School and college voice: December 2024

~ Bruce Levitan

The School and college voice report from DfE, based on a survey between 10 December and 23 December 2024, has been published (29 May). A wide range of issues were surveyed, and you can read the full report on the DfE website, here. Some of the findings are:

  • The top two most helpful actions for schools to be inclusive for pupils with SEND were
    more opportunities for individualised or small-group support for pupils who need it, and
    increased access to assistive technologies to support teaching and learning;
  • How useful primary school leaders found the national curriculum for planning and teaching spoken language and listening skills in their school: very useful = 2%, fairly useful = 35%, not very useful = 41%, not at all useful = 13%, don;t know = 8%;
  • The extent that secondary school teachers agreed or disagreed that KS2 SATs results provide information that is useful to them when identifying the support that new year 7 pupils will need: strongly agree = 3%, agree = 21%; neither agree nor disagree = 20%, disagree = 28%, strongly disagree = 25%, don’t know 3%;