Questionnaire “My secondary school”
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I am in year …………………………
Please check the box that expresses your own opinion!
1. In lessons I often work with other students in pairs and small groups.
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2. I enjoy most of my lessons.
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3. When I have a problem with my work I ask the teachers for help.
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4. I am learning a lot in this school.
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5. My friends help me in class when I am stuck with my work.
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6. Having a teaching assistant in some of my lessons helps me with my learning.
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7. In lessons teachers are interested in listening to my ideas.
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8. Teachers don’t mind if I make mistakes in my work as long as I try my best.
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9. My work is displayed on the walls in the school.
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10. The staff at this school are friendly to me.
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11. I think the teachers are fair when they punish a student.
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12. I think the teachers are fair when they praise a student.
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13. I think some teachers like certain students more than others.
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14. When I am given homework I usually understand what I have to do.
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15. I usually do the homework I am given.
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16. Most of the time I like being at school.
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17. This school was the one I wanted to come to when I left my primary school.
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18. I think this is the best school in the area.
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19. My family thinks this is a good school.
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20. It’s good to have students from different backgrounds in this school.
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21. Disabled students are treated with respect at this school.
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22. Any student who lives near to this school is welcome to come here.
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23. If you really misbehave at this school you will be sent home.
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24. The school is right to send a student home if they have behaved badly.
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25. I have some good friends in this school.
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26. I worry about being called names at school.
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27. I worry about being bullied at school.
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28. If anyone bullied me I would tell a teacher.
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29. At lunchtimes I sometimes join in clubs or do sports practice.
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30. After school I sometimes join in clubs or do sports practice.
▢ definitely agree ▢ agree to some extent ▢ disagree
31. There are places in the school I can go to be comfortable at lunchtimes.
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32. I like my form tutor.
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33. My form tutor likes me.
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34. If I have been away from school for a day my form tutor wants to know where I have been.
▢ definitely agree ▢ agree to some extent ▢ disagree
These are the three things I would most like to change about this school
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Thank you for your help!
Source: adapted from Booth, T and Ainscow, M (2002): Index for Inclusion: developing learning and participation in schools. Published by the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education (CSIE).