Results of the Autumn 2017 Have Your Say Survey for all schools on the Isle of Man

Summary

The request sought the Autumn 2017 'Have Your Say' survey results for all Isle of Man schools, which were partially disclosed via the Department's website. Individual reports were withheld for nine primary schools because their survey response groups contained fewer than 10 people, violating external market research codes.

Key Facts

• Survey results were published on the Department of Education, Sport and Culture website rather than attached to the response.
• An external provider conducted the survey and is bound by the Market Research Society's code of conduct.
• Individual reports cannot be released for survey groups with fewer than 10 respondents.
• Responses from the nine schools without individual reports were aggregated into a general 'Primary' results set.
• The response was issued by Chief Executive Officer Ronald Barr on 21 March 2018.

Data Disclosed

• Autumn 2017
• 2018-02-28
• 2018-03-22
• 21 March 2018
• IM122878I
• 10 people
• ISO20252
• 9 schools

Exemptions Cited

• Market Research Society's strict code of conduct prohibiting release of data for groups under 10 people
• ISO20252 quality standard adherence by external provider

Original Request

This is a request for the Department of Education, Sport, and Culture to publish the results of the Autumn 2017 Have Your Say Survey for all schools on the Isle of Man for which reports have been issued to the head teachers. Please could the information be in the same format as that received by the head teachers, with the school identified on each.

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Full Response Text

21 March 2018

Dear

Re: Freedom of Information Request – Reference Number IM122878I

Your Request:-

This is a request for the Department of Education, Sport, and Culture to publish the results of the Autumn 2017 Have Your Say Survey for all schools on the Isle of Man for which reports have been issued to the head teachers. Please could the information be in the same format as that received by the head teachers, with the school identified on each.

Department Response:-

The Department is able to provide you with some of the information requested, by following the link https://www.gov.im/about-the-government/departments/education-sport-and- culture/information-and-publications/. The information has been added to the Department’s website under the relevant school names for your and others’ convenience and for ease of access purposes. This avoids the need to append several hundred pages to the response to your request.

Please note that some information is not provided for the reason stated below.

The Have Your Say Survey was conducted by an external provider who are bound by the Market Research Society’s (MRS) strict code of conduct and adheres to the ISO20252 quality standard. This means that they cannot release information on survey groups of less than 10 people. For this reason not all of the Primary Schools have generated an individual report. However anyone who responded to the survey from within these schools, their responses have been included within the results titled ‘Primary’. The schools that do not have an individual report are:

1. Anagh Coar
2. Andreas
3. Arbory
4. Ballaugh
5. Bunscoill Ghaelgagh
6. Dhoon
7. Foxdale
8. Jurby
9. Laxey Department of Education Sport and Culture

Rheynn Ynsee, Spoyrt as Cultoor Chief Executive Officer Ronald Barr

Department of Education, Sport and Culture Hamilton House Peel Road Douglas IM1 5EZ Direct Dial No:

Website: www.gov.im/desc Email: