Understanding how we belong

This is a quick whole-school reflection tool for headteachers and senior leadership teams. It is designed to provide an indicative picture of how belonging may currently be experienced by your learners.

The measure is not intended to provide a complete or definitive assessment of belonging across your setting but should help you begin thinking about how we understand belonging and begin the process of measuring its accessibility, equity and impact.

It offers a structured starting point for considering what belonging means, how it might be measured, where your setting may be now, and what you may be able to build on as you continue developing belonging across the school.