The trip survey
What the survey is
A student answers the same short questions three times: before the trip, just after it, and some weeks later. A trip the school has set up as a research study adds a fourth time, about six months after. The questions ask how they feel and what they can do. Each time takes about four minutes on a phone.
There are no right answers. A student can stop at any time by closing the page, and can come back with the same link while the questions are open. Each question needs an answer to move on, except the ones a student writes in their own words, which can be skipped. Answers already given are kept.
How a student gets it
When each set of questions opens, the school sends the student a personal link by email. A student who has not finished gets one reminder three days later. The link works only for that student and only while that set of questions is open.
Consent
The school confirms that consent is in place, following its own process. A parent can ask the school at any time to withdraw their child.
Some schools instead ask a parent or guardian directly, with a personal link to say yes or no.
What is kept and for how long
- Answers are stored under a pseudonym, a code, never beside a student's name.
- Names and contact details are deleted thirty days after the trip's last set of questions closes.
- The school sees figures only for groups of ten or more students, never for one student. The database enforces this.
- The trip company never sees a student's name, contact details, answers or anything a student wrote.
Saying no or changing your mind
A student or parent can say no at any time, before or during the trip. Tell the school, or use the consent link if you were sent one. The school can also delete a student's answers when asked.
Who to ask
Ask the school. It decides to use the survey and is responsible for its students' data.
For the full detail, read the privacy notice.