A Guide to Kirkland Rowell Survey Results - GL Assessment€¦ · Kirkland Rowell Surveys is Module D7 - Stakeholder Surveys: Evaluation, Action and Impact.’ Schools can choose

A Guide to Kirkland Rowell Survey ResultsKirkland Rowell Surveys is the UK’s leading monitor ofparental, pupil and staff perceptions

“We were delighted with the service offered in providing our

students, staff and parents the opportunity to participate in the

Kirkland Rowell Surveys and look forward to using the detailed

analysis in helping us with our school improvement this year.”

Chris Vizzard, Deputy Headteacher, Dubai English Speaking College (DESC), UAE

Working with almost

3,000 schools for the

past 13 years worldwide

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Why choose Kirkland Rowell Surveys?

GL Performance

GL Performance, a division of the GL Education Group, is a leading provider of managementtools and resources that are designed to maximise the impact of school inspection, self-evaluation, school development planning and school improvement in primary and secondaryschools both in the UK and worldwide. Our Kirkland Rowell stakeholder surveys form animportant part of our portfolio, providing almost 3,000 schools worldwide with an accuratestatistical model of their performance as perceived by parents, pupils and staff.

Our Stakeholder Surveys

Our Kirkland Rowell parental, pupil and staff surveys generate management data on all ofyour school’s activities, whether primary or secondary, providing you with a self-evaluationsystem which satisfies all stakeholder requirements and helps you prepare for the inspectionprocess.

After completion of your choice of either online or paper-based questionnaires, the data isanalysed to produce statistically reliable reports which monitor the changing perceptions ofparents, pupils and staff. Findings are presented in a series of easy-to-understand graphsand tables and contain a full evidence summary for your inspection framework.

Our surveys recognise that stakeholders’ expectations are different in every school.Uniquely, we weight your results against what stakeholders say in similar schools, providingyou with important benchmarked data that has true meaning and relevance. The outcome:a wealth of useful data that forms a solid baseline for your self-evaluation, helping you tomake informed, strategic decisions efficiently and with confidence.

The Parental Survey

The Parental Survey uses a tailored questionnaire to report on the way pupils’ parentsperceive the school. A true awareness of your school’s perceived strengths andweaknesses, results are made even more meaningful by weighting them against whatparents usually say in similar schools.

The Pupil Survey

The Pupil Survey is made compatible with your tailored parental questionnaire, enabling youto compare and contrast what pupils say with what their parents think for all chosen criteria.

The Staff Survey

As well as comparing and contrasting attitudes of staff with those of parents, the StaffSurvey evaluates the perceptions of teaching staff, support staff and Governors, providingthe school management team with interesting insights and comparisons. The surveyinvestigates staff-specific issues such as professional development, relationship withdepartmental head, arrangements for staff cover and staff workload. Survey results areweighted against national averages for head teachers and support staff.

Country-specific self-evaluation evidence

Kirkland Rowell Surveys contain a full evidence summary for every school’s self-evaluationworldwide. We endeavour to update our survey reports with inspection criteria changes,within 4-6 weeks of changes being announced.

For further information please visit: www.gl-performance.co.uk/krs or www.gl-performance.ie/krs

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Understanding your Kirkland Rowell Survey results

The table below illustrates how to read secondary school data inyour survey report, enabling you to interpret and understand yoursurvey results more effectively. Primary schools can choose theirown subjects. The data highlights:

• levels of satisfactionfor a range ofcriteria deemedimportant by theparents

• levels of satisfactionfor core subjectstaught at the school

• the relativeimportance ofcriteria surveyed

• perceived strengthsand weaknesses ofthe school in thecurrent academicyear

• performance withregard to overallsatisfaction andimprovement.

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Levels of parental satisfaction

Do you know how your school’s parents feel about the level ofengagement with teachers in your school?

The table below identifies the percentage of parents who are unhappy (rating‘poor’ or ‘very poor’) alongside those who are happy (rating ‘good’ or ‘very good’)with the school’s performance in each non-academic area.

Results from both the Non-Academic and Additional sections of the survey reportare shown in the same way.


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Top priorities for improvement

The table below shows those criteria which are most important to parents – the highest scores indicate the greatestimportance.

Only highlighted rankings should be considered significant:

• Data highlighted in green shows that the school performs well within a criterion that is important to parents

• Data highlighted in red shows that the school does not perform well within a criterion that is important to parents

• The final two columns show the same information for the previous survey, for comparison.

