AboutAdditionals
The list below gives examples of topics that might be investigated by a typical EPM questionnaire. To complete your questionnaire you simply select the additional topics that are most relevant to your school.
- Church/parish links and support
- Transport to and from school
- Promoting racial harmony
- Attitude of support staff
- Unexpected costs or expenses
- Extra-curricular activities
- Value for money
- Boarding facilities
- Suitable class sizes
- Home/school agreement/contract
- Control of attendance and truancy
- Tailoring workload to suit child’s needs/ability
- Encouraging pupils’ activities in the local community
- School’s image in the local community
- School meals/catering
- Parent evenings
- Written reports
- Personal planners
- Treating all pupils fairly/equally
- Quality of school management
- Regular marking of work
- Access to staff
- Library facilities
- Special needs teaching
- Handling complaints
- Promoting Healthy Lifestyles
- Careers advice
- Celebrating and rewarding achievements
- Encouraging and listening to parents’ views
- Explaining to parents how to help their child
- Availability of resources e.g. textbooks
- Ensuring pupils do their best/make good progress
- Making sure new pupils settle in well
- School uniform
- Out of school activities/clubs
The questionnaire will also survey perceptions on upto four unique issues that you want to investigate, as well as each of the academic subjects that your school offers, from Art to Welsh.
