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Current Poll Results so far:

1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'A' Level exams today than it was 20 years ago?

Yes16
No4

2) Do today's 'A' Level STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?

Yes13
No7

3) Do today's 'A' Level TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?

Yes11
No9

Previous Poll Results:

13/08/2008 1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'A' Level exams today than it was 20 years ago?
Yes:16
No:4
 2) Do today's 'A' Level STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:13
No:7
 3) Do today's 'A' Level TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:11
No:9
25/06/2008 1) Should Christian teachers be free to tell pupils that only Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life?
Yes:39
No:9
 2) Should Christian teachers be free to tell pupils that only the Christian Bible - and no other holy book - can be trusted?
Yes:38
No:10
 3) Should Christian teachers be free to tell pupils that unless they accept Jesus Christ as Lord they will not enter heaven?
Yes:36
No:12
11/06/2008 1) Should schools be allowed to select pupils on the basis of ability / aptitude / prior attainment?
Yes:4
No:3
 2) Should schools be allowed to select pupils on the basis of religion / faith?
Yes:4
No:3
 3) Should schools be allowed to select pupils on the basis of race / ethnicity?
Yes:0
No:7
28/05/2008 1) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by society in general?
Yes:2
No:9
 2) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by graduates?
Yes:3
No:8
 3) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by pupils?
Yes:3
No:8
14/05/2008 1) Should female pupils in Key Stage 1 (i.e. aged 5-7) from Muslim families be permitted to wear a headscarf in CLASS?
Yes:6
No:5
 2) Should female pupils in Key Stage 2 (i.e. aged 7-11) from Muslim families be permitted to wear a headscarf in CLASS?
Yes:6
No:5
 3) Should female pupils in Key Stages 3 and 4 (i.e. aged 11-16) from Muslim families be permitted to wear a headscarf in CLASS?
Yes:6
No:5
30/04/2008 1) Is it morally wrong for a church/Christian school to employ an openly gay/lesbian/bisexual person as a headteacher?
Yes:15
No:11
 2) Is it morally wrong for a church/Christian school to employ an openly gay/lesbian/bisexual person as a class teacher?
Yes:14
No:12
 3) Is it morally wrong for a church/Christian school to an openly gay/lesbian/bisexual person as a janitor?
Yes:14
No:12
16/04/2008 1) Is it morally wrong for a church/Christian school to employ a non-Christian as a headteacher?
Yes:24
No:7
 2) Is it morally wrong for a church/Christian school to employ a non-Christian as a class teacher?
Yes:12
No:19
 3) Is it morally wrong for a church/Christian school to employ a non-Christian as a janitor?
Yes:9
No:22
02/04/2008 1) If you are a Christian teacher in the UK... would you consider working as a teacher overseas?
Yes:10
No:3
 2) If you are a Christian teacher in the UK... would you consider working as a teacher trainer/education lecturer overseas?
Yes:9
No:4
 3) If you are a Christian teacher in the UK... would you consider working as a teacher trainer/education lecturer in the UK?
Yes:10
No:3
19/03/2008 1) Should schools expect all children to abstain from tobacco (e.g. smoking cigarettes) at all times?
Yes:16
No:2
 2) Should schools expect all children to abstain from alcohol at all times?
Yes:16
No:2
 3) Should schools expect all children to abstain from all other illicit drugs (e.g. cannabis) at all times?
Yes:17
No:1
05/03/2008 1) Should drug education primarily be the responsibility of parents - rather than teachers or school nurses?
Yes:6
No:3
 2) Should all schools conduct random drug tests among their own pupils as a matter of course?
Yes:3
No:6
 3) Should all schools conduct random drug tests among their own staff as a matter of course?
Yes:6
No:3
20/02/2008 1) Do you think teaching is sufficiently valued as a career choice by leaders in the Church?
Yes:7
No:5
 2) Do you think teaching is sufficiently valued as a career choice by the UK Government?
Yes:4
No:8
 3) Do you think teaching is sufficiently valued as a career choice by pupils and their parents?
Yes:4
No:8
06/02/2008 1) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student with an alcohol addiction?
Yes:2
No:9
 2) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student with a prescription drug addiction?
Yes:1
No:10
 3) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student who uses cannabis or cocaine?
Yes:3
No:8
23/01/2008 1) Should schools automatically dismiss a member of staff with an alcohol addiction?
Yes:5
No:17
 2) Should schools automatically dismiss a member of staff with a prescription drug addiction?
Yes:5
No:17
 3) Should schools automatically dismiss a member of staff who uses cannabis or cocaine?
Yes:14
No:8
09/01/2008 1) Is your SCHOOL doing anything to mark Education Sunday (20 January) this year?
Yes:12
No:10
 2) Is your CHURCH doing something to mark Education Sunday (20 January) this year?
Yes:16
No:6
 3) Are YOU / YOUR FAMILY doing something to mark Education Sunday (20 January) this year?
Yes:12
No:10
26/12/2007 1) Have you resolved to lose weight/get fitter in 2008?
Yes:15
No:3
 2) Have you resolved to pray more and/or read the Bible more in 2008?
Yes:15
No:3
 3) Have you resolved to spend more time with friends and/or family in 2008?
Yes:13
No:5
12/12/2007 1) Should schools ban Christmas carol concerts so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:1
No:38
 2) Should schools ban Christmas nativity plays so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:1
No:38
 3) Should schools ban pupils from sending Christmas cards so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:1
No:38
28/11/2007 1) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to perform in a school nativity play?
Yes:17
No:12
 2) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to publicly read passages from the Bible at Christmas?
Yes:13
No:16
 3) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to sing Christmas carols which proclaim Jesus as Lord and God?
Yes:17
No:12
14/11/2007 1) Do most school Christmas celebrations trivialise (or ignore) the real message about God's incarnation in Christ Jesus?
Yes:11
No:3
 2) Are school Christmas celebrations generally an unwelcome source of staff stress?
Yes:8
No:6
 3) Do school Christmas celebrations unnecessarily distract pupils/students from their studies?
Yes:5
No:9
31/10/2007 1) Does your school have a dress code or uniform policy for pupils?
Yes:24
No:4
 2) Does your school have a dress code or uniform policy for staff members?
Yes:10
No:18
 3) Does your school have a dress code or uniform policy for adult volunteers?
Yes:5
No:23
17/10/2007 1) Should church/Christian schools ban Hallowe'en parties from their premises?
Yes:52
No:7
 2) Should church/Christian schools conduct Hallowe'en assemblies?
Yes:10
No:49
 3) Should church/Christian schools actively discourage children from 'Trick or Treating'?
Yes:54
No:5
03/10/2007 1) If a UK general election were held today would you vote for the Conservative Party?
Yes:12
No:22
 2) If a UK general election were held today would you vote the Labour Party?
Yes:17
No:17
 3) If a UK general election were held today would you vote for the Liberal Democrats?
Yes:6
No:28
19/09/2007 1) Is your SCHOOL doing anything special to mark Black History Month (1-31 October) this year?
Yes:9
No:19
 2) Is your CHURCH doing anything special to mark Black History Month (1-31 October) this year?
Yes:2
No:26
 3) Are YOU / YOUR FAMILY doing anything special to mark Black History Month (1-31 October) this year?
Yes:0
No:28
05/09/2007 1) Should sex education primarily be the responsibility of parents - rather than teachers or school nurses?
Yes:40
No:6
 2) Do you think that celibacy (i.e. sexual abstinence) should be more actively promoted in school sex education lessons?
Yes:44
No:2
 3) Do you think sex education encourages promiscuity and sexual experimentation amongst children?
Yes:16
No:30
22/08/2007 1) Should schools teach 13 year-old pupils how to use a condom?
Yes:9
No:15
 2) Should schools teach 13 year-old pupils where to find abortion counselling?
Yes:7
No:17
 3) Should schools teach 13 year-old pupils that 'heterosexual sex' and 'homosexual sex' are of equal worth and value?
Yes:0
No:24
08/08/2007 1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'A' Level exams today than it was 20 years ago?
Yes:10
No:2
 2) Do today's 'A' Level STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:8
No:4
 3) Do today's 'A' Level TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:10
No:2
25/07/2007 1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'GCSE' exams today than in ‘O’ Levels 20 years ago?
Yes:10
No:0
 2) Do today's 'GCSE' STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:8
No:2
 3) Do today's 'GCSE' TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:10
No:0
11/07/2007 1) Did you attend/watch any of the ‘Live Earth’ concerts on 7 July 2007?
Yes:17
No:7
 2) Have you seen Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ (2006, Paramount Home Entertainment) documentary?
Yes:11
No:13
 3) Do you believe human activity is changing the earth’s climate?
Yes:21
No:3
27/06/2007 1) Should the state fund faith schools for Christians?
Yes:11
No:12
 2) Should the state fund faith schools for practitioners of other 'world' faiths?
Yes:5
No:18
 3) Should the state fund faith schools for practitioners of 'new' religions and cults?
Yes:0
No:23
13/06/2007 1) Would you like all schools in the UK to be 100% secular (i.e. void of religion / faith / spirituality)?
Yes:5
No:18
 2) Would you like the UK Government to be 100% secular (i.e. void of religion / faith / spirituality)?
Yes:5
No:18
 3) Would you like all media in the UK to be 100% secular (i.e. void of religion / faith / spirituality)?
Yes:4
No:19
30/05/2007 1) As a teacher, do you spend less than £50 GBP (less than 72 €uros / less than 90 US$) of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:8
No:23
 2) As a teacher, do you spend between £50 and £100 GBP (approx. 72 to 144 €uros / approx. 90 to 180 US$) of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:9
No:22
 3) As a teacher, do you spend more than £100 GBP (more than 144 €uros / more than 180 US$) of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:16
No:15
16/05/2007 1) Should ALL schools in England conduct a DAILY act of collective worship?
Yes:15
No:15
 2) Should ALL schools in England conduct an act of collective worship AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK?
Yes:14
No:16
 3) Should ALL schools in England BE FREE TO CHOOSE whether or not they have any acts of collective worship at all?
Yes:10
No:20
02/05/2007 1) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England be CHRISTIAN?
Yes:25
No:2
 2) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England reflect the most dominant religion in the local community?
Yes:7
No:20
 3) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England reflect the religious diversity of the nation and the wider world?
Yes:9
No:18
18/04/2007 1) Does your SCHOOL aim to become ‘carbon neutral’ within the next decade?
Yes:4
No:5
 2) Does your CHURCH aim to become ‘carbon neutral’ within the next decade?
Yes:4
No:5
 3) Do YOU / YOUR FAMILY aim to become ‘carbon neutral’ within the next decade?
Yes:8
No:1
04/04/2007 1) If you are a full-time teacher, in an average term-time week do you do LESS THAN 40 HOURS of school work?
