Questionnaire Results 1999

Results from all Schools - 1999

608 young people from 23 Lewisham schools answered the Lewisham Listens to Young People questionnaire. 334 were Year 6 (mostly) pupils from primary schools, 273 were Year 7 pupils from 6 secondary schools and there was one home learner.
Answers are shown in percentages of children responding.

3. Sex

5. Which area do you live in?

6. Which of the following services could be improved by the Council?

7. What do you think is the most important service the Council provides?

8. Do you know what a councillor is?

9. What do you think are the two most important things a councillor does?

10. Do you think children should be more involved in the decisions the Council makes?

11. What decisions could children be involved in?

12. Would you like to use e-mail to ask the Council
questions about what it does?

13. What other ways could the Council ask children's views?

14. Lewisham Council intends to set up some web pages where Primary School children can discuss issues that are important to them.
What would you like to discuss?

15. What changes would you like the Council to make in your area?

16. Do you think your area is safe?

17. What do you think you could do to help the Council do its job?

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18. What could the Council do to make Lewisham a better place for children to live in?

19a. Do you eat school dinners?	19b.Quality of School Dinners

20. If the Council were able to provide a computer suite
for children to use after school, in the evenings and at weekends where would you like it to be located?

20a.What else would you like in the room apart from all the computer equipment?

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Questions for Secondary school pupils only.

21. What do you think can be done to improve the safety of your area?

22. The Council are planning to introduce a Mayor who
would be elected by the people who live in Lewisham.
Do you think this is a good idea?

23. When you are old enough do you intend to vote for...

24a. Would you like to visit the council to see how
decisions are made?

24b. Would you like to invite local councillors into schools to talk about local issues?

25. Do you think schools should teach children about how to be a good citizen?

26. Which of the following are the most important to include in citizenship education?

8. Do you know what a councillor is?	9. What do you think are the two most important things a councillor does?

10. Do you think children should be more involved in the decisions the Council makes?	11. What decisions could children be involved in?

12. Would you like to use e-mail to ask the Council questions about what it does?	13. What other ways could the Council ask children's views?

16. Do you think your area is safe?	17. What do you think you could do to help the Council do its job?

20. If the Council were able to provide a computer suite for children to use after school, in the evenings and at weekends where would you like it to be located?	20a.What else would you like in the room apart from all the computer equipment?

22. The Council are planning to introduce a Mayor who would be elected by the people who live in Lewisham. Do you think this is a good idea?	23. When you are old enough do you intend to vote for...

24a. Would you like to visit the council to see how decisions are made?	24b. Would you like to invite local councillors into schools to talk about local issues?

25. Do you think schools should teach children about how to be a good citizen?	26. Which of the following are the most important to include in citizenship education?