Westmorland and Furness ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistants) Impact Survey 2025 (for Headteachers) - Page 1 of 3 - Westmorland and Furness Council

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1. Please indicate if you are an infant, junior, primary, secondary or special setting

(Required) Infant Junior Primary Secondary Special

2. How many ELSAs do you currently have within your school?

(Required) 0 – our trained ELSA(s) has left 1 2 3 4 or more

3. How many children/young people have accessed the ELSA intervention in your school?

(Required) 0-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51 or more Don't know

4. What other initiatives/roles/programmes do you use as part of the pupil wellbeing strategy in your school?

(Required) Mental Health lead/champion Mental Health Support Team (MHST) School Counsellor Decider Skills Lego Therapy Youth Mental Health First Aiders Trauma Informed Approaches THRIVE approaches Other No other initiatives/roles/programmes are in place

5. What works well in your school that helps your ELSA to be most effective?

(Required)

6. How many more ELSAs do you need in your school?

(Required) 0 – we have sufficient 0 – we do not have capacity for more 1 2 3 4 or more

If you would like to comment further on your need for ELSA(s) please do so here

7. Please rate how well the ELSA role is understood across the following groups within school.

(Required)

8. Have you given the ELSA designated time...

9. How much time does your ELSA have each week?

They don't have designated time 30 minutes to 1 hour 1 hour 1 to 2 hours More than 2 hours

10. How important do you feel the EP/BEWO ELSA Supervision process is?

(Required) 1 (Not important) 2 3 4 5 (Extremely important)

11. How do you currently evaluate the impact of ELSA work?

(Required) Pupil surveys Pupil interviews/feedback Parent surveys Parent interviews/feedback Governor monitoring Attendance/behaviour logs Other We don’t currently evaluate the impact

What impact have you seen to date from the evidence gathered using these techniques? (Required)

12. When working with the children and young people which of the following is your ELSA supporting them with?

(Required) Confidence and Self Esteem Separation and attachment Emotional regulation Social/Friendship skills Lesson engagement Loss and Bereavement Other

If other, please explain

13. Considering the pupils your ELSA has supported this year, to what extent do you feel the ELSA has impacted on the needs identified in the previous question?

(Required)

Please provide examples of evidence to support your rankings (Required)

14. To what extent do you agree that having an ELSA within your school has had a positive impact on your internal capacity to support vulnerable learners and their emotional wellbeing?

(Required) Strongly Agree Agree Don't know Disagree Strongly Disagree

15. Is there any additional training we could provide to enhance the ELSA training? Are there any emotional/wellbeing issues that you manage in school that were not addressed by the ELSA training?

16. Are there any other comments you wish to make?