Yes:21
No:61
 2) If you are a full-time teacher, in an average term-time week do you do 40-50 HOURS of school work?
Yes:14
No:68
 3) If you are a full-time teacher, in an average term-time week do you do MORE THAN 50 HOURS of school work?
Yes:47
No:35
21/03/2007 1) Is your SCHOOL doing anything special to mark the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (25 March) this year?
Yes:18
No:30
 2) Is your CHURCH doing anything special to mark the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (25 March) this year?
Yes:23
No:25
 3) Are YOU / YOUR FAMILY doing anything special something to mark the bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act (25 March) this year?
Yes:15
No:33
07/03/2007 1) Should schools ban hot cross buns so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:5
No:43
 2) Should schools ban crosses / crucifixes so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:5
No:43
 3) Should schools ban the phrases 'Risen Christ' and 'Son of God' so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:5
No:43
21/02/2007 1) Should all schools help all pupils to understand the meaning and significance of Lent?
Yes:29
No:4
 2) Should all schools help all pupils to understand the meaning and significance of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ?
Yes:32
No:1
 3) Should all schools help all pupils to understand the meaning and significance of Pentecost?
Yes:30
No:3
07/02/2007 1) Do you support Government proposals to raise the school leaving age in the UK to 18?
Yes:14
No:35
 2) Would you prefer to keep the school leaving age in the UK at 16?
Yes:31
No:18
 3) Would you prefer to see the school leaving age in the UK lowered to 15?
Yes:15
No:34
24/01/2007 1) Do you believe Christian / Jewish / Muslim adoption agencies should have the legal right NOT to place children with lesbian or gay (i.e. same sex) couples?
Yes:67
No:42
 2) Do you believe Christian / Jewish / Muslim schools should have the legal right NOT to appoint members of staff who are in a same sex relationship?
Yes:56
No:53
 3) Do you believe Christian / Jewish / Muslim businesses should have the legal right NOT to carry out work (e.g. printing Gay Pride banners) that supports or affirms homosexuality?
Yes:67
No:42
10/01/2007 1) If you are a Christian teacher in the UK... would you consider working as a teacher overseas?
Yes:22
No:1
 2) If you are a Christian teacher in the UK... would you consider working as a teacher trainer/education lecturer overseas?
Yes:16
No:7
 3) If you are a Christian teacher in the UK... would you consider working as a teacher trainer/education lecturer in the UK?
Yes:16
No:7
27/12/2006 1) Have you resolved to lose weight/get fitter in 2007?
Yes:15
No:6
 2) Have you resolved to pray more and/or read the Bible more in 2007?
Yes:20
No:1
 3) Have you resolved to spend more time with friends and/or family in 2007?
Yes:12
No:9
13/12/2006 1) Do most school Christmas celebrations trivialise (or ignore) the real message about God's incarnation in Christ Jesus?
Yes:15
No:7
 2) Are school Christmas celebrations generally an unwelcome source of staff stress?
Yes:12
No:10
 3) Do school Christmas celebrations unnecessarily distract pupils/students from their studies?
Yes:9
No:13
29/11/2006 1) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to perform in a school nativity play?
Yes:30
No:9
 2) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to publicly read passages from the Bible at Christmas?
Yes:26
No:13
 3) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to sing Christmas carols which proclaim Jesus as Lord and God?
Yes:27
No:12
15/11/2006 1) Should schools ban Christmas carol concerts so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:6
No:52
 2) Should schools ban Christmas nativity plays so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:6
No:52
 3) Should schools ban pupils from sending Christmas cards so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:7
No:51
01/11/2006 1) Should schools automatically dismiss a member of staff with an alcohol addiction?
Yes:15
No:17
 2) Should schools automatically dismiss a member of staff with a prescription drug addiction?
Yes:12
No:20
 3) Should schools automatically dismiss a member of staff who uses cannabis or cocaine?
Yes:19
No:13
18/10/2006 1) Should church/Christian schools ban Hallowe'en parties from their premises?
Yes:104
No:6
 2) Should church/Christian schools conduct Hallowe'en assemblies?
Yes:42
No:68
 3) Should church/Christian schools actively discourage children from 'Trick or Treating'?
Yes:103
No:7
04/10/2006 1) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student with an alcohol addiction?
Yes:15
No:19
 2) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student with a prescription drug addiction?
Yes:13
No:21
 3) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student who uses cannabis or cocaine?
Yes:20
No:14
20/09/2006 1) Have recent school workforce reforms REDUCED teacher workload?
Yes:5
No:9
 2) Have recent school workforce reforms INCREASED teacher workload?
Yes:11
No:3
 3) Have recent school workforce reforms IMPROVED teacher morale?
Yes:5
No:9
06/09/2006 1) Do you think teaching is sufficiently valued as a career choice by leaders in the Church?
Yes:0
No:1
 2) Do you think teaching is sufficiently valued as a career choice by the government?
Yes:1
No:0
 3) Do you think teaching is sufficiently valued as a career choice by pupils and their parents?
Yes:0
No:1
23/08/2006 1) Would you like all schools in the UK to be 100% secular (i.e. void of religion / faith / spirituality)?
Yes:0
No:2
 2) Would you like the UK government to be 100% secular (i.e. void of religion / faith / spirituality)?
Yes:0
No:2
 3) Would you like all media in the UK to be 100% secular (i.e. void of religion / faith / spirituality)?
Yes:0
No:2
09/08/2006 1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'GCSE' exams today than in ‘O’ Levels 20 years ago?
