Eleventh joint QCA/UCAS survey into 14-19 curriculum - available from 1 June 2009

I would like to thank those of you who have contributed to these surveys, conducted since the implementation of Curriculum 2000, and to ask you all to contribute to the eleventh in the series. This survey is an essential part of our national understanding of the 14-19 curriculum.

The aim of the survey this year, as in previous years, is to obtain a comprehensive snapshot of the perception and activities of educational centres in England around the 14-19 Reform Programme. This picture will be representative of all types of centre, including selective/non-selective, state/independent, mainstream/special school/pupil referral unit, and of those centres with learners aged 14 - 16, 16 - 19 or 14 - 19.



The Survey you fill in will depend on which school type you are, please follow the relevant link
State SelectiveState selective schools
IndependentIndependent schools
State Comprehensive
Community, Academies, City Technology Colleges, Voluntary aided and Voluntary Controlled schools 		State comprehensive schools
Further Education (FE)Further education (FE)
Sixth Form CentreSixth form centres
Special School
Community, Foundation, Independent approved for SEN pupils, Non-maintained, Other Independent and Special colleges 		Special schools
Pupil Referral Unit and Secure Unit (PRU)Pupil referral unit / secure unit

This year we have provided a separate help text to assist you with completing the survey. If you would like to talk over your response please do call us using the contact details below. If you would like to gather your thoughts prior to completing the survey online, the word document is here.

Your response will assist us to:

  • seek comments from centres about their experience and thoughts on how the Reform Programme may affect them and their students
  • establish a 'baseline' for evaluating forthcoming and future developments
  • assess the level of collaborative provision in 14-19 education
  • gain feedback on the Diploma.

Given the scale of the upcoming reforms it is more important than ever that we hear your views. The findings will be shared with other agencies including the DCSF, Ofsted and the Association of Colleges. Your comments will feed into forthcoming development work, and assist higher education in formulating appropriate entry requirements. I therefore hope that you will find the time to contribute by completing the questionnaire.

The report on the 2008 survey will be published by QCA in June 2009. If you are interested in our previous work you can access the last three surveys using the following links:

Survey on post-16 provision 2007 report

Survey on post-16 provision 2006 report

Survey on post-16 provision 2005 report

If you have any queries, or would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Tamsin Lord
Policy Unit
UCAS
policy@ucas.ac.uk
01242 544813