Gloucestershire Pupil Wellbeing Survey and GHLL

The Gloucestershire Pupil Wellbeing Survey (PWS) has replaced the former Online Pupil Survey, which was first carried out in 2006 and has been repeated every 2 years. The PWS is commissioned and funded by Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) and is run by an independent research company. The purpose of the PWS is to provide information on the health and wellbeing of children and young people attending schools and colleges in Gloucestershire, with the aim of informing work both in and outside schools to improve the lives and outcomes of the county’s young people. The PWS uses age-appropriate questionnaires and is carried out in specific year groups in primary, secondary and post 16 education. There is also a version for children and young people with special educational needs. Participation is voluntary. The questionnaire covers a range of areas including young people’s lifestyle choices and behaviours, emotional wellbeing, relationships, school experience and safety.

Gloucestershire Healthy Living and Learning (GHLL) was launched in 2012 to support and promote health and wellbeing in schools and colleges across Gloucestershire, with the aim of helping children and young people to achieve their full potential and lead healthy and happy lives. The GHLL programme was developed by GCC. It provides schools with resources and training to support teachers to support their students on issues relating to their physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. GHLL’s work is informed by the findings of the PWS as well as other surveys.

The GCC Prevention, Wellbeing and Communities (PWC) Children’s team (commissioners of both PWS and GHLL) have produced this survey to gather views from a range of stakeholders which will be used to inform future service planning for PWS and GHLL. We greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete the survey.