What gets measured, gets managed.
To understand how staff are doing with respect to the five drivers of workplace wellbeing, and core elements of job quality, we recommend measuring staff wellbeing at regular intervals.
Collecting this data at regular intervals will help you to identify individuals and groups who are at risk of low wellbeing, as well as specific aspects of work (physical hazards) or aspects of wellbeing (mental health) which could be improved with well-designed interventions.
As you build your understanding of staff wellbeing you might like to explore our workplace wellbeing question bank and the Working Lives of Teachers and Leaders survey to tailor and adapt your survey to meet your specific needs.
The survey comprises 20 questions:
These are designed to capture information relating to the five key drivers of workplace wellbeing.
On a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 is “not at all” and 10 is “completely”…
1. Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays?
2. Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in
your life are worthwhile?
3. Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?
Response scale: 0 (Not at all) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (completely)
On a scale where 0 is “not at all anxious” and 10 is “completely anxious”
4. Overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?
Response scale: 0 (Not at all) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (completely)
On a scale of 1 to 7 where 1 means ‘Completely dissatisfied’ and 7 means ‘Completely satisfied’
5. Overall, how dissatisfied or satisfied are you with your present job?
Response scale:
1 – Completely dissatisfied
2 – Mostly dissatisfied
3 – Somewhat dissatisfied
4 – Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
5 – Somewhat satisfied
6 – Mostly satisfied
7 – Completely satisfied
For each of the following statements, please select the response which best describes your situation:
6. How would you rate your overall physical health now?
7. How would you rate your overall mental health now?
Response scale:
1 – Very good
2 – Good
3 – Fair
4 – Bad
5 – Very bad
8. My manager supports my wellbeing
Response scale:
1 – Strongly agree
2 – Tend to agree
3 – Neither
4 – Tend to disagree
5 – Strongly disagree
For each of the following statements, please select the response which best describes your work situation:
9. My manager helps and supports me
10. My colleagues help and support me
Response scale:
1 – Always
2 – Most of the time
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
5 – Never
For the following statement, please select the response which best describes your work situation:
11. My school followed its own pay policy in making decisions about my pay
Response scale:
1 – Strongly agree
2 – Tend to agree
3 – Neither
4 – Tend to disagree
5 – Strongly disagree
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement?
12. I feel safe from threats and physical hazards in my work environment
Response scale:
1 – Strongly agree
2 – Agree
3 – Neither agree nor disagree
4 – Disagree
5 – Strongly disagree
For the following statement, please select the response which best describes your work situation?
13. Your are treated fairly in your school/college
Response scale:
1 – Always
2 – Most of the time
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
5 – Never
Don’t know
14. How would you say you yourself are managing financially these days?
Response scale:
1 – Living comfortably
2 – Doing alright
3 – Just about getting by
4 – Finding it quite difficult
5 – Finding it very difficult
Don’t know
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
15. I am satisfied with my physical working environment
16. I would recommend my school/college as a great place to work
17. My school provides staff with opportunities to actively participate in whole school decisions
Response scale:
1 – Strongly agree
2 – Agree
3 – Neither agree nor disagree
4 – Disagree
5 – Strongly disagree
For the following statement, please select the response which best describes your work situation?
18. My work gives me the feeling of job well done
Response scale:
1 – Always
2 – Most of the time
3 – Sometimes
4 – Rarely
5 – Never
Don’t know
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
19. My manager trusts me to work independently WLTL
20. I am able to access the right learning and development opportunities when I need to w
Response scale:
1 – Strongly agree
2 – Agree
3 – Neither agree nor disagree
4 – Disagree
5 – Strongly disagree
We have created a google form template that you can use to conduct your own survey.
Alternatively, a word version of the questionnaire is available to download and use.
Find out how your survey results compare to these benchmarks.
Sign up to receive resources, insights and evidence as they are published.
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Please find out more on our privacy policy page
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.
This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages.
Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.
Please enable Strictly Necessary Cookies first so that we can save your preferences!
