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Pupil Belonging Survey

Pupil belonging: Building the foundation for wellbeing and attendance

As highlighted in the Schools White Paper, a pupil’s sense of belonging is a critical condition for their wellbeing, attendance, and academic success. It isn’t created by a single policy, but through the small, everyday signals that tell a child they are seen, understood, and valued.

Edurio’s new Pupil Belonging Survey is a diagnostic tool designed specifically for school and trust leaders to move beyond surface-level metrics.

It helps you understand the “lived experience” of your pupils, identifying exactly where belonging is strongest and where targeted action is needed to drive improvement.

Strategic insights for schools and trust leaders

This survey acts as a direction-setting tool, enabling you to identify specific patterns that influence pupil belonging and the wider school culture:

  • Belonging: Identify whether pupils feel they belong, can be themselves and feel they matter.
  • Relationships with peers: Measure acceptance, kindness, friendship and loneliness.
  • Relationships with adults: Assess whether pupils feel cared for, believed in and supported, and if they have at least one trusted adult to turn to.
  • Fairness and consistency: Determine if equitable treatment and consistent expectations are present.
  • Safety: Measuring physical and emotional safety.
  • Identity, representation and inclusion: Assess whether pupils feel free to be themselves, feel understood by adults and feel included in the wider life of the school.
  • Voice and agency: Evaluate whether pupils feel heard and whether their views make a difference.
  • Attendance and motivation: See how pupil belonging connects to engagement and attendance.

A belonging-led approach to EDI

Our research shows that pupils may not always have the language to assess complex systems, but they are experts in their own feelings.

That’s why the pupil belonging survey measures the outcomes of your inclusive environment by asking:

  • Do pupils feel they belong and can truly be themselves?

  • Do they feel accepted and supported by their peers and teachers?

  • Do they feel that they, and their attendance, actually matter to the school community?

By combining these direct measures with demographic filtering (such as gender, ethnicity and religion), leaders can identify where experiences diverge. This allows you to spot inequalities between groups and take evidence-based action to ensure every child can thrive.

Survey details

Phase Focus area Question bank Completion time
Primary Pupil belonging and inclusion in primary school 21 10 min
Secondary Pupil belonging and inclusion in secondary school 36 15 min

To learn more about the pupil belonging survey and see it in action, book a free consultation by filling out the form.