National Schools Consultation

The Kidz Board has launched a consultation of disabled children across England by targeting over 20,000 state-run primary, secondary and special educational needs schools.

The consultation takes the form of a confidential questionnaire, and aims to take a national picture of modern school life – both inside the classroom and out – for disabled pupils and students.

If you are a young disabled person, aged 8 to 19, and attend any school or college in England, you can take part in the survey here.

Parents or carers of young disabled people who may need assistance to fill out the survey should of course support them to do so.

Download a pdf version of the survey to fill in and send back via post here.

The far-reaching survey was conceived and created by the Kidz Board themselves, all aged between 13 and 19 – who are actively involved in raising awareness of the charity and advising on key issues.

It has the backing of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DSCF) – and has been sent out in Children’s Secretary Ed Balls MPs’ regular email to schools.

If you are a teacher, you can find lesson plan ideas and Guidance Notes here (open as PDF), and parents may find these useful too.

We hope to receive raw results in late November, presenting the findings to the DCSF on December 10.

We aim to formally publish the consultation findings publicly later in 2010. Thank you for getting involved – this is a really important project for us to and will support making education for young disabled people enjoyable, challenging and fun.