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School Leaders Survey: Sharing insights, emerging opportunities and challenges facing the nation’s schools

We’re inviting you and other leaders of the nation's schools and academies to share your views in our School Leaders Survey.

We capture and share your views on the policy landscape, strategic priorities for schools and trusts explore emerging challenges facing the sector. These topical sections have included Ofsted reform, parental complaints, SEND and the use of AI.

We’re really keen to hear about your experience and to understand how changes across the sector are impacting you, your staff and pupils.

Survey Previous school leaders survey results

The School Leaders Survey (Summer 2025) is now open! 

We’re keen to hear what leaders of the nation's schools and academies think about emerging policy priorities and explore some of the latest opportunities and challenges for the sector – including schools exclusions and the expected impact of early years funding on pupils’ school readiness. 

We’ve kept it tightly focused and easy to respond so it only takes around ten minutes to complete.

Have your say - complete the survey now

The survey will remain open throughout May, and we’ll share the results with all participants in July. We appreciate your time and look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Key stats

This data is from the School Leaders Surveys conducted in 2024, representing leadership of over 1,650 schools from across all regions of England.

90 %
report that parental complaints are impacting staff wellbeing.
5 in 10
cite behaviour and attendance as a top strategic priority.
20 %
judged their school’s financial prospects positively since a new government.
9 in 10
dissatisfied with government funding for SEND.

Previous survey results

School leaders survey, summer 2025
01 May 2025
Legal Update - School leaders survey

School leaders survey, summer 2025

Browne Jacobson’s latest School Leaders Survey illustrates need for better SEND guidance as exclusions rise
29 November 2024
Press Release - School leaders survey

Browne Jacobson’s latest School Leaders Survey illustrates need for better SEND guidance as exclusions rise

School Leaders Survey Autumn 2024: The results are in
26 November 2024
Legal Update - School leaders survey

School Leaders Survey Autumn 2024: The results are in

School leaders survey Spring 2024 - the results are in
24 April 2024
Legal Update - School leaders survey

School leaders survey Spring 2024 - the results are in

School leaders survey Autumn 2023 – the results are in!
28 November 2023
Legal Update - School leaders survey

School leaders survey Autumn 2023 – the results are in!

School leaders survey Summer 2023 – the results are in!
11 July 2023
Legal Update - School leaders survey

School leaders survey Summer 2023 – the results are in!

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