A nationally recognised, robust self-evaluation system for the standardised measurement of pupil attitudes.

Pupil Attitudes to Self and School (PASS) is an all-age attitudinal survey that provides a robust measurement of a pupil’s attitudes towards themselves as learners and their attitudes towards school, suitable for pupils aged 4 to 18+. The trusted psychometric measurement that has been robustly standardised against a highly representative national sample of more than 600,000 respondents and is used in over 2,500 schools across the UK, as well as over 100 Local Authorities.

Attitudes are formed by and affect how we feel, what we do and how we think. In a school setting, a pupil’s attitudes to learning can influence their whole experience of education and have significant effects on their overall levels of attainment, engagement and well-being. Through regular assessment, a complete picture of a pupil’s motivation, strengths, anxieties, school-based relationships and future learning behaviours can be built. PASS provides the perfect tool for this purpose.

The 20 minute survey covers nine factors proven to be linked to key educational goals, including attitude to attendance, preparedness for learning and response to the curriculum. A low score in any factor can pinpoint negative attitudes that might not otherwise be apparent. The resulting data can help teachers open a window into their pupils’ mindset, allowing truly effective interventions to be put in place and providing a benchmark to evidence progress. Please click here for a detailed overview of the nine factors.

On completion, the survey is submitted by the teacher to GL Assessment at the click of a button and within 2-5 working days, a series of comprehensive reports are delivered. These reports collate results produced by PASS, to reveal individual, whole class and whole school attitudinal profiles. The results can be broken down to show how your school compares nationally by gender, ethnic categories and year groups.

Why use PASS?

The benefits of PASS are extensive. In particular, it helps schools and professionals to:

• inform teaching strategies and intevention programmes to help raise standards of attainment and pupil well-being
• tackle challenging behaviour, a key requirement of the new inspection framework
• address attendance issues through the identification of those most risk at of playing truant, upto 12 months in advance
• truly understand the root-attitudinal factors that affect the behaviours of pupils', to aid effective target setting and highlight areas of development for every individual
• support emotionally vulnerable young people and those with possible mental health issues, to ensure those most at risk do not slip through the net
• identify problems at an early stage
• provide an objective means for joint collaborative problem-solving, working with parents, carers and extended families.

Contents

PASS can be purchased online with a minimum of a 3 year contract or in CD-ROM format for a single user licence. PASS Online is the most popular and best value solution for high volume whole school assessment, used by 95% of our customers. The CD-ROM version is used by educational and clinical psychologists or pupil referral units working with small numbers in a highly mobile population. 

How to purchase and arrange a demonstration

We have provided a guide to PASS prices in the listing to the right. To purchase PASS and the accompanying Online Intervention Service, or to discuss your individual requirements in more detail, please call Customer Services on 0845 602 1937. Alternatively, to book a FREE no-obligation consultation and demonstration of PASS, please contact your local area consultant directly - click here for a listing of all of our regional representatives.