Teacher Survey: Honest & Shareable Insights

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What made you want to become a teacher in the first place? What was the thing that attracted you to teaching?* This field is required.
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Knowing what you know now, would you still choose teaching as a career?* This field is required.
Definitely yes
Probably yes
Not sure
Probably no
Definitely no
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If not sure or no, why?
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What is the best thing about being a teacher that people outside education don’t understand?* This field is required.
5
What is the hardest part of teaching that prospective teachers should know about before they start?* This field is required.
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What surprised you most about teaching once you actually started?* This field is required.
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Which part of the job takes up more of your time than you expected?* This field is required.
Planning
Marking/assessment
Behaviour management
Administration
Meetings
Pastoral support
Parent communication
Something else
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What do you think makes someone genuinely good at teaching? Not what looks good on an application — what actually matters in the classroom.* This field is required.
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What do you wish someone had told you before you trained to become a teacher?* This field is required.
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If someone you cared about was considering teaching, what one piece of advice would you give them?* This field is required.
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What is one thing you would change about the way we recruit, train or support teachers?* This field is required.
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How many times have you said: “I’ll just quickly…” and then still been working two hours later?* This field is required.
Never
Occasionally
Regularly
That’s basically my career
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Which phrase strikes fear into your heart?* This field is required.
“Can I have a word?”
“There’s been an email.”
“Ofsted are coming.”
“My mum wants to speak to you.”
“Can you just cover this lesson?”
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What’s your most-used teacher phrase? (e.g., “I’ve asked you three times.”, “Where’s your planner?”, “That’s not appropriate.”, “I’m waiting.”, “We don’t throw things.”, “This will be on the test.”)* This field is required.
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What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever found in a student’s bag, classroom, desk or coat pocket? (No names. No schools. Just the weird stuff.)* This field is required.
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Be honest: what’s the real reason you became a teacher?* This field is required.
I wanted to change lives ❤️
I love my subject
School holidays
I like talking
I wasn’t sure what else to do
I genuinely enjoy working with young people
Someone told me I’d be good at it
It was definitely the holidays
Other
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If you selected 'Other', please specify:
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If you could go back to the day before you started teacher training, what would you tell yourself?* This field is required.
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