Survey for secondary pupils
Safety and bullying survey (secondary)
For pupils in Years 7 to 13: where pupils feel safe and less safe, how bullying and unkind language are dealt with, staying safe online and knowing who to tell. Pupils are never asked about anything that has happened to them. About 4 minutes to complete.
What respondents read first
This survey asks how safe you feel at school, on your way to school and online, and how well the school deals with bullying. It does not ask about anything that has happened to you. It takes about 4 minutes. It is not a test and there are no right or wrong answers. You can skip any question you do not want to answer. Your teachers will not see who said what: answers are put together, 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.
Safety6
- Question 1.
School is a place where I feel safe.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 2.
There are enough adults around at break and lunch.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 3.
Are there any places in school where you feel less safe? Choose up to two.
Choose any that apply
- Corridors
- Toilets
- Changing rooms
- Outside areas
- Dining hall or lunch queues
- Classrooms
- School entrance or gates
- Nowhere, I feel safe everywhere
- Question 4.
I feel safe on my journey to and from school.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 14.
There is an adult in school I would go to if I felt unsafe.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 15.
What one thing would make you feel safer at school?
Write your own answer
Bullying6
- Question 5.
Bullying does not happen often at this school.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 6.
Staff step in when they hear pupils being unkind to each other.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 7.
Staff step in when pupils make racist, sexist or homophobic comments.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 8.
When bullying is reported, staff deal with it.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 9.
Telling staff about bullying does not make things worse for you.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 10.
I know the different ways I can report bullying.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
Online safety3
- 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.
Staff help sort out problems that start in online group chats.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 13.
I would tell an adult if something online worried me.
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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