Survey for secondary pupils
Phones and online life
For pupils in Years 7 to 13: whether the phone rules are understood and followed, social time, late-night phone use and sleep, group chat pressure, and whether pupils know how to block, report and tell someone. Use it six weeks after a phone policy starts or before reviewing one. About 4 minutes to complete.
What respondents read first
This survey asks about phones and life online: the school's phone rules, sleep, group chats and staying safe, so we can decide what to keep or change. It takes about 4 minutes and it is anonymous: 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.
Phones in school6
- Question 1.
I understand the school's rules about phones.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 2.
Pupils follow the phone rules in my lessons.
How often: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always
- Question 3.
Pupils follow the phone rules in corridors and around the site.
How often: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always
- Question 4.
Staff apply the phone rules fairly.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 6.
At break and lunch, pupils spend more time talking to each other than looking at phones.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 14.
What one thing would make the school's phone rules work better?
Write your own answer
Online life2
- Question 9.
How often do you feel under pressure to keep up with group chats?
How often: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always
- Question 10.
In the last month, how often have you seen something online that upset you?
How often: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always
Wellbeing2
- Question 7.
How often are you on a phone or screen in bed when you should be asleep?
How often: Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, Always
- Question 8.
On a school night, how many hours of sleep do you usually get?
Choose one
- Less than 6 hours
- 6 hours to less than 8 hours
- 8 hours to less than 9 hours
- 9 hours or more
- I don't know
Online safety4
- Question 5.
The school's phone rules help me focus in lessons.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 11.
I know how to block and report someone on the apps I use.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 12.
I would tell an adult if something online worried me.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 13.
If something online worried you, who would you tell? Choose all that apply.
Choose any that apply
- A parent or carer
- Another adult in my family
- My tutor or a teacher
- A pastoral or safeguarding member of staff
- A friend
- I would report it on the app
- A helpline such as Childline
- I would not tell anyone
- Not sure
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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