Pupils' Survey 2005

Lionel School

Pupils' Survey 2005

This Quality Assurance Pupil Survey was completed by 62 pupils from Primary 4 - Secondary 2 anonymously, representing almost 100% of eligible pupils freely expressing their personal opinions.

THE SCHOOL AND THE CLASSROOM	All the time	Most of the time	Some of the time	Never
I enjoy being at school	10	77	11	2
I find school work interesting	4	44	50	2
I get homework to do	19	62	19	0
I feel that I am learning and making progress	39	56	5	0
I get to use computers to help me with my work	14	39	42	5
I get bored in class	0	9	72	19
I am unhappy in class	0	5	41	54
I am worried I can’t do the work	2	7	47	44
I feel the Head Teacher knows who I am	60	26	10	4
There are lots of activities after school	49	36	15	0
There are lots of activities at lunchtime	17	32	41	10
The school is clean and tidy	48	39	10	3
I feel unsafe in the playground because of some of the other pupils	3	8	6	83
I wish I could be on the school Pupil Council	17	18	35	30
I enjoy lunches in the school cafeteria	26	43	22	9
I use my water bottle in class	10	7	47	36

Comment: The majority of pupils enjoy school, usually find school work interesting and feel that they are learning and making progress. Very few indeed are bored, unhappy, worried or feel unsafe in the school. They are happy with the provision of extra-curricular activities, particularly after school, and feel that the school has a clean and tidy environment. The majority enjoy school lunches in the cafeteria, but generally do not very often use their water bottles in class.

TEACHERS	All the time	Most of the time	Some of the time	Never
Teachers give you a good hearing	34	56	10	0
Teachers show respect for pupils	55	37	6	2
My teachers tell me how well I am doing	32	55	13	0
My teachers are fair to me	39	50	11	0
Teachers treat all pupils fairly	49	50	11	0
When I am having difficulty teachers often know and give me help	45	44	11	0
I feel able to ask teachers when I don’t understand something	67	25	8	0
Teachers give me a chance to ask what they want for homework	32	36	14	18
After I have done homework teachers talk to me about it	16	43	30	11
Teachers aren’t strict enough with pupils who misbehave	6	14	39	41
Teachers bring out the best in you	32	48	18	2

Comment: Overall, the pupils regard their relationship with the teaching staff as being very good. The pupils feel strongly that the teachers are firm but fair with them, fell valued by the teachers, and feel that they are given the help they need with classwork and homework.

WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY	Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree
There is a good range of extra-curricular activities in the school	35	60	5	0
School buildings are kept clean and in good order	32	66	2	0
If pupils complain, teachers just close ranks on us	3	21	65	11
I really feel teachers know me as an individual	34	56	10	0
Homework should be spread more evenly across the week	18	56	21	5
Teachers are approachable and sympathetic	16	68	13	3
There are some school rules which I don’t agree with	8	29	50	13
There should be no uniform	22	25	31	22
Girls should have the option of wearing trousers in school	55	37	6	2
I can easily get help with school work	36	58	6	0
I would like to be more involved in important decisions	29	51	21	0
Lionel should not be downgraded to primary school only	60	18	8	14
Lionel should be upgraded to S4 to give pupils more choice	45	32	16	7
Lionel should be upgraded to S6 to give pupils more choice	31	25	31	13
There should be a Pupil Council in the school	47	47	5	1
There is a good choice of food at every lunch break	31	51	13	5
Children get good education in computing	32	58	10	0
School trips are good fun	86	11	3	0
The new sports centre will be excellent	92	6	2	0

Comment: Overall, the overview of the school by pupils is generally very positive. There are strong views against closure of the Secondary department of the school, and support for potentially upgrading the existing provision. Although some pupils have commented about the canteen, there is approval overall regarding the good choice of food every lunch break. Finally, school trips are perceived as great successes, and the pupils are looking forward enthusiastically towards the new Spòrsnis Centre.

The 62 pupils have spoken ....... and here are some of their individual comments:

"Lionel School should definitely not be downgraded, as it is crazy to send S1s at 11 to 12 years old to Stornoway"
"I do not want the school to close"
"I do not want the school to close!!"
"Hope that Lionel won't close down secondary. It is a great privilege to have been to Lionel. Thank you Lionel."
"I don't think Lionel School should (close) because it is such an extraordinary and amazing and fantastic school"
"I very strongly disagree that Lionel should be closed!"
" I enjoy being at school a lot and I think the activities are good after school"
"They are being very nice to us because they're giving us a sports centre which we will use"
"I am glad there are bins on the pitch and now it looks much cleaner"
"School is always good, school trips rule and I can't wait for the sports centre to be finished, it is going to be great!"
"I think that Sporsnis will benefit the school a lot once open"
"I am looking forward to the new sports centre. It will be cool"
"Hate homework"
"There should be a school newspaper featuring everybody"
"There should be more computers"
"I sometimes feel as if my teacher doesn't hear all sides of the story before dishing out punishment"
"Cheaper, larger meals"
"Fix price issues in cafeteria"
"I think that the prices in the school cafeteria are extortionate! They should reduce the price on everything!"
"Sometimes in the canteen there isn't enough food for everyone, it is very annoying!"
"If the food in the cafeteria was better less people would have packed lunches"
"The only thing I can suggest is to improve the school cafeteria (a lot)"
"We should have once a week a place where people can talk to buddies about problems or issues"
"P5 aren't allowed play badminton but why can't they?"
"We should get a tiny bit longer breaks"