[senco-forum] how many pupils are disafffected in your school ?

Janice, As a means of measuring, what about responses to PASS? (Pupil
attitude to self and school.) All schools in our authority are now using
this and the results scrutinised and quoted for various purposes, even for
ofsted via the SEF. Scrutiny of individual responses often throws up
surprises though I am personally sceptical as to how genuinely these views
are expressed. Also, the survey needs reading to many who do not have a high
enough reading age. 
Much credence is being attached locally to the process though.
Regards
Diana

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Subject: [senco-forum] how many pupils are disafffected in your school ?

I've been helping someone out with their Masters and she's doing it about
disaffected pupils. 

Now, it depends how you define this but I wondered how many pupils you
thought were disaffected in your school.

People tend to think of the high profilers I think - those who are a pain,
we do PSPs for and call in behaviour support etc. They're the noisy ones who
won't put up with it.

I think there are many more, just quietly working away, bored and not really
connected with what is going on in school but not making too many waves. I
reckon there could be 15 or so in most years (168 in a year) maybe 10% - and
that's really just a guess.

What do others think ?
How would you measure disaffection ? Is there a questionnaire you could give
kids, like a learning styles questionnaire ?

Just a thought

JaniceJanice Wray Secondary SENCO, Herts
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