The 2017 Attitudes to Schools Survey

Our school is conducting a survey to find out what your child thinks of our school. The Attitudes to School survey is an annual student survey offered by the Department of Education and Training. The survey assists schools in gaining an understanding of students' perceptions and experience of school.

Our school will use the survey results to plan programs and activities to improve your child's schooling experience. We used the 2016 survey results in term 1 as part of our School Review, to help determine student needs in our next Strategic Plan.

This year the Attitudes to School survey will be conducted at our school between Monday 22 May to Friday 23 June. The survey only takes 20-30 minutes to complete and occurs during your child's class time. Students from Year 7 to 12 at our school will participate in the survey. Your child will complete the survey online during school hours using a purpose built secure online survey tool. The Department has updated the survey for 2017 to include important new measures that are known to influence student engagement and performance.

The survey results will be reported back to the school in Term 3.

Students privacy is our priority.

Your child will be provided with a unique login to complete the survey. The student login is an assigned identifier that may be used by the Department to combine data for research purposes only. Your child’s privacy and the confidentiality of your child’s survey responses will be protected at all times. No identifiable personal data is included in the survey response file.

This survey is not a test and your child has the right to refuse or withdraw from the survey at any point before, during, or after completion.

Want to know more?

Please email brent.houghton@mgc.vic.edu.au if you would like more information or see: Attitudes to School Survey

Regards,

Brent Houghton

Assistant Principal