Survey for secondary pupils
Work experience reflection
Asks pupils straight after work experience week how well they were prepared, what the work involved, what they gained and whether they felt safe and well treated, so you can decide which placements and preparation to keep. About 4 minutes to complete.
What respondents read first
This survey asks about your work experience placement, so we can make it better for pupils next year. 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
How was your placement found?
- I found it myself, or with my family
- School found it for me
- Another way
This places each answer in a group for the report. It is the only question about the person answering.
Preparation3
- Question 1.
School prepared me well for my work experience placement.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 2.
Before my placement started, I knew what to expect on my first day.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 3.
I knew who to contact at school if there was a problem during my placement.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
What the work involved3
- Question 4.
I was given real work to do during my placement.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 5.
I saw how different parts of the workplace work together.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 6.
What did you spend most of your placement doing? Choose up to three.
Choose any that apply
- Practical or hands-on tasks
- Computer or office work
- Helping customers or the public
- Watching someone do their job
- Going to meetings
- Caring for or helping people
- A task or project of my own
- There was not much for me to do
Safety and welfare on placement3
- Question 7.
I felt safe at my placement.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 8.
People at my placement treated me with respect.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 9.
Someone from school checked how I was getting on during the week.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
What pupils gained6
- Question 10.
Which skills do you think you improved during your placement? Choose up to three.
Choose any that apply
- Talking and listening to people
- Working in a team
- Solving problems
- Being on time and organised
- Confidence
- Using technology
- Practical skills for that job
- None of these
- Question 11.
I learned what employers expect from people at work.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 12.
How has your placement affected your ideas about your future?
Choose one
- It made me more interested in that kind of work
- It showed me that kind of work is not for me
- It gave me a new idea for my future
- It did not change my ideas
- Not sure
- Question 13.
My work experience week was a good use of my time.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 14.
I would recommend my placement to another pupil.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 15.
What one thing would make work experience better for pupils next year?
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