Technical education learner survey 2022
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The SEND Futures Discovery Phase study is a two-wave feasibility study carried out by the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), in collaboration with the National Children’s Bureau (NCB) on behalf of the Department for Education. The study is informing plans to establish a large-scale longitudinal survey with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England.
In the first wave of the study (undertaken in spring/summer 2022), surveys were carried out with young people with SEN aged 12-13 and their parents or guardians.
A key aim of the study was to trial approaches to maximising response within groups who are seldom heard in survey research – specifically, children who are 'looked after' or otherwise deemed vulnerable, those from lower income households, and those from minority ethnic backgrounds.
These aims were reflected in the sampling and fieldwork approach, and several randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were carried out to test response maximisation initiatives. Furthermore, wave 1 comprised two strands of fieldwork, a face-to-face and a web strand. The web strand consisted of a nationally representative sample of young people with SEN in the relevant age group. In contrast, the face-to-face strand involved young people with SEN from the seldom heard groups listed above.
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