BDAT Staff Survey 2020 · Methodology •Survey Monkey (an online tool) was used to generate the survey. •A link was sent to all staff and reminders followed. Methodology cont

BDAT Staff Survey 2020

Introduction

Why?

• To find out the thoughts, feelings and experiences of colleagues from across the trust with regard to their wellbeing and attitudes.

• By understanding our colleagues we can support and retain our staff.

• By understanding our current staff we can use this understanding to recruit the best new staff to our trust.

• To develop our ambitions with regard to being an Employer of Choice

Methodology

• Survey Monkey (an online tool) was used to generate the survey.

• A link was sent to all staff and reminders followed.

• Data was collected between the 20th January and the 17th February 2020.

Methodology cont.

• Data was tidied up, colleagues who’s responses clearly indicated they were in the ‘wrong’ group were moved.

Responses such as retirement were indicated.

• Quantitative responses were numerically coded and mean scores were calculated for each response and each group. (A lower mean number indicated a more positive response).

A statistical significance of 0.25 was applied to 5 mark questions (5%).

A statistical significance of 0.1 was applied to 2 mark questions (5%).

Any data showing statistal significance was highlighted in the evaluation.

• Qualitative responses for the open questions were analysed using a word cloud. The comments were informally coded to find key words and themes.

Dissemination

• Trust board

• Headteacher groups

• Comments about individual schools with be shared with phase directors and could be shared with Headteachers

• Staff voice workstream

• Talent management workstream

• 668 colleagues engaged with the survey and 67% (448) answered all the questions.

• Colleagues’ responses placed them in the following groups, not all colleagues indicated a group(s).

• Colleagues whose responses had placed themselves in the ‘wrong’ group were moved into their ‘correct’ group for analysis if their responses allowed this.

Teachers 278

Support Staff 310

Central Team 29

Primary 91 (42: Teachers 34: Support Staff 3: Central Team)

Secondary 61 (37: Teachers 18: Support Staff)

Section A - Staff Satisfaction: School setting, well being and work - Part 1

Q2

Q2 Mean Score Respons

es

All Staff 2.1 503

Teachers 2.1 217

Support Staff 2.1 226

Central Team 1.5 15

Primary 2.1 74

Secondary 1.9 47

94% of respondents to this question gave a positive answer.

Frequent words/themes: school, team, senior leaders, capacity.

Q3

Q3 Mean Score Respon

ses All Staff 2.5 500Teachers 2.4 216Support

Staff

2.6 221

Central

Team

2 16

Primary 2.3 72Secondary 2.2 46

84% of respondents to this question gave a positive answer, this is one of our lowest percentages of positive responses.

15 colleagues responded that workload is never taken into account.

Frequent words/themes: time, external pressures, lunch/break, support staff.

Q4 Q5

Q4 Mean

Score

Responses

All Staff 2.1 510Teachers 2.0 218Support

Staff

2.1 227

Central

Team

1.6 21


Q5 Mean

Score

Responses

All Staff 2.5 509

Teachers 2.4 218


Central Team 1.8 21

Primary 2.5 76

Secondary 2.3 50

• 88% of respondents gave a positive answer, although for each of the groups there were statistically significantly different results between whether colleagues felt valued by colleagues and leadership.

• For support staff the mean score for being valued by leadership is 2.6 (Sometimes)

Frequent words:Staff, team, leadership, colleagues, children.Theme to consider: Consistency.

Q6


es All Staff 2.0 507Teachers 2.1 217Support Staff 1.9 228Central Team 1.5 24Primary 2.1 76Secondary 2.0 49

97% of respondents gave a positive response.

Teachers are statistically less likely to enjoy their work.

Frequent words:Children, teaching, work, students.

Q7 Q8

• 96% of respondents to this question gave a positive answer to Q7 and 84% gave a positive answer to Q8, there is a statistically significant difference in these responses.

• In the responses to Q8 there is a notable difference in the responses from teachers and support staff and between colleagues identifying as either working in the primary or secondary phases.

Frequent words: Colleagues, team, staff, consistency, behaviour.

Q7 Mean

Score

Responses

All Staff 1.9 507Teachers 1.9 216Support Staff 1.8 224

Central Team 1.6 21


Q8 Mean Score Responses

All Staff 2.3 509

Teachers 2.5 225


Central Team 1.6 21

Primary 2.5 73

Secondary 2.1 49

Q9

82% of colleagues responded positively, this was a relatively low score.

19 colleagues felt they were never supported in their health and wellbeing.

