Safeguarding Survey Pack

🔒 New for 2026 and fully aligned to the Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit 2025

Gathering meaningful stakeholder feedback on safeguarding is not simply a matter of asking whether pupils feel safe. Effective safeguarding surveys need to explore whether pupils know which adults to turn to and trust that they will be helped, whether parents feel confident in how the school handles concerns and communicates about online safety, and whether all staff – not just those in designated roles – understand their statutory duties and feel equipped to act on them.

This pack gives you everything you need to plan, administer, analyse and act on stakeholder feedback about safeguarding, and because the core survey templates come pre-populated with carefully considered questions, you can move from planning to distribution with minimal preparation time.

You'll get:

☑️ Three ready-to-use surveys – a pupil survey in two versions (emoji scale for younger or less confident pupils; Likert scale for older or more able pupils), a parent survey and a staff survey – all aligned to the 2025 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit

☑️ A question and statement bank covering feeling safe, trusted adults and reporting, well-being and support, relationships and healthy relationships education, safeguarding culture, statutory duties and scenarios, training and confidence, and reflection, challenge and inclusion

☑️ A survey analysis template with tally tables, open question theme tables, a summary and next steps section, and an Overall Summary Triangulation table with RAG ratings

☑️ A pre-survey checklist to guide you through each stage of the process, and four survey letter templates for communicating with parents and staff before and after the survey

☑️ An 18-page PDF guidance document covering the full survey cycle, and a free worked example to help you interpret and act on your results

All documents (excluding the PDFs) are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context.

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Safeguarding Survey Pack

Safeguarding Survey Pack

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What's in this Safeguarding Survey Pack?

This pack provides a complete, end-to-end system for gathering, analysing and acting on stakeholder feedback about safeguarding. Every document is aligned to the 2025 Ofsted School Inspection Toolkit, and the survey templates are pre-populated so your team can get started without having to build surveys from scratch.

You'll get:

☑️ Pupil Feedback Survey (two versions) – the first version uses a four-point emoji/faces scale and is designed for younger pupils or those who may find the Likert format more challenging; it includes eight closed questions and one open question covering whether pupils feel safe, whether adults help them feel safe, whether everyone is treated with kindness and respect, whether they know which adult to talk to if something is worrying them, whether they trust adults to help if they speak up, whether they know what to do about bullying, whether they have learned how to stay safe online, and whether adults have helped them look after their feelings. The second version uses a Likert scale (Strongly agree to Strongly disagree) with ten closed questions and two open questions, covering the same themes with more complex language and adding questions about keeping safe across different contexts (online, in school and in the community), understanding healthy and unhealthy relationships, and knowing what to do if struggling with mental health. Both versions avoid a neutral midpoint to encourage pupils to express a preference.

☑️ Parent Feedback Survey – 12 closed questions and 2 open questions using a four-point Likert scale, covering feeling safe and well supported, trusted adults and pupil voice, curriculum and online safety, and communication and responsiveness. Questions address whether parents feel pupils are safe at school, whether their child knows which adult to approach with a worry, whether the school teaches pupils to recognise risks online and offline, whether parents are kept informed about RSE provision, and whether safeguarding concerns raised by parents are dealt with promptly and effectively. Includes guidance on timing, distribution, anonymity and what to do with a small sample.

☑️ Staff Feedback Survey – 12 closed questions and 2 open questions using a four-point Likert scale, covering safeguarding culture and pupil safety, statutory duties and scenarios, training and confidence, and inclusion. Questions address whether pupils feel safe and know which adults to turn to, whether staff feel supported to carry out their safeguarding responsibilities, whether they know who the DSL is and how to record concerns (including low-level ones), what to do if the DSL is unavailable, how to raise a concern about another adult, confidence in recognising signs of abuse, neglect or exploitation, understanding of the Prevent duty, and whether safeguarding procedures are inclusive of pupils with SEND, non-verbal pupils and those with language barriers. An optional role field allows responses to be grouped by teaching and support staff, which can reveal whether support staff feel as confident in their statutory duties and knowledge as classroom teachers. Includes guidance on timing, distribution and target response rates.

☑️ Question and Statement Bank – a broad selection of additional prompts across all three stakeholder groups, organised by theme. Pupil themes include: feeling safe, trusted adults and reporting, well-being and support, and relationships and well-being (including healthy relationships, mental health and harmful behaviour). Parent themes include: feeling safe and well supported (including off-site and extended provision), trusted adults and pupil voice, curriculum and online safety, and communication and responsiveness. Staff themes include: safeguarding culture and pupil safety, statutory duties and scenarios, training and confidence (including Prevent, sexual violence and exploitation), and reflection, challenge and inclusion.

☑️ Survey Analysis Template – tally tables for recording closed responses question by question, open question theme tables for grouping qualitative feedback, a summary and next steps section for capturing key findings and actions, and an Overall Summary Triangulation table with RAG ratings to bring together responses from all three stakeholder groups in one place.

☑️ Pre-Survey Checklist – a step-by-step checklist taking you from clarifying the purpose of your survey through to distributing it, analysing results and updating your school improvement plan, so nothing gets missed at any stage of the process.

