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CPD and coaching impact

Tests whether training and coaching time is changing what staff do in the classroom, and for whom, so leaders can decide what to keep in next year's CPD plan. Best run at the end of spring. About 5 minutes to complete.

What respondents read first

This survey asks whether the training and coaching you have had this year is making a difference to your practice and to pupils. Leaders will use it to plan next year's professional development. It takes about 5 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.
Fig. 1  The opening screen, word for word.

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.

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The questions

Numbered in the order respondents see them.

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Respondents choose

How many years have you worked in teaching or in schools?

  • Less than 3 years
  • 3 to 10 years
  • More than 10 years

This places each answer in a group for the report. It is the only question about the person answering.

Professional development13

  1. Question 1.

    The professional development I receive is useful.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  2. Question 2.

    The CPD I have had this year is relevant to the pupils I work with.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  3. Question 3.

    CPD sticks with a few priorities over time rather than changing topic every session.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  4. Question 4.

    CPD sessions give me time to practise, not just to listen.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  5. Question 5.

    I have time between CPD sessions to try out what I have learned.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  6. Question 6.

    Time set aside in the calendar for CPD is used for CPD.

    How often: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always

  7. Question 7.

    I have a say in what my professional development focuses on.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  8. Question 8.

    I am trusted to adapt what I learn in CPD to suit my classes or the pupils I support.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  9. Question 9.

    How often do you receive coaching, or regular focused feedback, on your teaching?

    Choose one

    • Never
    • Once or twice a year
    • About once a term
    • About once a half term
    • About once a month
    • Every two weeks or more often
  10. Question 12.

    Lesson observations here are about helping me improve rather than judging me.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  11. Question 13.

    I can point to something I do differently because of CPD this year.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  12. Question 14.

    I have seen a difference in pupils' learning from something I changed after CPD.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  13. Question 15.

    What one change would help CPD here make more difference to your practice?

    Write your own answer

Coaching and feedback2

  1. Question 10.

    Feedback from coaching or observations gives me a clear next step.

    Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree

  2. Question 11.

    Whoever coaches me checks whether I have been able to act on my last next step.

    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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