The BTP approach
Accepted
Can pupils be themselves?
Known
Do pupils feel seen and understood?
We focus on understanding pupil experience.
Included
Do pupils feel like they belong?
Supported
Do pupils feel supported when they need it?
Results, facilities and opportunities can tell you a great deal about a school. But they don't necessarily tell you what it feels like to be a pupil.
BTP focuses on seven aspects of school life that help reveal the pupil experience.
Challenged
Are pupils encouraged to do their best?
Prepared
Do pupils feel prepared for what comes next?
Possibilities
Does the school expand a pupil's options?
What Beyond the Prospectus does
Independent insight for families and schools.
Beyond the Prospectus works with both families and schools — helping parents make informed choices and giving schools an independent understanding of pupil experience.
For Parents
Independent guidance for your school choices
Understand your child
We help you understand the environment in which your child is most likely to thrive — academically, socially and personally.
Understand your options
We help you look beyond the obvious information to understand a school’s culture, expectations, opportunities and everyday experience.
Understand the system
We explain the language, processes and choices — from admissions and assessments to GCSEs, sixth form and everything in between.
For Schools
Independent pupil-experience
research
Learn
We independently measure how pupils experience everyday life at school, using the same core questions across participating schools to provide meaningful comparison.
Investigate
We use those findings to guide our school visit, exploring what sits behind the data and why pupils may be experiencing school differently.
Understand
We give schools a detailed, confidential report showing where pupil experience is strongest, where it varies, how it compares with other schools and what may merit further attention.
See beyond the prospectus. Understand the experience.