Frequent words:Time, mental health.


esAll Staff 2.5 507Teachers 2.5 217Support Staff 2.5 224Central Team 2.0 20Primary 2.5 73Secondary 2.3 47



Q10 Q11

Q10 Mean

Score

Responses

All Staff 2.1 508Teachers 2.0 217Support Staff 2.2 225Central Team 1.5 20Primary 2.2 73Secondary 1.9 47

Q11 Mean

Score

Responses

All Staff 2.2 500

Teachers 2.3 217


Central Team 1.5 12

Primary 2.1 73

Secondary 2.5 47

• 94% of respondents gave positive responses to these questions. Teachers and those within the secondary phase felt positive when asked whether they were treated fairly and respected by staff. There was a statistically significant difference when these groups were asked the same question about fair treatment and respect from pupils.

• As this question asked about staff and not just about themselves, several colleagues showed through their answers that they could/should respond on behalf of others.

Q12 Q13

Q12 Mean

Score

Responses

All Staff 1.6 510Teachers 1.6 217Support Staff 1.5 226

Central Team 1.2 21




• 97% of respondents responded positively to Q12, whilst 84% of respondents responded positively to Q13.

Section A - Staff Satisfaction: School setting, well being and work - Part 1

A1 Mean Score

All Staff 2.16

Teachers 2.18

Support Staff 2.18

Central Team 1.62

Primary 2.23

Secondary 2.05

• Only the responses from the Central Team are statistically significantly different from that of the whole cohort.

Section A - Staff Satisfaction: School setting, well being and work - Part 1 cont.

All of the questions that we asked gave us positive responses.

Key themes:

Staff enjoy their work. Staff feel valued, supported and respected by colleagues, they know who to raise concerns with.

Staff would welcome more support with workload, health and wellbeing. Staff don’t feel as well supported, valued and respected by their leaders as they do by their colleagues.

Section B - Staff Satisfaction: Wellbeing and work - Part 2

Q14


es

All Staff 1.6 509

Teachers 1.7 217


Central Team 1.3 21

Primary 1.6 73

Secondary 1.7 48

• 98% of colleagues responded positively to this question.

• Frequent themes: For colleagues who didn’t feel able to say always this was often due to the behaviour of pupils.

Q15 Q16 Q17




All Staff 2.4 505

Teachers 2.3 217


Central Team 1.6 21

Primary 2.5 73

Secondary 2.3 47


All Staff 2.6 500

Teachers 2.5 216


Central Team 1.8 19

Primary 2.8 73

Secondary 2.5 47

• 86% of respondents answered positively to Q15.• 84% of respondents answered positively to Q16.• 75% of respondents answered positively to Q17 and 32 colleagues said they were never well communicated with

about development. The mean answer to this question was 2.6 (Sometimes) • There are variations between teachers and support staff and primary and secondary colleagues.

Q18

Q18 Mean Score ResponsesAll Staff 2.5 505Teachers 2.5 216Support Staff 2.6 222Central Team 1.7 19Primary 2.6 73Secondary 2.4 47

81% of colleagues answered this question positively, one of the lowest scores.

The data is similar to Q13 and on a similar theme.

Q19


All Staff 2.4 503

Teachers 2.9 215


Central Team 2.1 21

Primary 2.6 73

Secondary 2.5 47

84% of respondents responded positively to this question (2 who answered always stated they were p/t).

There was a statistically significant difference in the responses of the teachers and the support staff, with teachers mean score being 2.9 (sometimes). 23 colleagues said they never had a good work /life balance.

Only 4 colleagues chose to comment. All of them were keen not to ‘blame’ the school saying it was either their fault or the DfE.

Q20



96% of responses to this question were positive.

Frequent words:Student, school, education.

Q21: What I like about my school

Q22: My school would be better if:


B2 Mean Score

All Staff 2.2

Teachers 2.3

Support Staff 2.3

Central Team 1.7

Primary 2.4

Secondary 2.2

• Only the responses from the Central Team are statistically significantly different from that of the whole cohort.


Key themes:

Staff feel safe at work are proud to work at their schools. They like the people they work with; both colleagues and pupils.

Communication is an area to consider particularly for support staff and within the primary phase. Work/life balance could also be a consideration.

Section C - Staff retention and development

Q23

Q23 Mean Score ResponsesAll Staff 2.4 468 Teachers 2.3 209Support Staff 2.6 203Central Team 1.7 17Primary 2.3 73Secondary 2.3 48

84% of colleagues responded positively to this question. There was a statistically significant difference between the responses from teachers and support staff.

Frequent themes:Staff would welcome more CPD.

Q24


esAll Staff 2.4 467 Teachers 2.4 210Support Staff 2.4 205Central Team 1.9 17Primary 2.4 73Secondary 2.2 46

84% of colleagues answered this question positively.

