Parent and Carer Update

Message to Families 22 May 2026

Dear parent/carer

New 5-Year Plan

We are currently working on a new 5-year plan to launch in September. I have discussed some of these ideas with our Student Council and we should be launching a short learner survey after the Spring Bank Holiday.

It would really help us to get the parent/carer perspective about what matters most to you in terms of the facilities and services for young people with disabilities.

You can find a one page introduction here.

Responses are anonymous and we will only use the data to help with writing the plan.

The survey will run until the end of May and should take about 5 minutes to complete.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Portland_5YPlan

Ofsted monitoring visit

We recently had a short-notice monitoring visit from Ofsted to look at Safeguarding and student welfare facilities, which were all found to be satisfactory and meeting the required standards.

The report is now on the Ofsted website: 50301255

Mark