English Teaching in Your School

You and Your School

We are exploring current practice in English lessons in UK schools. This survey should take no more than 5-10 minutes. You may answer anonymously. If you are interested in discussing your responses further, you can share your name and email at the end. All answers will be anonymised and never publicly linked to you or your school. Thank you for your time.

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* 1. Your role (Select one)

SLT

Head of Department

Second in Department

Lead Practitioner

KS3 Lead

KS4 Lead

KS5 Lead

Classroom Teacher

ECT

Other (please specify)

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* 2. School type (Select one)

State selective (e.g. grammar), in a MAT or Federation

State selective (e.g. grammar), not in a MAT or Federation

State non-selective, in a MAT or Federation

State non-selective, not in a MAT or Federation

Private selective

Private non-selective

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Age range (Select one)

8–13

11–16

11–18

14–19

16–19

Other (please specify)

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* 4. DfE region (Select one)

London: Inner

London: Outer

London: Fringe

East of England

East Midlands

West Midlands

North East

North West

South West

South East

Yorkshire and Humber

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* 5. Approximate % of students on Free School Meals (2025–26) (Select one)

Less than 5%

5–9%

10–19%

20–29%

30–39%

More than 40%

Don’t know

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* 6. Approximate % of students with English as an Additional Language (2025–26) (Select one)

Less than 5%

5–9%

10–19%

20–29%

30–39%

More than 40%

Don’t know

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* 7. Student attainment (2024–25)

Approximate % attaining GCSE grade 4+ in English Language

Approximate % attaining GCSE grades 7–9 in English Language

Approximate % attaining GCSE grade 4+ in English Literature

Approximate % attaining GCSE grades 7–9 in English Literature