Satisfaction


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Further analysis of key results

What is important to your school?

The report gives detailed analysis of otherkey findings from the survey including:

What is important to parents fromyour school compared to what isimportant to parents from similar

schools?

How do parent priorities changeas children get older?

Unique questions

Self-evaluation framework issues

Gender analysis

Parental values

Homework

Year group analysis

Academic stretch

Unexpected results

What is important to parents fromyour school compared to what

your teachers deem as important?

Non-academic criteria

How do parent priorities change bygender of child?

Time series analysis

School performance

Standard analysis


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Kirkland Rowell Surveys Analysis & Interpretation Services

To help leadership teams realise the full potential of their KirklandRowell survey data, GL Performance has developed a series ofInterpretation & Analysis Services for schools that undertake parent,pupil and staff surveys.

While Kirkland Rowell Surveys report data gives you a completeholistic overview of what is important to your stakeholders and theirpriorities for school improvement, effective interpretation andanalysis of that data empowers your school’s leadership team todevelop strategies and effectively target resources in the areas thatreally matter.

Our cost effective services help you identify and understand the keyoutcomes from your school’s most recent Kirkland Rowell parent,pupil and staff surveys. These are the ideal choice for those schoolslooking to realise the full potential of their Kirkland Rowell Surveydata.

The services also save you considerable time, by highlighting thecommonalities and differences between each of your keystakeholder surveys, allowing you to focus on resulting actions asopposed to further data analysis.

In addition, our Peer Review and Consultancy services partners youwith an experienced facilitator, offering support to your seniorleadership team to help prioritise appropriate strategies andimprovements plans. To enable this level of analysis, schools mustallow their facilitator access to their Kirkland Rowell Survey data.

Our Professional Development Services also provide a wide rangeof modules to support school improvement. All have beendeveloped as 3 hour sessions for maximum flexibility and may bepurchased singly, or in combination. Specifically tailored for users ofKirkland Rowell Surveys is Module D7 - Stakeholder Surveys:Evaluation, Action and Impact.’

Schools can choose from the following services:

1. Combined Executive ReportThis is an executive summary integrating the main findings and keyoutcomes of your most recent Kirkland Rowell parent, pupil andstaff surveys, in one report.

£125 +VAT (for 2 surveys)£150 +VAT (for 3 surveys)

2. Peer Review ReportEnhancing the information given in the Combined Executive Report,this service provides additional strategic commentary from theanalysis of your reports by one of our senior facilitators. Additionalcommentary is added to the key outcomes, identifying areas forfurther investigation and discussion.

£345 +VAT (for 2 surveys)£395 +VAT (for 3 surveys)

3. Follow-Up ConsultancyAn experienced facilitator works with the schools senior leadershipteam to identify the strategic implications for school improvementand key questions from the survey. This provides the focus for an inschool discussion of 2-3 hours, led by the facilitator, examiningappropriate strategies and processes, ultimately helping the schoolto identify and prioritise actions. Following the meeting, schoolsreceive a summary report of the visit.

Price on Application

A word on Quality AssuranceTo ensure our services have maximum input, our accreditedfacilitators have extensive experience at senior leadership level inschools and are all experienced in working with schools on the useof data to inform school improvement and review. In addition, ourISO 27001 accreditation means your data is safe with us.


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Contact us:

For further information or to arrange a no-obligation consultation contact us at:

Kirkland Rowell Surveys29 Northumberland SquareNorth ShieldsTyne and WearNE30 1PWUK

T: +44 (0)191 270 8270 / 087-9761265 (ROI)F: +44 (0)191 296 2643E: [email protected] / [email protected]

www.gl-performance.co.uk/krswww.gl-performance.ie/krs

“…it is more important than ever

to gather your own stakeholder

feedback for inspection. In order to

be prepared for any inspection, we

strongly recommend that schools

undertake independent and robust

stakeholder surveys such as those

provided by our recommended

provider Kirkland Rowell Surveys.”

Jan Webber, Inspection Specialist, ASCL


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A Guide to Kirkland Rowell Survey Results - GL Assessment€¦ · Kirkland Rowell Surveys is Module D7 - Stakeholder Surveys: Evaluation, Action and Impact.’ Schools can choose