Q25 Q26

• Colleagues gave a 56% positive responses. • Comparison with the Chartered College’s MCT review

which had 55% and 46% on similar questions.

• 72% of colleagues can see themselves working within BDAT in two years time, this rises to 73% when we take into account the 6 colleagues who state they are planning to retire.

• Frequent themes: My school.

Q25 Mean

Score

Responses

All Staff 1.4 467 Teachers 1.3 200Support Staff 1.6 195Central Team 1.2 18Primary 1.6 67Secondary 1.3 46


All Staff 1.3 464Teachers 1.3 199Support Staff 1.2 197Central Team 1 (100%) 18Primary 1.4 62Secondary 1.3 46

Q27 Q28


All Staff 1.4 459

Teachers 1.3 202


Central Team 1.2 16

Primary 1.4 68

Secondary 1.4 46

• Only 36% of colleagues said they were aware of trust CPD and progression routes. This is the only question, in this section, where we have a more negative responses than positive.

• There are notable differences between teachers and support staff and primary and secondary phases.

• 57% of colleagues said they were aware of their school’s CPD and progression routes, teachers are more likely to be aware.

• This is similar to the 46% found in the Chartered College’s MCT survey.


All Staff 1.6 463

Teachers 1.7 202


Central Team 1.3 20

Primary 1.5 67

Secondary 1.7 46


C Mean Score

All Staff 1.7

Teachers 1.7

Support Staff 1.8

Central Team 1.4

Primary 1.7

Secondary 1.7


Key themes:

• We have projected staff stability, which is key for our pupils.

• Staff would like to know more about the trust’s career and professional development.

Section D - About BDAT

Q30

Q30 Mean

Score

Responses


86% of respondents have not taken advantage of the My BDAT scheme.

Frequent themes: Time taken

Q31 Q32 Q33

Q31 Mean

Score

Responses

All Staff 1.2 434Teachers 1.2 193Support Staff 1.1 184Central Team 1 (100%) 16



All Staff 1.2 440

Teachers 1.2 196


Central Team 1 (100%) 16

Primary 1.2 66

Secondary 1.2 38


All Staff 1.3 421

Teachers 1.3 180


Central Team 1 (100%) 16

Primary 1.3 55

Secondary 1.4 38

• Together 84% of responses to these questions are positive, there is a statistically significant difference in the responses between teachers and support staff.

• (Very few comments made about these questions).

Q34

87% of colleagues answered this question positively, although the mean answer is sometimes.

These responses show a similar pattern, although a little lower, to those about communications from their schools, Q15-17.


All Staff 2.6 439

Teachers 2.7 197


Central Team 1.43 16

Primary 2.6 68

Secondary 2.8 43

Q35 - What do you like about working for BDAT? (168 Responses)

Q36 - What could BDAT improve to make us a better employer? (160)

Q37 - What do you think makes BDAT attractive to new staff? (125)

Q39 - What can BDAT do to retain existing staff?


D Mean Score

All Staff 1.6

Teachers 1.6

Support Staff 1.5

Central Team 1.2

Primary 1.6

Secondary 1.7


Key Themes:

• Colleagues are proud to work for BDAT, they understand the aims and ethos of the trust and how their works fits into these aims.

• Could we improve communication by the Trust?

• Are we making the most of the My BDAT Scheme, could we look at a bespoke customised scheme?

Overall: Celebrations:• Staff enjoy their work, they are proud to work at their schools and for the

trust.• There are positive relationships between colleagues, including central

team.• Projected stability of staff.• In the qualitative answers there was a strong feeling of family.

Areas for reflection: • Staff would welcome more support with workload, health and wellbeing. • Are staff clear about our CPD and career offers?• Communication.

Easy wins

• Thanks and gestures of appreciation go a long way, these can be simple.

• Staff would like to know more about the professional development opportunities that we have.

• Continue to develop, value and share the sense of family.

Reflections – Survey

• More explicit guidance about the information they gave about themselves – phase, role etc.

• Use four responses in the Likert scale .

• Start different colleagues on different sections to avoid question fatigue.

• Ask for more information length of time at their school, etc.

• Pilot future surveys.

Thank you

• Peter for writing and organising the survey.

• Caitlin for her help with the analysis.

Q29

Q29 Mean Score Responses All Staff 1.5 450Teachers 1.7 202Support Staff 1.5 193Central Team 1.3 13Primary 1.3 67Secondary 1.5 45

Q38 – What can BDAT do to be even more attractive to new staff? (94)

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BDAT Staff Survey 2020 · Methodology •Survey Monkey (an online tool) was used to generate the survey. •A link was sent to all staff and reminders followed. Methodology cont