School leaders survey, summer 2025

Share your views on the current state of the education sector.

We’re inviting the leaders of the nation’s schools and academies to share their perspectives in our bi-annual School Leaders Survey. We’re keen to capture and share insight on the evolving policy landscape and understand any shifts in strategic priorities for schools and trusts, particularly in response to government funding decisions. 

While the latest edition of the survey remains tightly focused (it still only takes around 10 minutes to complete) we’ve managed to provide the opportunity for a deeper dive into key challenges such as schools exclusions and the expected impact of early years funding on pupils’ school readiness. 

This survey focuses on crucial topics, including:

• Strategic priorities for school and trusts.
• Financial sustainability and organisational resilience. 
• The expansion of free entitlement to school-based nurseries. 
• Trends in school suspensions and exclusions.

You can check out results from past editions here, which represent an estimated 1,600 schools responsible for over a million pupils, nationally. 

We’re keen to make this edition even more representative, so, please help by sharing your experience to help give us all a clearer picture of how things are changing this academic year. 

The survey will remain open throughout May, and we’ll share the results with all participants in July 2025.

Complete the survey