Children’s feedback is very important to the PINS Programme, and we encourage you to seek the views of children in your school, especially those children you think may benefit from the programme.
We also want to ensure the views of children who may not attend school on a regular basis are represented. Children can provide feedback in any way that suits their needs. You know your children best and how to capture voice, so you are free to use what approach you like.
The pupil voice assessment should feed into the school’s overall assessment We know it may not be possible for some schools to complete the pupil voice assessment by the 23rd May deadline. If you are unable to complete the Pupil Voice assessment, the project team will reserve 1 day of the 5 days support until this is complete. This will ensure that if anything comes out of student voice this can be addressed by the remaining day.
There is a Children’s Voice Self-Assessment Tool which is aligned with the six self-assessment domains, so that children’s feedback can feed into your school support priorities. In addition the Participation toolkit on the local offer has ideas on activities which can be used. The SEND Engagement & Participation Officer will be running 2 drop-in for schools who may need some support on how to do this.
Further information about the pupil voice assessment tool can be found in the pdf below.