The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has a statutory duty to represent the views and interests of children in England to Government.
This survey of all schools and colleges in England aims to drive improvements in the support available to children. It asks about the support your school offers to pupils and their families, your staff roles and responsibilities, and the characteristics and vulnerabilities of your pupils.
The Commissioner has statutory powers under Section 2F of the Children Act 2004 to collect data relating to children and all public sector organisations in England are required to provide data requested by the Commissioner. This request is not subject to the same exemptions as a Freedom of Information request, for more information visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Each school or college should respond once only. Multi-academy Trusts should ensure that each of their schools respond. Results from this survey will be published in a non-identifiable format by the Children's Commissioner's office. Your organisation’s name will not be published and raw data will not be shared beyond the office. For more information and to see our privacy notice visit our website.
How long it takes to complete the survey depends on how available your data is, but once collated, we estimate less than 10 minutes to input responses. You do not have to complete the answers in one go - save your progress and return to complete the survey later by clicking ‘Save and Continue Later’ below. This will email you a link to share with colleagues to help assemble your answers.
The deadline to complete this statutory data collection is the 20th December 2024.