The What Do I Think Survey
Glyn Wright, Governor Forum Briefing,Tuesday 4th June
Background
• Replaced Pupil Attitude Survey in Hampshire for more than a
decade
• Years 2, 6, 7 and 9
• Views sought have ranged from how safe the young people
feel to how well they think the school teaches them about
sex and relationships and substance misuse
• The previous process was expensive
• The Pupil Attitude Survey was carried out in the summer
term and then schools received results in September
• In 2010 the Survey was extended to get a clearer picture
about bullying
• Many of the measures of progress in the CYPP are related to
the results
• The national Tell Us Survey ceased in 2010
Advantages of continuing with a
survey
• Identifying whether measures that they have been put in
place around anti bullying and safeguarding, for example,
have been effective.
• It flags up some key issues
• Schools and the LA are able to see how valuable students
find key lessons
• Schools can use data as a measure against key priorities
• Of use to drug and teenage pregnancy strategies
• Providing an opportunity for the voice of young people Approximately 18,000 completed (31,000 in 2011)
Number of children and young
people completing the survey
2000
2009
2010
2011
2012
29,865
31,257
32,290
31,389
17,966
Opportunity to compare performance - 5,600 Year 2
pupils answered the survey compared with 10,117 last
year. Percentages in brackets indicate 2011 results.
• 64.8% (60.3%) Year 2 pupils always enjoy being at school
• 64.3% (61.9%) thought that their teachers always told them
how to make their work better
• 58.2% (48.7%) always had homework to do
• 73.1% (73.1%) felt that that their school always helps them to
think about how they can stay healthy by eating properly and
taking exercise
• 71.7% (73.3%) have never been bullied or picked on in the
playground.
• 74.8% (70.7%) had never been bullied outside of school
• 87.8% (92.3%) felt that if they had been bullied there was
someone in school they could go to.
• 97.1% (92.7%) felt that their teachers listened to their ideas
New questions were introduced for Yr 2..
• 54% felt that their school helps them to talk about their feelings
• 89.5% feel safe at school
• 80.9% reported that their school teaches them about rights,
responsibilities and how to respect people
• Pupils felt that they had a chance to do jobs to help in school with only
1.5% of children feeling they never had a chance to do jobs to help
• 66% always enjoy reading outside of school with a further 27.5%
sometimes enjoying it
• Only 5.1% of children report never helping out with jobs at home
• Only 2.3% never get themselves ready for school in the morning
(81.9% always and 15.8% sometimes).
Year 6 – 5,882 answered in in 2012
(8908 pupils answered in 2011)
• 29.5% (18.2%) always and 63.4%(71.3) usually enjoy
being at school.
• 21% (13.6%) think their work is always interesting and
70.5% (71.5%) usually
• There has been an increase in children reporting always
having homework 60.6% (38.8%)
• There is a slight increase in children reporting that their
school always helps them to think about how they can stay
healthy by eating properly and taking exercise 51.3%
(43.4%)
• 85.8% (82.2%) report never being bullied in the playground.
• 90% (76.7%)feel that their opinions have influence over
what happens in school
% of C & YP reporting they never
enjoy being at school by gender Yr 2
Yr 2
2000
2009
2010
2011
2012
Male
10.2%
0%
4.2%
4.3%
2.6%
Female
6.8%
0%
1.3%
1.4%
1.2%
All
8.0%
0%
2.8%
2.9%
1.9%
% of C& YP reporting they never
enjoy being at school by gender Yr 6
Yr 6
2000
2009
2010
2011
2012
Male
7.0%
3.1%
1.5%
1.9%
2.3%
Female
1.5%
0.7%
0.5%
0.7%
0.6%
All
3.3.%
1.9%
1.2%
1.3%
1.5%
% of C & YP reporting they never
enjoy being at school by gender Yr 7
Yr 7
2000
2009
2010
2011
2012
Male
9.6%
5.8%
4.5%
4.6%
5.9%
Female
3.6%
2.8%
1.8%
1.4%
2.6%
All
5.5.%
4.3%
3.2%
3.0%
4.3%
% of C & YP reporting they never
enjoy being at school by gender Yr 9
Yr 9
2000
2009
2010
2011
2012
Male
11.0%
7.6%
5.4%
4.4%
7.0%
Female
6.0%
5.0%
2.8%
3.5%
5.2%
All
5.9%
6,4%
4.1%
4.0%
6.1%
I never enjoy being at school– County –
Travellers - Young Carers
Year 2
Year 6
Year 7
Year 9
All
1.9%
1.5%
4.3%
6.1%
Traveller
children
3.8%
7.1%
25.4%
38.7%
Young
Carers
2.7%
4.3%
11.6%
10.3%
Important information to support
strategies and CYPP
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Alcohol Strategy
Anti smoking strategy
Drug education
Teenage Pregnancy Strategy
Healthy Weights Strategy
Alcohol Education for Year 9
What Do I Think? Year 9 Alcohol
80.0%
percentage
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
All
40.0%
Male
30.0%
Female
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Helpful