Yes:0
No:0
 2) Do today's 'GCSE' STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:0
No:0
 3) Do today's 'GCSE' TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:0
No:0
26/07/2006 1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'A' Level exams today than it was 20 years ago?
Yes:7
No:1
 2) Do today's 'A' Level STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:7
No:1
 3) Do today's 'A' Level TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:7
No:1
12/07/2006 1) Should the state fund faith schools for Christians?
Yes:3
No:0
 2) Should the state fund faith schools for practitioners of other 'world' faiths?
Yes:0
No:3
 3) Should the state fund faith schools for practitioners of 'new' religions and cults?
Yes:3
No:0
28/06/2006 1) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by society in general?
Yes:20
No:33
 2) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by graduates?
Yes:19
No:34
 3) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by pupils?
Yes:22
No:31
14/06/2006 1) Do you feel that teaching is a more stressful occupation than it was 5 years ago?
Yes:32
No:7
 2) Do you feel that pupils/students are more badly behaved than they were 5 years ago?
Yes:31
No:8
 3) Knowing all that you now know, if you could turn back the clock would you still have become a teacher?
Yes:34
No:5
31/05/2006 1) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England be CHRISTIAN?
Yes:23
No:60
 2) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England reflect the most dominant religion in the local community?
Yes:19
No:64
 3) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England reflect the religious diversity of the nation and the wider world?
Yes:41
No:42
17/05/2006 1) Should ALL schools in England conduct a DAILY act of collective worship?
Yes:32
No:82
 2) Should ALL schools in England conduct an act of collective worship AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK?
Yes:32
No:82
 3) Should ALL schools in England BE FREE TO CHOOSE whether or not they have any acts of collective worship at all?
Yes:50
No:64
03/05/2006 1) Should sex education primarily be the responsibility of parents - rather than teachers or school nurses?
Yes:50
No:15
 2) Do you think that celibacy (i.e. sexual abstinence) should be more actively promoted in school sex education lessons?
Yes:54
No:11
 3) Do you think sex education encourages promiscuity and sexual experimentation amongst children?
Yes:35
No:30
19/04/2006 1) As a teacher, do you spend less than £50 GBP (less than 72 €uros / less than 90 $US) of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:8
No:34
 2) As a teacher, do you spend between £50 and £100 GBP (approx. 72 to 144 €uros / approx. 90 to 180 $US ) of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:22
No:20
 3) As a teacher, do you spend more than £100 GBP (more than 144 €uros / more than 180 $US) of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:12
No:30
05/04/2006 1) Should schools be allowed to select pupils on the basis of ability / aptitude / prior attainment?
Yes:73
No:41
 2) Should schools be allowed to select pupils on the basis of religion / faith?
Yes:69
No:55
 3) Should schools be allowed to select pupils on the basis of race / ethnicity?
Yes:23
No:91
22/03/2006 1) Should schools ban hot cross buns so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:70
No:146
 2) Should schools ban crosses / crucifixes so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:71
No:145
 3) Should schools ban the phrases 'Risen Christ' and 'Son of God' so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:73
No:143
08/03/2006 1) Should all schools help all pupils to understand the meaning and significance of Lent?
Yes:20
No:13
 2) Should all schools help all pupils to understand the meaning and significance of the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ?
Yes:28
No:5
 3) Should all schools help all pupils to understand the meaning and significance of Pentecost?
Yes:23
No:10
22/02/2006 1) Is it wrong for a church/Christian school to employ an openly gay/lesbian/bisexual person as a headteacher?
Yes:204
No:64
 2) Is it wrong for a church/Christian school to employ an openly gay/lesbian/bisexual person as a class teacher?
Yes:198
No:70
 3) Is it wrong for a church/Christian school to an openly gay/lesbian/bisexual person as a janitor?
Yes:182
No:86
08/02/2006 1) Should everyone CONVICTED of a child sex offence receive a life-long ban from teaching?
Yes:47
No:2
 2) Should everyone CAUTIONED for a child sex offence receive a life-long ban from teaching?
Yes:37
No:12
 3) Should Ruth Kelly (Secretary of State for Education and Skills) resign?
Yes:31
No:18
25/01/2006 1) Is your church doing something to mark Education Sunday (12 February) this year?
Yes:15
No:7
 2) Is your school doing something to mark Education Sunday (12 February) this year?
Yes:15
No:7
 3) Are you doing something to mark Education Sunday (12 February) this year?
Yes:15
No:7
11/01/2006 1) Is it wrong for a church/Christian school to employ a non-Christian as a headteacher?
Yes:29
No:8
 2) Is it wrong for a church/Christian school to employ a non-Christian as a class teacher?
Yes:23
No:14
 3) Is it wrong for a church/Christian school to employ a non-Christian as a janitor?
Yes:11
No:26
28/12/2005 1) Have you resolved to lose weight/get fitter in 2006?
Yes:27
No:6
 2) Have you resolved to pray more and/or read the Bible more in 2006?
Yes:28
No:5
 3) Have you resolved to spend more time with friends and/or family in 2006?
Yes:22
No:11
14/12/2005 1) Do most school Christmas celebrations trivialise (or ignore) the real message about God's incarnation in Christ Jesus?
Yes:15
No:3
 2) Are school Christmas celebrations generally an unwelcome source of staff stress?
Yes:10
No:8
 3) Do school Christmas celebrations unnecessarily distract pupils/students from their studies?
Yes:6
No:12
30/11/2005 1) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to perform in a school nativity play?
Yes:33
No:10
 2) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to publicly read passages from the Bible at Christmas?
Yes:31
No:12
 3) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to sing Christmas carols which proclaim Jesus as Lord and God?
Yes:34
No:9
16/11/2005 1) Should schools ban Christmas carol concerts so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:7
No:54
 2) Should schools ban Christmas nativity plays so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:7
No:54
 3) Should schools ban pupils from sending Christmas cards so as not to offend non-Christians?
Yes:5
No:56
02/11/2005 1) Should ALL schools help all pupils to understand the meaning and significance of Advent?
Yes:24
No:7
 2) Should ALL schools help all pupils to understand the meaning and significance of the birth of Jesus Christ?
Yes:29
No:2
 3) Should ALL schools help all pupils to understand that Christians believe Jesus Christ is God?
Yes:29
No:2
19/10/2005 1) Have you seen any of the first three Harry Potter movies?
Yes:35
No:14
 2) Do you intend to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire? (i.e. the fourth movie in the series)
Yes:31
No:18
 3) In your opinion, are the Harry Potter movies anti-Christian?
Yes:17
No:32
05/10/2005 1) Should church/Christian schools ban Hallowe'en parties from their premises?
Yes:51
No:14
 2) Should church/Christian schools conduct Hallowe'en assemblies?
Yes:19
No:46
 3) Should church/Christian schools actively discourage children from 'Trick or Treating'?
Yes:56
No:9
21/09/2005 1) Should Christian teachers be free to tell pupils that only Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life?
Yes:33
No:8
 2) Should Christian teachers be free to tell pupils that only the Christian Bible - and no other holy book - can be trusted?
Yes:29
No:12
 3) Should Christian teachers be free to tell pupils that unless they accept Jesus Christ as Lord they will not enter heaven?
Yes:27
No:14
07/09/2005 1) Is it fair that teacher salaries in England are (with the exception of 'London weighting') un-related to local living costs?
Yes:6
No:7
 2) Should teacher salaries in England vary on a regional basis? (i.e. in line with local living costs)
Yes:9
No:4
 3) Should teacher salaries in the UK be negotiated on a school-by-school, post-by-post basis? (i.e. in response to market forces)
Yes:4
No:9
24/08/2005 1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'GCSE' exams today than in ‘O’ Levels 20 years ago?
Yes:16
No:12
 2) Do today's 'GCSE' STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:21
No:7
 3) Do today's 'GCSE' TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:21
No:7
10/08/2005 1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'A' Level exams today than it was 20 years ago?
Yes:10
No:32
 2) Do today's 'A' Level STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:32
No:10
 3) Do today's 'A' Level TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
Yes:36
No:6
27/07/2005 1) Should Christian teachers be free to evangelise to their colleagues?
Yes:29
No:0
 2) Should Christian teachers be free to evangelise to the parents of the pupils they teach?
Yes:27
No:2
 3) Should Christian teachers be free to evangelise to their pupils?
Yes:23
No:6
13/07/2005 1) Have you read any of the first five Harry Potter books?
Yes:21
No:11
 2) Do you intend to read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? (i.e. the sixth book in the series)
Yes:20
No:12
 3) In your opinion, are the Harry Potter books anti-Christian?
Yes:8
No:24
29/06/2005 1) Do you support the aims of the 'Make Poverty History' campaign?
Yes:20
No:1
 2) Is your school actively supporting the 'Make Poverty History' campaign?
Yes:7
No:14
 3) Is your church actively supporting the 'Make Poverty History' campaign?
Yes:14
No:7
15/06/2005 1) Do children spend enough lesson time doing physical activity (e.g. dance, gymnastics, games) in school?
Yes:8
No:26
 2) Should primary school PE and games lessons be more competitive?
Yes:21
No:13
 3) Should secondary school PE and games lessons be more competitive?
Yes:19
No:15
01/06/2005 1) Should schools teach 13 year-old pupils how to use a condom?
Yes:20
No:28
 2) Should schools teach 13 year-old pupils where to find abortion counselling?
Yes:14
No:34
 3) Should schools teach 13 year-old pupils that 'heterosexual sex' and 'homosexual sex' are of equal worth and value?
Yes:2
No:46
18/05/2005 1) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England be CHRISTIAN?
Yes:56
No:10
 2) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England reflect the religious faith most dominant in the locality?
Yes:18
No:48
 3) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England reflect the religious diversity of the nation and the wider world?
Yes:26
No:40
04/05/2005 1) Should ALL schools in England conduct a DAILY act of collective worship?
Yes:58
No:56
 2) Should ALL schools in England conduct an act of collective worship AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK?
Yes:96
No:18
 3) Should ALL schools in England BE FREE TO CHOOSE whether or not they have any acts of collective worship at all?
Yes:32
No:82
20/04/2005 1) Should schools be encouraged to dismiss teachers who hold overtly racist views?
Yes:24
No:6
 2) Should schools be encouraged to dismiss teachers who hold overtly sexist views?
Yes:23
No:7
 3) Should schools be encouraged to dismiss teachers who hold overtly homophobic views?
Yes:17
No:13
06/04/2005 1) Have you watched any programmes on the new Teachers' TV channel yet?
Yes:7
No:14
 2) Do you plan to watch any programmes on Teachers' TV channel in the next few weeks?
Yes:9
No:12
 3) Teachers' TV cost the UK government £18 million. In your opinion, was this money well spent?
Yes:4
No:17
23/03/2005 1) Should schools expect all children to abstain from tobacco (e.g. smoking cigarettes) at all times?
Yes:30
No:3
 2) Should schools expect all children to abstain from alcohol at all times?
Yes:28
No:5
 3) Should schools expect all children to abstain from all other illicit drugs (e.g. cannabis) at all times?
Yes:32
No:1
09/03/2005 1) Should drug education primarily be the responsibility of parents - rather than teachers or school nurses?
Yes:13
No:14
 2) Should all schools conduct random drug tests among their own pupils as a matter of course?
Yes:11
No:16
 3) Should all schools conduct random drug tests among their own staff as a matter of course?
Yes:10
No:17
23/02/2005 1) As a teacher, do you spend less than £50 of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:15
No:43
 2) As a teacher, do you spend £50-£100 of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:36
No:22
 3) As a teacher, do you spend more than £100 of your own money on books and resources for school each year?
Yes:7
No:51
09/02/2005 1) Should Christian SECONDARY SCHOOL teachers be free to pray for/about the children they teach?
Yes:36
No:1
 2) Should Christian SECONDARY SCHOOL teachers get the Headteacher's permission to pray for/about the children they teach?
Yes:4
No:33
 3) Should Christian SECONDARY SCHOOL teachers get parental permission to pray for/about the children they teach?
Yes:5
No:32
26/01/2005 1) Would you support the formation of more single-faith schools? (i.e. with distinctive religious input from one faith group)
Yes:18
No:5
 2) Would you support the formation of non-faith/secular schools? (i.e. with no religious input at all)
Yes:8
No:15
 3) Would you support the formation of multi-faith schools? (i.e. with religious input from several faith groups)
Yes:12
No:11
12/01/2005 1) Should Christian PRIMARY SCHOOL teachers be free to pray for/about the children they teach?
Yes:32
No:3
 2) Should Christian PRIMARY SCHOOL teachers get the Headteacher's permission to pray for/about the children they teach?
Yes:6
No:29
 3) Should Christian PRIMARY SCHOOL teachers get parental permission to pray for/about the children they teach?
Yes:4
No:31
29/12/2004 1) If a UK general election were held today would you vote for the Conservative Party?
Yes:6
No:18
 2) If a UK general election were held today would you vote the Labour Party?
Yes:6
No:18
 3) If a UK general election were held today would you vote for the Liberal Democrats?
Yes:10
No:14
15/12/2004 1) Do most school Christmas celebrations trivialise (or ignore) the real message about God's incarnation in Christ Jesus?
Yes:40
No:15
 2) Are school Christmas celebrations generally an unwelcome source of staff stress?
Yes:26
No:29
 3) Do school Christmas celebrations unnecessarily distract pupils/students from their studies?
Yes:26
No:29
01/12/2004 1) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to perform in a school nativity play?
Yes:34
No:16
 2) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to publicly read passages from the Bible at Christmas?
Yes:32
No:18
 3) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to sing Christmas carols which proclaim Jesus as Lord and God?
Yes:32
No:18
17/11/2004 1) Do you think that smoking should be banned from all school premises?
Yes:28
No:1
 2) Do you think that smoking should be banned from all children's play areas in public parks?
Yes:29
No:0
 3) Do you think that smoking should be banned from all restaurants and cafés?
Yes:22
No:7
03/11/2004 1) Does the present state-funded education system in the UK waste tax-payers' money?
Yes:6
No:8
 2) Does the present state-funded education system in the UK need more money from central government?
Yes:10
No:4
 3) Should all state-funded schools in the UK be privatised?
Yes:0
No:14
20/10/2004 1) Have educational standards really improved over the last 20 years?
Yes:5
No:11
 2) Are today's GCSEs less demanding than 'O' Levels were 20 years ago?
Yes:9
No:7
 3) Is it easier to get an A-grade at 'A' Level now than it was 20 years ago?
Yes:15
No:1
06/10/2004 1) Should church/Christian schools ban Hallowe'en parties from their premises?
Yes:33
No:6
 2) Should church/Christian schools conduct Hallowe'en assemblies?
Yes:6
No:33
 3) Should church/Christian schools actively discourage children from 'Trick or Treating'?
Yes:32
No:7
22/09/2004 1) In the UK, is 'free' (state-funded) education good enough?
Yes:2
No:17
 2) In the UK, do pupils and parents really value 'free' (state-funded) education?
Yes:5
No:14
 3) In the UK, should all parents be expected to pay directly for their children's education?
Yes:5
No:14
08/09/2004 1) Should all school and college staff be expected to learn how to respond to a range of terror-attack scenarios?
Yes:14
No:4
 2) Should all schools and colleges carry out annual anti-terror drills?
Yes:10
No:8
 3) Should all schools and colleges employ security guards?
Yes:9
No:9
25/08/2004 1) Should sex education primarily be the responsibility of parents - rather than teachers or school nurses?
Yes:24
No:2
 2) Do you think that celibacy (i.e. sexual abstinence) should be more actively promoted in school sex education lessons?
Yes:25
No:1
 3) Do you think sex education encourages promiscuity and sexual experimentation amongst children?
Yes:12
No:14
11/08/2004 1) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by society in general?
Yes:6
No:22
 2) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by graduates?
Yes:3
No:25
 3) Do you think teaching is seen as a high status career choice by pupils?
Yes:3
No:25
28/07/2004 1) Should the UK Government promise to leave schools alone for the next 5 years? (i.e. NO new education policies, NO new iniatives)
Yes:19
No:2
 2) Should all schools be allowed to select pupils on the basis of ability (i.e. aptitude or prior attainment)?
Yes:5
No:16
 3) Should all parents be guaranteed a place for their child at the school of their choice?
Yes:3
No:18
14/07/2004 1) Have Key Stage 3 SATs helped to improve overall standards of teaching and learning for Y7 and 8 pupils?
Yes:1
No:3
 2) Has the time come to completely scrap Key Stage 3 SATs from 2005 onwards?
Yes:3
No:1
 3) Should Key Stage 3 SATs ever have been introduced in the first place?
Yes:1
No:3
30/06/2004 1) Do you think that newly qualified teachers are better trained than they were 10 years ago?
Yes:8
No:11
 2) Do you think that newly qualified teachers are better paid than they were 10 years ago?
Yes:17
No:2
 3) Do you think that newly qualified teachers have more professional freedom than they did 10 years ago?
Yes:2
No:17
16/06/2004 1) Have Key Stage 2 SATs helped to improve overall standards of teaching and learning for Y5 and 6 pupils?
Yes:2
No:8
 2) Has the time come to completely scrap Key Stage 2 SATs from 2005 onwards?
Yes:7
No:3
 3) Should Key Stage 2 SATs ever have been introduced in the first place?
Yes:2
No:8
02/06/2004 1) Is it right for teachers to pray that the pupils they teach achieve examination success (i.e. achieve or exceed their predicted grades)?
Yes:25
No:3
 2) Do you believe that praying for a pupil with behavioural difficulties actually helps to change her/his behaviour?
Yes:27
No:1
 3) Do you believe that praying for a teacher who is struggling with her/his work helps them to cope?
Yes:26
No:2
19/05/2004 1) Have Key Stage 1 SATs helped to improve overall standards of teaching and learning for Y1 and 2 pupils?
Yes:5
No:17
 2) Has the time come to completely scrap Key Stage 1 SATs from 2005 onwards?
Yes:18
No:4
 3) Should Key Stage 1 SATs ever have been introduced in the first place?
Yes:6
No:16
05/05/2004 1) Does the threat of corporal punishment (e.g. being struck across the buttocks or palm of the hand with a cane) improve pupils' behaviour?
Yes:18
No:19
 2) Do you believe the UK Government should give state-funded schools the right to use corporal punishment?
Yes:15
No:22
 3) Do you believe the UK Government should give independent schools the right to use corporal punishment?
Yes:15
No:22
21/04/2004 1) Should there be a DAILY act of collective Christian worship in all schools in England?
Yes:18
No:11
 2) Should there be a WEEKLY act of collective Christian worship in all schools in England?
Yes:15
No:14
 3) Should there be a MONTHLY act of collective Christian worship in all schools in England?
Yes:11
No:18
07/04/2004 1) Should parents be allowed to smack their own children?
Yes:37
No:2
 2) Should teachers be allowed to smack their pupils?
Yes:11
No:28
 3) Should school prefects be allowed to smack fellow pupils?
Yes:0
No:39
24/03/2004 1) Do children spend enough lesson time doing physical activity (e.g. dance, gymnastics, games) in school?
Yes:7
No:18
 2) Should primary school PE and games lessons be more competitive?
Yes:12
No:13
 3) Should secondary school PE and games lessons be more competitive?
Yes:16
No:9
10/03/2004 1) Should all primary school children be taught the Lord's Prayer?
Yes:38
No:16
 2) Should all primary school children learn the 10 Commandments?
Yes:40
No:14
 3) Should all primary school children learn about the parables Jesus taught?
Yes:45
No:9
25/02/2004 1) Should Christian teachers challenge anti-Semitic or racist comments made by staff, parents or pupils?
Yes:37
No:1
 2) Should Christian teachers challenge sexist comments made by staff, parents or pupils?
Yes:37
No:1
 3) Should Christian teachers challenge homophobic comments made by staff, parents or pupils?
Yes:32
No:6
11/02/2004 1) Do you support proposals (by the Chief Inspector of Schools in England) to introduce new 'short, sharp' school inspections which will give schools just a couple of days' notice?
Yes:21
No:7
 2) Would such 'short, sharp' inspections give a more honest 'warts and all' picture of school life?
Yes:25
No:3
 3) Would such 'short, sharp' inspections be more stressful for teachers than current arrangements?
Yes:7
No:21
28/01/2004 1) Should the UK Government fund future increases in expenditure on university education by increasing the highest rate of income tax from 40% to 50%?
Yes:20
No:15
 2) Should the UK Government fund future increases in expenditure on university education by cutting expenditure on national defence?
Yes:20
No:15
 3) Should the UK Government fund future increases in expenditure on university education by expecting the families of those being educated to pay more?
Yes:9
No:26
14/01/2004 1) Should end of Key Stage 1 tests be abandoned completely?
Yes:20
No:2
 2) Should end of Key Stage 2 tests be abandoned completely?
Yes:13
No:9
 3) Do you work (or have you ever worked) as a Year 2 or Year 6 teacher?
Yes:11
No:11
31/12/2003 1) Should teachers working in London be paid more than teachers working elsewhere in England?
Yes:28
No:6
 2) Should teachers' salaries be negotiated on a school-by-school, case-by-case basis?
Yes:12
No:22
 3) Do you work (or have you ever worked) as a teacher in London?
Yes:12
No:22
17/12/2003 1) Do you feel that teaching is a more stressful occupation than it was 5 years ago?
Yes:19
No:4
 2) Do you feel that pupils/students are more badly behaved than they were 5 years ago?
Yes:20
No:3
 3) Knowing all that you now know, if you could turn back the clock would you still have become a teacher?
Yes:14
No:9
03/12/2003 1) Do you support the UK Government's target for 50% of young people to have a university education?
Yes:38
No:55
 2) Do you support the UK Government's proposal to introduce top-up loans for university students?
Yes:22
No:71
 3) Would you pay more income tax in order to give all university students a free education and a grant to live on?
Yes:45
No:48
19/11/2003 1) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to perform in a school nativity play?
Yes:27
No:23
 2) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to publicly read passages from the Bible at Christmas?
Yes:28
No:22
 3) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to sing Christmas carols which proclaim Jesus as Lord and God?
Yes:27
No:23
05/11/2003 1) Do most school Christmas celebrations trivialise (or ignore) the real message about God's incarnation in Christ Jesus?
Yes:31
No:12
 2) Are school Christmas celebrations generally an unwelcome source of staff stress?
Yes:25
No:18
 3) Do school Christmas celebrations unnecessarily distract pupils/students from their studies?
Yes:14
No:29
22/10/2003 1) Is the National Theatre right to stage Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' over the Christmas period?
Yes:25
No:38
 2) Should schools take Key Stage 2 pupils to see a theatrical production of 'His Dark Materials'?
Yes:12
No:51
 3) Should schools take Key Stage 4 pupils to see a theatrical production of 'His Dark Materials'?
Yes:34
No:29
08/10/2003 1) Should church/Christian schools ban Hallowe'en parties from their premises?
Yes:23
No:6
 2) Should church/Christian schools conduct Hallowe'en assemblies?
Yes:3
No:26
 3) Should church/Christian schools actively discourage children from 'Trick or Treating'?
Yes:20
No:9
24/09/2003 1) Should there be a national syllabus for RE at Key Stages 3 and 4?
Yes:117
No:30
 2) Should there be a national curriculum for RE at Key Stages 1 and 2?
Yes:52
No:95
 3) Should local needs and sensitivities always determine what RE is taught at school level?
Yes:73
No:74
10/09/2003 1) Should the state fund faith schools for Christians?
Yes:41
No:12
 2) Should the state fund faith schools for practitioners of other 'world' faiths?
Yes:33
No:20
 3) Should the state fund faith schools for practitioners of 'new' religions and cults?
Yes:5
No:48


Forthcoming Polls:

27/08/2008 1) Is it easier to get an A-grade in 'GCSE' exams today than in ‘O’ Levels 20 years ago? 2) Do today's 'GCSE' STUDENTS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago? 3) Do today's 'GCSE' TEACHERS work harder/smarter than their forebears did 20 years ago?
10/09/2008 1) Do children spend enough lesson time doing physical activity (e.g. dance, gymnastics, games) in school? 2) Should primary school PE and games lessons be more competitive? 3) Should secondary school PE and games lessons be more competitive?
17/09/2008 1) Will airport-style metal detectors in schools deter students from carrying knives? 2) Will making all students use see-through bags deter knife carrying? 3) Will school staff stopping and searching students at random deter knife carrying?
24/09/2008 1) Should schools be encouraged to dismiss teachers who hold overtly racist views? 2) Should schools be encouraged to dismiss teachers who hold overtly sexist views 3) Should schools be encouraged to dismiss teachers who hold overtly homophobic views?
01/10/2008 1) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England be CHRISTIAN? 2) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England reflect the most dominant religion in the local community? 3) Should MOST acts of collective worship in ALL schools in England reflect the religious diversity of the nation and the wider world?
08/10/2008 1) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student with an alcohol addiction? 2) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student with a prescription drug addiction? 3) Should schools automatically suspend or expel a student who uses cannabis or cocaine?
15/10/2008 1) Should ALL schools in England conduct a DAILY act of collective worship? 2) Should ALL schools in England conduct an act of collective worship AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK? 3) Should ALL schools in England BE FREE TO CHOOSE whether or not they have any acts of collective worship at all?
22/10/2008 1) Should church/Christian schools ban Hallowe'en parties from their premises? 2) Should church/Christian schools conduct Hallowe'en assemblies? 3) Should church/Christian schools actively discourage children from 'Trick or Treating'?
05/11/2008 1) If a UK general election were held today would you vote for the Conservative Party? 2) If a UK general election were held today would you vote the Labour Party? 3) If a UK general election were held today would you vote for the Liberal Democrats?
19/11/2008 1) Do most school Christmas celebrations trivialise (or ignore) the real message about God's incarnation in Christ Jesus? 2) Are school Christmas celebrations generally an unwelcome source of staff stress? 3) Do school Christmas celebrations unnecessarily distract pupils/students from their studies?
03/12/2008 1) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to perform in a school nativity play? 2) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to publicly read passages from the Bible at Christmas? 3) Should children from non-Christian households be expected to sing Christmas carols which proclaim Jesus as Lord and God?
17/12/2008 1) Should schools ban Christmas carol concerts so as not to offend non-Christians? 2) Should schools ban Christmas nativity plays so as not to offend non-Christians? 3) Should schools ban pupils from sending Christmas cards so as not to offend non-Christians?
31/12/2008 1) Have you resolved to lose weight/get fitter in 2009? 2) Have you resolved to pray more and/or read the Bible more in 2009? 3) Have you resolved to spend more time with friends and/or family in 2009?
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