How to use pupil surveys
Help you involve pupils in decisions
Schools should consider the views of pupils in decision-making. This is often called 'pupil voice'.
Use pupil voice to:
- Support your consideration of a specific decision – for example, new playground equipment
- Understand pupils' opinions about the school as a whole, which will help you with your strategic vision
Listening and responding to pupil's views is part of the features of effective governance in the maintained schools governance guide (section 1.2) and the academy trust governance guide (section 1.2).
Provide data to inform your monitoring
Surveys can help you monitor areas that really impact on pupils' experiences of life in your school, such as teaching and learning, your school's approach to behaviour or your equality objectives.
They'll also help you to assess whether your school