Teachers Believe Children's Prospects For Learning Are Improving

Teachers believe that prospects for children's learning are better now than five years ago, according to new research from the MORI Social Research Institute.

Teachers believe that prospects for children's learning are better now than five years ago, according to new research from the MORI Social Research Institute.

The research, conducted for the National College for School Leadership (NCSL), shows that 82% of teachers and headteachers agree that children's prospects for learning in their own schools are now better than five years ago.

Q To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?"The prospect of children's learning in my school are better now than five years ago".Base: All teachers and headteachers in England interviewed by telephone 6-28 May 2004 (802) on MORI Teachers Omnibus

  %
Strongly agree 55
Tend to agree 27
Neither agree nor disagree 5
Tend to disagree 5
Strongly disagree 2
Don't know 6

Technical details

802 teachers and headteachers in England were interviewed by telephone on the MORI Teachers' Omnibus between 6 and 28 May 2004. The data have been weighted to reflect the age, gender and school phase of the teaching profession.

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