North Dorset Practical Vocational Courses Survey 2011 STUDENT VOICE

1. Student Voice

Please take a few minutes to answer all the questions in this survey. The information you give us will help us to ensure that Practical Vocational/Diploma courses continue to offer students a high quality and valuable educational experience.

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* 1. Your name

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* 2. Your school

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* 3. Year Group

Year 10

Year 11

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* 4. Name of the Course that you follow:

Animal Care

Catering

Construction at The Blandford School

Construction at Skills4Life

Equine

Land-based @ Rylands Farm

Land-Based @ Windmill

Motor Vehicles @ Paragon

Motor Vehicles @ Gillingham Youth Centre

Performing Engineering Operations

Practical Countryside

Salon Services

Diploma in ICT (SNHS)

Diploma in Environment and Land-Based (KMC)

Diploma in Sport and Active Leisure (Shaftesbury)

Diploma in Hospitality and Catering (Shaftesbury)

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* 5. Based on your experience of the course so far, how do you rate the following:

	Excellent	Good	Okay	Not very good	Poor
The quality of teaching	The quality of teaching Excellent	The quality of teaching Good	The quality of teaching Okay	The quality of teaching Not very good	The quality of teaching Poor
Staff/student relationships	Staff/student relationships Excellent	Staff/student relationships Good	Staff/student relationships Okay	Staff/student relationships Not very good	Staff/student relationships Poor
The resources (equipment)	The resources (equipment) Excellent	The resources (equipment) Good	The resources (equipment) Okay	The resources (equipment) Not very good	The resources (equipment) Poor
The course itself	The course itself Excellent	The course itself Good	The course itself Okay	The course itself Not very good	The course itself Poor
The balance between practical work and theory	The balance between practical work and theory Excellent	The balance between practical work and theory Good	The balance between practical work and theory Okay	The balance between practical work and theory Not very good	The balance between practical work and theory Poor
The quality of feedback from the tutor	The quality of feedback from the tutor Excellent	The quality of feedback from the tutor Good	The quality of feedback from the tutor Okay	The quality of feedback from the tutor Not very good	The quality of feedback from the tutor Poor
The information provided by the school/college about the course before you started	The information provided by the school/college about the course before you started Excellent	The information provided by the school/college about the course before you started Good	The information provided by the school/college about the course before you started Okay	The information provided by the school/college about the course before you started Not very good	The information provided by the school/college about the course before you started Poor
The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before you started the course	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before you started the course Excellent	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before you started the course Good	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before you started the course Okay	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before you started the course Not very good	The open day/taster session provided by the school/college before you started the course Poor

Optional comment

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* 6. What do you like MOST about the course?

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* 7. What do you like LEAST about the course?

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* 8. Would you recommend this course to others?

Yes

Not sure

Why?

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* 9. Does the travelling to and from the course put you off the course in any way?

Yes, alot

Yes, a little

No not really

No not at all

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* 10. When you were making your option choices, who did you talk to about these choices?

Parents

Older brother or sister

Grandparents/other family members

Classmates

Older friends

Personal Advisor from Connexions

Work Related Learning Co-ordinator

Subject teachers

(School)Tutor

Head of Year

Mentor

Course tutor during taster session/open day

Other school staff

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* 11. How useful did you find the meeting with the following people

	Very useful	Quite useful	Not very useful	N/A
Personal Advisor from Connexions	Personal Advisor from Connexions Very useful	Personal Advisor from Connexions Quite useful	Personal Advisor from Connexions Not very useful	Personal Advisor from Connexions N/A
Work Related Learning Co-ordinator	Work Related Learning Co-ordinator Very useful	Work Related Learning Co-ordinator Quite useful	Work Related Learning Co-ordinator Not very useful	Work Related Learning Co-ordinator N/A
(School) Tutor	(School) Tutor Very useful	(School) Tutor Quite useful	(School) Tutor Not very useful	(School) Tutor N/A
Head of Year	Head of Year Very useful	Head of Year Quite useful	Head of Year Not very useful	Head of Year N/A
Other school staff	Other school staff Very useful	Other school staff Quite useful	Other school staff Not very useful	Other school staff N/A
Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening	Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening Very useful	Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening Quite useful	Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening Not very useful	Course Tutor during a taster session/open evening N/A

What factors made these meetings particularly useful? (e.g. time to discuss my future, up-to-date information, provided me with useful contacts)

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* 12. This section is about how safe you feel on the course. Read the statements below and select the statement that best reflects your feelings about each statement

	I agree strongly	I agree	I neither agree nor disagree	I disagree	I disagree strongly
I am sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course	I am sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I agree strongly	I am sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I agree	I am sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I neither agree nor disagree	I am sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I disagree	I am sometimes verbally bullied travelling to and from the course I disagree strongly
I am sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course	I am sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I agree strongly	I am sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I agree	I am sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I neither agree nor disagree	I am sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I disagree	I am sometimes physically bullied travelling to and from the course I disagree strongly
I am sometimes verbally bullied during the course	I am sometimes verbally bullied during the course I agree strongly	I am sometimes verbally bullied during the course I agree	I am sometimes verbally bullied during the course I neither agree nor disagree	I am sometimes verbally bullied during the course I disagree	I am sometimes verbally bullied during the course I disagree strongly
I am sometimes physically bullied during they course	I am sometimes physically bullied during they course I agree strongly	I am sometimes physically bullied during they course I agree	I am sometimes physically bullied during they course I neither agree nor disagree	I am sometimes physically bullied during they course I disagree	I am sometimes physically bullied during they course I disagree strongly
I am bullied more during my vocational course than I am at my home school	I am bullied more during my vocational course than I am at my home school I agree strongly	I am bullied more during my vocational course than I am at my home school I agree	I am bullied more during my vocational course than I am at my home school I neither agree nor disagree	I am bullied more during my vocational course than I am at my home school I disagree	I am bullied more during my vocational course than I am at my home school I disagree strongly
Staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur	Staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I agree strongly	Staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I agree	Staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I neither agree nor disagree	Staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I disagree	Staff usually deal effectively with any bullying incidents that occur I disagree strongly

Please note: If you are being bullied in any way, we would like to disuss this with you further. Are you areeable to this? Please give more details about what form any bullying you experience takes (i.e what do the bullies say/do?)

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* 1. Your name

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* 2. Your school

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* 3. Year Group

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* 4. Name of the Course that you follow:

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* 5. Based on your experience of the course so far, how do you rate the following:

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* 6. What do you like MOST about the course?

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* 7. What do you like LEAST about the course?

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* 8. Would you recommend this course to others?

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* 9. Does the travelling to and from the course put you off the course in any way?

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* 10. When you were making your option choices, who did you talk to about these choices?

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* 11. How useful did you find the meeting with the following people

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* 12. This section is about how safe you feel on the course. Read the statements below and select the statement that best reflects your feelings about each statement

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* 13. What are you planning to do when you have completed this course?