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Appendix D: Questionnaire demographic data

690 questionnaires were sent to 41 secondary schools and 79 primary schools in nine Scottish LEAs. In addition, an email version of the questionnaire was circulated to all schools in Fife.

*Primary schools only, at request of LEA.

Breakdown of responses by LEA

232 questionnaires were returned. These came from 98 teachers at 34 secondary schools and 134 teachers at 42 primary schools. The breakdown of returns by LEA is shown below.

Among the primary schools, the mean pupil roll was 229 (sd 113); the mean pupil to teacher ratio was 17.98 (sd 4.85). The mean percentage of pupils with free school meal entitlement was 27.75, (sd 36.13).

Among the secondary schools, the mean pupil roll was 1042 (sd 314); the mean pupil to teacher ratio was 13.53 (sd 1.37). The mean percentage of pupils with free school meal entitlement was 16.86, (sd 9.52).

The respondents had been teaching for an average of 17.2 years (sd 11.1), and had completed their training over a considerable range of the last half decade. 107 had qualified at postgraduate level, while 101 held an undergraduate qualification.

Around two-fifths of the sample had qualified from Jordanhill College or the University of Strathclyde, though a wide range of other qualifying institutions were also given:

At the secondary level, numbers of respondents from Art and Music departments were comparable (43 and 35 respectively), with somewhat fewer Drama staff responding (20); there were no Dance teachers among the sample. At primary level, all stages were well represented:

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