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Engagement work: Secondary sector update summer term 2021

This page was updated on 07/10/2021

This report summarises the findings from engagement phone calls and visits made to secondary schools between the end of March 2021 and the end of May 2021. The report is based on the information discussed during in-person and remote meetings with headteachers, senior leaders, teachers and pupils. The main focus for each discussion was wellbeing, teaching and learning, the curriculum, professional learning and several sector specific matters such as qualifications and the arrangements for Centre Determined Grades. Proportions relate to the sample of schools that we contacted during this reporting period.

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