Department of Education - Attendance Survey - for adults

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1. What is your age?

(Required) 18-24 25-34 35-44 45-53 54-64 65+

2. What is your postcode ?(First 4 digits only e.g. BT05, BT19): (Optional)

Postcode

3. What is the main capacity in which you are responding?

(Required) Parent / Grandparent / Guardian Student School Principal / Teacher / Education Professional Non-Teaching Staff at a school Researcher Member of the public Business Elected Representative FE / HE Other (please specify)

Other capacity under which you are responding

4. Do you have any children/grandchildren/school age dependents?

(Required) Yes (Go to Q5) No (Go to Q6)

5. What school sectors do they attend?

Pre-School Primary Post Primary Special

6. How important is it for children to attend school regularly?

(Required) Very important Important No views either way Not very important Unimportant

7. What percentage of attendance at school would you regard as acceptable?

(Required) 95%+ 90%–94% 85%-89% 80%–84% Less than 80%

8. Does your child's school, or the school that you are associated with explain the importance of good attendance to parents and pupils?

(Required) Yes No Don't know

9. What are the main issues regarding regular attendance at school? (You can only choose a maximum of 3 in priority order where 1 is the most important)

(Required)

Family stress

Transport

School uniform / costs

Bullying

Relationships with teachers

Mental health

Cost of living

Other (please give details in box below)

Other issues regarding regular attendance at school

10. What are the factors, in your experience that make it difficult for children to attend school? (Select all that apply)

(Required) Illness Behavioural issues Family stress Parental mental health Travel challenges Parental working hours Problems at school eg bullying Childs relationship with teachers Don't know Other (please feel free to use text box below)

Other factors that make it difficult for children to attend school.

11. What would help in overcoming these challenges?

(Required) Children being met by a trusted person in the morning at school Well-being support for you Well-being support for your child Smaller classes Less homework Fewer exams More effective support for pupils Later start time in the morning Fines for non-attendance Other (state below)

Other opinions for what would help in overcoming attendance challenges

12. How often do you encounter anxiety in a child/children/dependent about going to school?

(Required) Not very often (1-2 times per year) Every so often (3-6 times per year) Regularly (1-2 times per month) Very often (1-2 times per week) Every day Don't know

13. To what extent do schools provide adequate support for families to enable children to attend school regularly?

(Required) 1 - No support 2 - Limited support 3 - Don't know 4 - Helpful support 5 - Very helpful support

14. To what extent do you agree that booking term time holidays is acceptable?

(Required) Strongly agree Agree Agree in some circumstances Disagree Strongly disagree Don't know

15. To what extent do you think the "Attendance Matters" strategy will help address the issues associated with pupil attendance?

(Required) Very helpful Helpful Moderately helpful Not at all helpful Don't know / no comment

16. Which aspects of the "Attendance Matters" strategy are most helpful? (Tick all that apply)

(Required) Executive Summary The statistics The link between attendance and examinations References to Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA) Indicators of effective performance Collaboration and engagement Roles and responsibilities Examples of effective practice Other (please state in box below)

Other aspects of the revised strategy that are helpful

17. Do you agree with the overall aim of the "Attendance Matters" strategy to support children and young people to attend school every day?

(Required) Yes No Don't know

Do you agree with the overall aim of the Attendance Matters Strategy to support children and young people to attend school every day?

18. What role do you think parents, schools, statutory bodies and communities should play in improving attendance?

(Required)

19. What partnerships between schools and community organisations have you seen work well?

20. What support do you think schools need to better respond to pupils with Emotional Health and Wellbeing issues eg Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA)?

(Required)

21. Do you think school provides a nurturing and trauma-informed environment?

(Required) Yes No - please give a reason/s for this answer using the text box below Don't know

Do you think school provides a nurturing and trauma-informed environment?

22. Have you seen relational or restorative practices used effectively in schools? If so, how?

(Required) Yes No Don't know

Have you seen relational or restorative practices used effectively in your school? If so, how?

23. How confident are you that schools are using attendance data effectively to manage pupil attendance?

(Required) Very confident Confident No views either way Not confident Not at all confident

24. What type of early interventions do you think are most effective in improving attendance?

(Required) Better involvement with Education Welfare Service Better involvement with Intercultural Education Service Quicker CAMHS assessments Firmer consequences for non-attendance Other (please use text box) Don't know

25. What do you think should be done to identify and support children missing from formal education? (Children missing education (CME) are children of compulsory school age who are not on a school roll and are not receiving education in any other setting such as home education or private school)

26. Do you agree with the proposed measures of success set out in section 4 of the draft strategy?

(Required) Yes No Don't know

27. How should schools report and evaluate their attendance strategies?

(Required) Consult and share findings with parents Consult and share findings with pupils Consult and share findings with Boards of Governors Evaluate against DE published data Discuss in local Principals groups Don't know

28. Please provide any further information or comment that you may have regarding the draft attendance strategy.

Please provide any further information or comment regarding the draft attendance strategy.

Department of Education - Attendance Survey - for adults

Introduction