School safety questions that show where children need more care
Ask parents and guardians how safe their child feels at school, from the playground to the bus. Each question below comes with when to ask it and what the answer tells you.
What school safety survey questions tell you
School safety survey questions ask parents how safe their child feels, whether they have been bullied, where problems happen and how well the school responds when something goes wrong. A parent may hear about a problem at home before anyone tells a teacher, and the answers show where supervision and reporting need work.
Ask once or twice a year, a few weeks into term, and keep it to six to eight questions. Share the link by email or in the school's own app, with anonymous responses on for a link or QR code survey so families can answer openly, and keep the counselor's contact at the end for anyone who needs help now.
Each written answer is read as it arrives and given a sentiment and an urgency, so a parent describing a current problem reaches the right member of staff the same day. Give every urgent response an owner in the inbox, and keep the details with the staff who handle student safety.
- Questions
- 14
- Best asked
- A few weeks into each term
- Industry
- Education
- Where to find them
- From library in the Usertick survey editor, on every plan
The 14 feeling safe at school questions, with when to ask each
Grouped by what they tell you. Use them as they are or change the wording.
How safe children feel
How safe the child feels, how mornings go and who they would talk to, the baseline for every round.
- 01Big scale
How safe does your child feel at school?
How safe the child feels at school, from 1 to 10, as the parent sees it. Results shows the average and a column per step; select the low end to read where those families say problems happen.
- 11Emoji
How does your child feel going to school in the morning?
How the child feels going to school in the morning, on a row of faces. It works as a gentle question, and a low face is a family to check in with.
- 02Yes / No
Does your child know which adult to talk to about a problem?
Whether the child knows which adult to talk to about a problem. Results shows the share that said yes; each No is a reason to introduce counselors and advisors again in class.
- 10Dropdown
Who would your child tell first?
Who the child would tell first, from a teacher to nobody. Results shows each share and count; the share on Nobody is the number to bring down.
Bullying and where it happens
Whether the child has been bullied and where problems happen, which tells staff where to supervise.
- 03Multiple choice
Has your child been bullied this year?
How often the child has been bullied this year, with I am not sure as an honest option. Results shows a donut with each share; compare it with the period before to see whether it is changing.
- 04Multiple choice
Where do problems happen most?
Picks every place problems happen most, from the playground to changing rooms and online. Results shows bars with each share, a map for where to add supervision.
How the school responds
Handling problems, the grid, reporting and response time, for the leadership team to act on.
- 05Stars
How well does the school handle problems between students?
A star rating for how well the school handles problems between students. Results shows the average and the share who rated 4 or higher.
- 07Matrix
Rate how the school keeps students safe
Rates supervision at break, response to bullying, online safety and talking to parents. The heat map shows which area to work on first, and row averages track it each term.
- 09Customer effort
How easy is it to report a problem at school?
How easy it is to report a problem at school, on a 7-point scale. Results shows the average and the share who found it easy; a low score is a reason to add a simpler way to report.
- 08Yes / No
Was a report you made taken seriously?
Whether a report the parent made was taken seriously. Add a yes or no before it on whether they made a report, with logic, so only parents who reported see this one.
- 13Ruler
How many days did the school take to respond?
Days the school took to respond to a report, on a ruler. Results shows the median and the middle half; compare the median with the response time in your policy.
What to change and where to turn
What the school should do, what it got right and the counselor's contact for families who need help now.
- 06Text
What should the school do to make students feel safer?
Asks what the school should do to make students feel safer. Each answer gets a theme and an urgency, so a current problem stands out from ideas for the longer term.
- 12Text
Tell us about something the school got right.
Asks the parent for something the school got right. The answers show which habits to keep and give staff a fair balance next to the concerns.
- 14Call to action
The school counselor is available if you need help now
Shows the school counselor's contact at the end of the survey. Keep it last, so any parent who needs help now sees where to turn before they leave the page.
Tips for asking about feeling safe at school
Small choices that get honest, useful answers.
- 01
Keep the counselor's contact visible
End with the call to action for the counselor, and mention it in the invitation, so a family with an urgent problem doesn't wait for the results.
- 02
Let families answer anonymously
Share the survey by link or QR code with anonymous responses on, and add a contact question for families who want a reply.
- 03
Act on urgent answers the same day
Give every answer that describes a current problem an owner in the inbox, and follow your school's safety policy.
- 04
Ask the same questions each term
Keep the wording fixed, so Results compares each round with the period before and shows whether changes are working.
Add these questions to a survey
From the library to the first answers.
- 1
Open the library
In the Usertick survey editor, choose From library, filter by industry and topic, and add several questions at once.
- 2
Or paste your own list
Paste questions reads up to 10 questions from any text on Free, 100 on Starter and 200 on Pro and above, keeps your wording and picks an answer type for each.
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Choose where it runs
Show the survey on your website, send it by email, share its link and QR code, or switch it to a conversation.
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Read the answers
Results counts every score and choice, and Usertick reads each written answer and files it by topic, on every plan.
Templates and more questions about feeling safe at school
Full surveys that ask about the same things, and neighboring topics in the library.
Templates
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Yes, when you share it by link or QR code or run it on a website: an anonymous response stores no user ID, traits or visitor ID. Anonymous responses don't apply to surveys sent through Usertick email.
Yes, when the survey went out by email or the parent leaves contact details. An anonymous response has no name attached, so add a contact question for parents who want a reply.
A few weeks into each term, once or twice a year. Keep the same questions so Results compares each round with the one before.
Six to eight. Start with how safe the child feels and who they would talk to, add bullying and reporting, and end with the counselor's contact.
Yes. The question library comes with every plan, the free plan included, and the free plan covers 150 responses a month across your surveys.
Yes. Once a question is in your survey, reword it, change its options or its answer type, and add logic to skip it for some answers.
Yes. The library is translated into Usertick's built-in languages, and in any other language it shows in English for you to translate.
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