CIPFA plus surveys

I had a long-standing arrangement to meet a class at Balderstone Library this morning, which was a good opportunity to get the children to give us their views in the CIPFA Plus survey, which starts today.


An unanticipated tripping-up point: some of the boys were putting a cross in the box for "I am a girl" and some of the girls were putting a cross for "I am a boy." We actually want them to put a cross in the box that applies to them. After a bit of a think the teacher came up with the explanation for the confusion: schoolchildren see a tick as meaning "yes" and a cross for meaning "no." So putting a cross in the "I am a girl box" meant "no, I am not a girl." Now we know I can warn everyone to make sure to explain that we want crosses in the boxes that apply.