school, 93% said the school teachers them how to be safe
91% of pupils said they enjoyed play and lunch times
75% said their learning is challenging and 90% said adults help/support them to improve their work, 85% said they knew how well they are doing and they know what to do to improve
89% of pupils said that the head teacher and staff do a good job