Readiness for Remote Learning Report 25/26

Annex B

Local Authority Readiness for Remote Learning Survey

Survey question 1: Consent

Survey questions 2 & 3: Respondents details

Main Survey Questions

Section 1 Local Authority readiness to provide remote learning

4. Does your Local Authority have a plan for remote learning?

Yes

No

Unsure

5. Does arrangements for remote learning feature on your local authority risk register?

Yes

No

Unsure

6. What adjustments have you made, if any, since August 2023 to improve your local authority's preparedness for remote learning? Please provide details.

Open text

7. Does your authority have plans in the future to improve readiness for remote learning? Please provide details.

Open text

8. If you were required to move to remote learning (as per March 2020) how ready is your Local Authority?

1 'it would take at least a month'

2 'it would take us a number of weeks to be ready' 

3 'it would take us around a week'

4 'it would take few days'

9. If you were required to move to remote learning (as per March 2020) how ready are your schools?

1 'it would take at least a month'

2 'it would take us a number of weeks to be ready' 

3 'it would take us around a week'

4 'it would take few days'

10. If you were required to move to remote learning (as per March 2020) how ready are your teachers?

1 'it would take at least a month'

2 'it would take us a number of weeks to be ready' 

3 'it would take us around a week'

4 'it would take few days'

11. If you were required to move to remote learning (as per March 2020) how ready are your learners?

1 'it would take at least a month'

2 'it would take us a number of weeks to be ready' 

3 'it would take us around a week'

4 'it would take few days'

Section 2: Specific steps taken by the Local Authority

12. Is your local authority offering staff training to improve their digital literacy and digital learning and teaching skills.

Yes

No

13. How many staff have taken part in local authority training?

almost all

most

majority 

less than half

few

None

14. Are staff in your local authority made aware of national sessions on digital literacy and digital learning and teaching.

Yes

No

15. Which providers of national sessions do you use?

Education Scotland

Other – open text

16. For which year groups have your local authority provided 1:1 devices to learners?

P1

P2

P3

P4

P5

P6

P7

S1

S2

S3

S4

S5

S6

None

17. Can you give further details of your provision and any other relevant device ratio.

18. Has your local authority ensured staff have access to a device and connectivity at home?

Device

Connectivity

Neither

19. Has your local authority ensured your most deprived families have access to devices and connectivity at home?

Device

Connectivity

Neither

20. Has your local authority set up a virtual offer for delivery of national qualifications. 

This can be for only one level e.g. advanced Higher, or more.

Yes

No

21. Has your local authority accessed any RIC-level virtual offers for delivery of national qualifications.

Yes

No

Unsure

22. Are your schools accessing support via the National e Learning Offer?

Yes

No

Unsure

23. Which parts of NeLO are your schools using?

Recorded Lessons via West OS

Live Study support via eSgoil

Easter study support via e-Sgoil

BGE resources

Senior phase resources

i-Sgoil

DYW Live

School assemblies

24. Has your local authority ensured schools/teachers have access to a platform which could be used for remote learning if and when necessary.

Yes

No

25. Please give details of the platform. For example, Teams in Glow or Teams/Google through your own tenancy.

26. Has your local authority ensured parents have access to a platform which can be used to communicate and share during a period of remote learning.

Yes

No

Unsure

27. Please give details of the platform or reason for not offering a platform.

28. Has your local authority ensured learners have access to a platform which could be used for remote learning if and when necessary.

Yes

No

Unsure

29. Please give details of the platform or reason for not offering a platform.

30. What proportion of learners in your schools have the digital literacy skills required to engage in remote learning if or when required.

almost all 

most

majority

less than half

few

31. What proportion of your schools are using the Digital Schools Award programme to self-evaluate and improve digital experiences for learners.

almost all

most

majority

less than half

few

32. To what extent do you agree with the following statement: Our schools have continued to develop and use digital technology and digital literacy skills to enhance learning and teaching.

Strongly disagree

Disagree

Agree

Strongly agree

33. Are there any barriers that are slowing the readiness for remote learning and any suggestions as to how these barriers could be removed.

34. If you are taking any other steps to ensure readiness for remote learning that have not been covered in the previous questions please detail below.