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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF


QUESTIONS FOR SCHOOL STAFF POLL

Dear GMB Member,

GMB believes school support staff are forced to bear the brunt of huge cuts to the education budget imposed by this Government. We think this is utterly wrong and continue to fight for our members’ jobs and working conditions – not to mention our children’s education.

Part of this fight is exposing the increasingly challenging conditions many school staff are forced to work under – which is the purpose of this questionnaire.

We appreciate some of the questions below relate to difficult and stressful situations, and we don’t ask them lightly. We want to build up a picture of how tough things are getting in our schools and would like to share your responses, anonymously, with supportive journalists ahead of our congress in June.

We promise nothing will ever be published that could identify you, or your school.

This information will provide an update to the major survey GMB of 2015/16, regarding violence in schools, and will enable us to see how changes, including the cuts in budgets and reduction in staff numbers have affected members’ experiences.

Thanks for your help

GMB Press Team

1.Name:
2.Email:
3.Phone Number:
4.Membership Number (if you have it):
5.What kind of school do you work in?
6.Name of school:
7.Local authority:
8.Academy group (if applicable):
9.Is your role classroom based?
Violent Incidents
10.How often do you experience violence/physical abuse at school? At least once per:
11.Have you ever suffered an injury as a result of violence/physical abuse at school?
12.Who have you experienced violence/physical abuse from?
13.Can you tell us about your experience?

14.Have you experienced sexually inappropriate behaviour from pupils (including verbal comments, inuendo, inappropriate touching and the taking of inappropriate pictures - sometimes known as 'upskirting')?
15.If yes, is there anything more you can tell us about what happened?
Your Working Conditions
16.How many unpaid hours do you work on average each week?
17.How many hours work do you do at home each week?
18.Have your paid working hours changed over the last year?
School Finances
19.Has your school been forced to make significant financial cut backs?
20.Have these affected you directly?
21.If yes, can you tell us any more about that?
22.Have you felt obliged to spend your own money on things for the children (food, toilet paper, brought resources from home etc)
23.If you have, can you tell us any more about your experiences?
24.How has your school’s funding for staff training changed over the last 12 months?
25.Have you received training funded by the school during the last 12 months?
26.Is there anything else you’d like to tell us?
27.We would like to share your responses, anonymously, with supportive journalists ahead of our congress in June.

Our press team will make sure there is nothing published that can identify you.

Please let us know if you are not happy for us to do this.
28.We might want to contact you to discuss you answers, please let us know if you are happy for us to do this?
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