Survey for secondary pupils
Careers guidance check
Checks careers advice, employer encounters, awareness of apprenticeships and technical routes, careers in lessons and confidence about next steps, so you can see where to focus before your Gatsby benchmark self-assessment. About 4 minutes to complete.
What respondents read first
This survey asks about the careers help you get at school, so we can make it better. It takes about 4 minutes. It is anonymous, and results are only shown for groups of 5 or more pupils. If you write something that makes us worried about your safety or someone else's, the school's safeguarding lead will read that comment. They will not know who wrote it, so they cannot come and find you. This survey is not the way to get help quickly, so if you need help now, talk to an adult you trust in school.
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 5 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 year are you in?
- Year 7
- Year 8
- Year 9
- Year 10
- Year 11
- Year 12
- Year 13
This places each answer in a group for the report. It is the only question about the person answering.
Careers guidance13
- Question 1.
I have had useful careers advice from someone in school.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 2.
This school year, have you had a one-to-one meeting with a careers adviser?
Choose one
- Yes
- No
- Not sure
- Question 3.
I know how to arrange to see a careers adviser.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 4.
I know where to find good careers information.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 5.
Through school, I have met people who came in to talk about their jobs.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 6.
I have had a chance to see what a real workplace is like.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 7.
I can see how what I learn in lessons links to jobs.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 8.
How often do your teachers talk about jobs that use their subject?
How often: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always
- Question 9.
School has helped me think about jobs I had not considered before.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 10.
I have an idea of what I might want to do after I leave school.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 11.
I feel confident about planning my next steps.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 12.
I know about the different routes after Year 11, such as A levels, T levels and apprenticeships.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 16.
What one thing would make careers help at this school better?
Write your own answer
Apprenticeships and technical routes3
- Question 13.
Colleges or apprenticeship providers have come into school to tell us about what they offer.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 14.
I understand what doing an apprenticeship involves.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 15.
Staff talk about apprenticeships and technical courses as good options.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
Free to run. The full report is £149.
Running it is free and gives you the headline result, with strengths and priorities. The full report adds every chart, comments grouped into themes and briefing slides.
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