Results of the first school climate survey among secondary school staff in the French education system

Hélène Fréchou (1) , Tamara Hubert (1) , Mustapha Touahir (1)

1 DEPP-MENJ-B3-Etudes sur les établissements et l'éducation prioritaire

In spring 2019, the secondary school staff of the French Ministry of Education responded to a school climate survey. Overall, they have a positive perception of the school climate within their establishment. The vast majority of them consider their relations with the members of the educational community to be good or very good. Men and women have a fairly similar view of the school climate. Nine out of ten staff say that they do tasks that they enjoy. However, six out of ten staff say that they do not have enough time to do them well. Three quarters of the staff feel that they are recognised by their superiors. Teachers in the public sector rate the working climate and conditions less positively than other public sector staff. In « priority education » (PE) networks and in vocational upper secondary schools, the school climate is certainly judged to be less good in certain respects, but the working conditions described are rather favourable. Among the serious incidents with which staff are confronted, we find protests or refusals to teach (35%, but this is very rarely related to the personal beliefs of pupils), mockery or insults (24%) and threats (12%).

Mots clés: school climate; sex; secondary school; positive perception; teacher; public sector; priority education; incident

Domaines: Education

Hélène Fréchou, Tamara Hubert, Mustapha Touahir. Results of the first school climate survey among secondary school staff in the French education system. 2019, pp. 1-4. ⟨10.48464/ni-19-53-eng⟩. ⟨halshs-03726558⟩