☑️ Survey Letter Templates – four editable letter templates: a notification letter and a feedback letter for parents, and a notification letter and a feedback letter for staff, ready to adapt for your school.

☑️ Guidance Document – an 18-page guide covering every stage of the survey cycle, from planning and design through to analysis, reporting and acting on difficult results, with practical advice for leaders at all stages of experience.

☑️ Worked Example – a PDF case study showing how the analysis template works in practice, using a scenario focused on achievement, progress and support for different groups of pupils. It can be read as a standalone guide or used alongside your own data, and is equally useful for new leaders approaching stakeholder surveys for the first time and experienced leaders looking to strengthen their approach.

All documents (excluding the PDFs) are fully editable so you can adapt them for your school's specific context.

Who should use this Safeguarding Survey Pack?

This pack is designed for headteachers, deputy headteachers and designated safeguarding leads who want to build a structured, evidence-based picture of safeguarding culture across their school community. It is particularly valuable as part of an annual safeguarding review, when preparing for an Ofsted inspection, or when a DSL wants to supplement their records and case data with systematic feedback from pupils, parents and staff.

DSLs and deputy DSLs will find the staff survey especially useful for identifying gaps in knowledge or confidence across the workforce – for example, whether staff are clear on recording procedures for low-level concerns, what to do when the DSL is unavailable, or how to raise a concern about another adult. The optional role field makes it straightforward to compare responses from teaching and support staff, and this comparison often reveals important differences that whole-staff averages would not surface.

Trust executives, safeguarding leads working across multiple schools and school improvement partners will find the consistent structure of the surveys makes it practical to gather comparable data across settings. The triangulation table in the analysis template supports cross-school review conversations and can inform decisions about where additional training, support or scrutiny is needed at trust level.

How can this pack help school leaders gather meaningful feedback on safeguarding?

This pack helps you tackle the most common challenges leaders face when planning and running stakeholder surveys on safeguarding.

"How do I find out whether pupils across the school – including those with SEND – know which adult to turn to and genuinely trust they will be helped?"
Both pupil surveys address this directly. The emoji-scale version asks whether pupils know which adult to talk to if something is worrying them and whether they trust that adult would help. The Likert-scale version extends this to ask whether pupils feel listened to when they raise worries and whether they know they can report concerns even outside the school setting. The Question and Statement Bank also includes prompts about whether pupils with SEND feel safe and whether safeguarding procedures are accessible to non-verbal pupils and those with language barriers, for use in focused follow-up conversations.

"What can I do to find out whether parents are aware of how the school handles safeguarding concerns, and whether they feel confident raising one?"
The parent survey includes questions on whether the school communicates clearly about safeguarding expectations and procedures, whether concerns raised by parents are dealt with promptly, and whether parents feel confident that all safeguarding concerns are taken seriously. The open question asking what the school could do differently to improve safeguarding or better support pupils' safety often produces specific, actionable suggestions – particularly around online safety communication and RSE.

"How can I check whether all staff – not just the DSL team – know what to do in urgent or complex safeguarding situations?"
The staff survey goes beyond generic confidence questions to ask specifically whether staff know how to record low-level or unclear concerns, what to do if the DSL is unavailable, and how to raise a concern about another adult working in school. These are the scenarios where gaps in knowledge or confidence are most likely to result in a delayed or incorrect response, and survey data in this area can directly inform the focus of future safeguarding training.

"How do I gather evidence that our safeguarding culture is strong and that staff feel supported to act, challenge and reflect?"
The staff survey asks whether the school consistently puts pupils' interests first even when this is difficult, whether staff feel safe and supported to carry out their responsibilities, and whether they feel confident that safeguarding procedures are inclusive of the most vulnerable pupils. The open question asking what could be improved in safeguarding procedures, training or culture frequently generates the most candid responses and is the most useful starting point for DSL reflective practice.

"How can I use pupil voice to demonstrate that pupils have been taught to keep themselves safe, both online and in the wider community?"
The Likert-scale pupil survey asks directly whether pupils have learned how to keep themselves safe across different contexts, whether they understand what bullying is and know what to do if they or someone else is affected, and whether they have learned about healthy and unhealthy relationships. For secondary schools, the Question and Statement Bank includes additional prompts on teenage relationship abuse and sexual violence and harassment for use in year-group or pastoral discussions.

Want to build on your safeguarding work?

Browse the full range of Honeyguide safeguarding resources to find tools that support every stage of your self-evaluation and school improvement work in this area.

Take leadership further...

Safeguarding Audit Pack

The Safeguarding Audit Pack goes further than surveying stakeholder views, evaluating the policies, systems and leadership practices that underpin the school's safeguarding arrangements. Where surveys capture how safe pupils, parents and staff feel and how confident staff are in their responsibilities, the audit examines the structures behind those experiences, from the rigour of safer recruitment processes and the quality of record-keeping, to how the DSL is supported and how the governing body exercises its safeguarding oversight function. Strong survey data is a valuable component of a robust safeguarding audit, and together they provide the rounded, evidence-informed self-evaluation that supports confident leadership and effective governance of this critical area.

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