not helpful
not received
response
Not aware
% of Year 9 finding information
around alcohol education helpful
100
90
80
70
60
Year 9 M
50
Year 9 F
Year 9 T
40
30
20
10
0
All Hampshire
B&D
E. Hants
Eastleigh
Fareham
Gosport
Hart
Havant
New Forest
Rushmoor
Test Valley
Winchester
Education around smoking
What Do I Think? Year 9 Smoking
80.0%
percentage
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
All
40.0%
Male
30.0%
Female
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Helpful
not helpful
not received
response
Not aware
Drug Education
percentage
What Do I Think? Year 9 Drugs
80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
All
Male
Female
Helpful
not helpful
not received
response
Not aware
% of Year 9 reporting their drugs
education has been helpful
100
90
80
70
60
Year 9 M
50
Year 9 F
Year 9 T
40
30
20
10
0
All Hampshire
B&D
E. Hants
Eastleigh
Fareham
Gosport
Hart
Havant
New Forest
Rushmoor
Test Valley
Winchester
% of Year 9 reporting their sex
education has been helpful
90
80
70
60
50
Year 9 M
Year 9 F
40
Year 9 T
30
20
10
0
All Hampshire
B&D
E. Hants
Eastleigh
Fareham
Gosport
Hart
Havant
New Forest
Rushmoor
Test Valley
Winchester
% of Year 9 students reporting that
their education around relationships
is helpful
80
70
60
50
Year 9 M
40
Year 9 F
Year 9 T
30
20
10
0
All Hampshire
B&D
E. Hants
Eastleigh
Fareham
Gosport
Hart
Havant
New Forest
Rushmoor
Test Valley
Winchester
Healthy Weights – My school helps me to think about
how I can stay healthy by eating properly and exercising
Yr 6
51.3
Yr 7
26.4
Yr 9
15.4
37.2
46.1
43.6
Rarely
9.9
22.2
30.6
Never
1.6
5.3
10.5
Always
Sometimes
% of young people in Year 9 that say
their school encourages them to
stay healthy
30
25
20
Year 9 M
15
Year 9 F
Year 9 T
10
5
0
All Hampshire
B&D
E. Hants
Eastleigh
Fareham
Gosport
Hart
Havant
New Forest
Rushmoor
Test Valley
Winchester
Careers Education - % of young people
reporting they think the Careers Education they
have had is useful at Yr 7 and Yr 9
Yr 7
Yr 9
Helpful
47.7
47.9
Not helpful/need more
advice
22.1
31.0
Have not received any
22.5
14.3
Don’t know where to
get information
7.7
6.8
% of Year 9 students reporting that
careers education is helpful
70
60
50
40
Year 9 M
Year 9 F
30
Year 9 T
20
10
0
All Hampshire
B&D
E. Hants
Eastleigh
Fareham
Gosport
Hart
Havant
New Forest
Rushmoor
Test Valley
Winchester
Percentages of pupils bullied /picked on
in school or the playground in the last
year
30
25
2008
20
2009
15
2010
10
2011
5
2012
0
Year 2
Year 6
Year 7
Year 9
Percentages of pupils bullied / picked on
outside school in the last year
30
25
2008
20
2009
15
2010
10
2011
5
2012
0
Year 2
Year 6
Year 7
Year 9
New question introduced 2012Percentage of Pupils Responding to ‘My
school deals with bullying?’
80
70
60
50
Year 6
40
Year 7
Year 9
30
20
10
0
Always
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Percentage of Pupils Responding to ‘If
someone is unkind to me (or bullies me)
there is an adult in school I can tell who
will
do something about it’
90
80
70
60
Year 2
Year 6
Year 7
Year 9
50
40
30
20
10
0
Always
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Methods of bullying in years 6, 7
and 9
25
20
15
2010
2011
10
2012
5
0
Verbal
Physical
Indirect
Cyberbullying
Abuse of
property
Key points - bullying
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Bullying continues to be widely reported in the ‘What do I Think?’
Survey, with 28% of Y2, 14% of Y6, 23% Y7 and 19% Y9 pupils
answering that they been ‘bullied or picked on’ in school or the
playground and similar but slightly lower numbers outside school.
Whilst 88% Y2 pupils are confident there is always an adult they can
rely on to intervene when they feel others are being unkind to them, this
reduces as pupils progress through the schools to 77% in Y6, 60% in
Y7 and 40% in Y9.
By far the most common method of bullying is verbal
The most common type of bullying for all year groups remains that in
relation to looks
All of the methods of bullying identified affect all year groups and
require different strategies to counter them according to age group
As pupils get older, cyber-bullying and subtle indirect forms of bullying
become more commonly experienced.
The What Do I Think Survey 2013
• The survey link has been sent to schools via Schools
Communication x4
• Schools have clearer IT instructions and hints and tips as to
how best to support children
• Schools can use the results to help in planning – governors
have a role to play in encouraging them to take part
• Significant messages around how helpful young people feel
their education is in relation to healthy lifestyles – this needs
to be addressed
• How can we make school more attractive to our Young
Carers and Travellers?