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Tellus4 - C&YP views

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What do children and young people think about life, school, and the local area? The Tellus4 survey finds out.

The Tellus survey was developed to give information to Ofsted (http://www.ofsted.gov.uk), the national inspectors of standards in schools and local education authorities.

Tellus4 is a national online survey of children and young people. It gets their views about their life, school and local area, matching up with the five Every Child Matters (.pdf, 709KB)outcomes for all children and young people: Be Healthy; Stay Safe; Enjoy and Achieve; Make a Positive Contribution and Achieve Economic Well-being.

In 2009 more than a quarter of a million children and young people took part in the Tellus4 survey from school years 6, 8 and 10 in 3,699 schools. See what they said (.pdf, 1.75MB)

Soundbites from the report:

  • The majority of CYP who took part do not smoke or take drugs, and most of those who have tried alcohol do not get drunk regularly.
  • 59% of children and young people thought their school dealt well with bullying and this figure had increased from 35% in 2008.
  • 73% of Year 6 children said that teachers made their lessons fun and interesting, but by the time they got to Year 8 it dropped to 36%, and in Year 10  it was 30%.
  • Young people who had participated in positive activities (structured activities led by an adult) in the previous four weeks were less likely to have been drunk within the same four week period or to have ever taken drugs.
  • 49 % of children in Year 6 thought they would take further studies at college or sixth form; 21% thought they would get a job with training; and 2% thought they would be an apprentice.

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