Survey for staff
After a change
A quick check 4 to 8 weeks after any new policy, structure or system, to help leaders decide whether to keep it, adjust it or reverse it. About 4 minutes to complete.
What respondents read first
This survey is about one recent change, which leaders will name when they send the link. It asks about the reasons for it, your training, your workload and what should happen next. It takes about 4 minutes and is anonymous: the school cannot see who answered, and results are only shown for groups of 10 or more. Written comments are read by the school. If one suggests that a child or an adult may be at risk of harm, including a concern about the conduct of someone who works with children, it goes straight to the school's safeguarding lead and is kept out of the report.
How anonymity works in this survey
- The school cannot see who answered. Nothing is reported until 10 people have answered.
- A group, such as one role or one year group, is shown only when 10 or more people in it have answered. Smaller groups are hidden.
- An answer chosen by fewer than 5 people is hidden, along with enough others that it cannot be worked out by subtraction.
- Written comments appear only once 10 people have answered.
The questions
Numbered in the order respondents see them.
Respondents choose
Which best describes your role?
- Teacher (including early career teachers)
- Support staff (including teaching assistants)
- Middle leader (for example head of department or year)
- Senior leader (including headteacher)
This places each answer in a group for the report. It is the only question about the person answering.
Understanding the change4
- Question 1.
I understand why the recent change was made.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 2.
I agree with the reasons for the recent change.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 3.
My views were asked for before the recent change was introduced.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 4.
I know what the recent change expects me to do differently.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
Training and readiness3
- Question 5.
I had enough training to put the recent change into practice.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 6.
The systems and resources needed for the recent change were ready in time.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 7.
Colleagues are carrying out the recent change in the same way as each other.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
Workload effect2
- Question 8.
How has the recent change affected your workload?
Choose one
- Much less work
- A little less work
- No real difference
- A little more work
- Much more work
- Question 9.
Something was stopped or reduced to make room for the recent change.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
Early impact2
- Question 10.
The recent change is working as intended in my part of the school.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 11.
The recent change is starting to make things better for pupils.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
Keep, tweak or reverse4
- Question 12.
I know how to tell leaders about problems with the recent change.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 13.
I am confident leaders will act on feedback about the recent change.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 14.
What should leaders do with the recent change now?
Choose one
- Keep it as it is
- Keep it, with some adjustments
- Pause it and look again
- Reverse it
- Not sure yet
- Question 15.
What one adjustment would make the recent change work better?
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Free to run. The full report is £149.
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