The Parents Promise - Separation and education survey for education professionals

The Parents Promise is a group of organisations, and individuals, who believe that all children deserve the most positive experience possible during parental separation or divorce.

Our aim is to create a genuinely child-focussed society and better systems to ensure the long-term wellbeing of children when parents separate. The Parents Promise Education Project will look at parental separation and school and what resources could be created to better support children, parents and educational professionals.

For more information on our members and our previous work visit our website www.theparentspromise.org.uk
All information collected is confidential/anonymous
1.What type of school are you in?
2.Are you in the private or state sector?
3.What is your position? Tick all that apply.
4.When do you most commonly find out about a divorce or separation between parents?
5.As a general rule, do you find it easy to communicate with separated parents about their child
6.When communication with separated parents is difficult, what are the main issues you encounter?
7.Do you find that the school sometimes becomes a source of, or location for, conflict between separated parents?
8.Have you ever felt threatened (physically, verbally) from a parent or new partner?
9.Does your school have a clear policy on how to communicate and manage all issues well with separated parents?
10.Have you had any training to understand children’s needs and rights in the context of separation?
11.If yes, who delivered the training?
12.Have you had any training on the legal aspects of children’s rights and needs in any family separation?
13.If yes, who delivered the training?
14.Does your school have a nominated member of staff who leads on the area of family separation? (In the same way that many schools have a nominated mental health lead.)
15.What resources or policies are available at your school to support separating families and their children (tick all that apply):
16.Do you ever see parental separation affecting (please tick all that apply)
17.Do you feel confident to talk to children whose parents are separating about what they are going through?
18.If you answered no is there anything you could suggest/support that could be provided to make it easier to talk to children about this subject?
19.If you could wave a magic wand, what support, resources or training would you want to help you support children dealing with parental separation?
20.Would you be willing to be interviewed by one of our researchers so we can find out more about your experience of supporting separating families within your school community? Interview responses will be anonymous and the data will help us better understand the support and tools that schools would find helpful.
21.If yes, please provide your email address:
22.Would you like to be emailed the resources that we create as a result of this project?
23.If yes, please provide your email address:
24.Your responses will be anonymous but in order to better understand the data we’re collecting, we’d appreciate the following information. What local authority are you in?