Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People commissioned Ipsos MORI to conduct a survey of S1-S6 pupils in Scotland to inform the Flushed with Success: Setting the Standard for Scotland’s School Toilets campaign.

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Young People in Scotland Survey 2012
- School toilets
Summary of findings for Scotland’s Commissioner
for Children and Young People
23/01/2013

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Method
Omnibus survey
Pen & paper
Self completion in non-streamed classes in secondary state schools
Administered by teachers
Reassurances re. confidentiality & anonymity
Fieldwork conducted Sept – Nov 2012

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23% 25% 18% 6% 14% 13%
21% 12% 17% 24% 15% 11%
Whose views?
S2S1 S3 S4 S5 S6
2,154 pupils from 59 schools
13%
22% 21% 22% 22%
SIMD
1 2 3 4 5
20% most
deprived
20% least
deprived
50%
49%
large
urban
schools
remote
rural
schools
(458) (258) (361) (514) (331) (232)
(502) (541) (394)
(137)
(273)(307)
(282) (466) (449) (482) (475)

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School
toilets…

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Q. Please select one answer to show how often you use the
school toilets
One in ten pupils
say they don’t use
school toilets
I use the school
toilets whenever
I need to
I try to avoid using
the school toilets
and only go if I
really have to
41%
46%
10%
I don’t use the school
toilets
Only four in ten pupils
say they use school
toilets whenever they
need to
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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Q. Are the school toilets at your school locked...?
7
2
2
10
7
5
1
2
6
6
8
3
4
9
9
8
7
7
8
8
37
74
73
52
37
29
6
6
9
28
6
6
6
5
6
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
after school
lunch
break
during lessons
before school
%
always usually sometimes rarely never don't know not stated
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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Q. Are there school rules about when you are allowed to use the
toilets?
57%
YES
21%
DON’T
KNOW
19%
NO
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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i) Do you have to ask your teachers for permission to go to the toilet during class?
ii) When you ask for permission to go to the toilet during class, do your teachers let you
go?
i)
ii)
always/usually sometimes rarely/never
89% 3% 4%
36% 44% 18%
Base: S1-S6 pupils who ever ask for permission to use school toilet during class (2,046) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154)

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Q. How do you usually ask for permission to go to the toilet in
school?
put hand up, ask teacher
go to teacher to ask
use a card or sign
a different way
54%
40%
2%
1%
Base: S1-S6 pupils who ever ask for permission to use school toilet during class (2,046) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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Q. How do you usually ask for permission to go to the toilet in
school (by sex)
52% 57%
43% 36%
put hand up, ask teacher
approach teacher to ask

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Q. How do you feel about asking for permission to go to the toilet?
65% 9% 15%
14% 16% 57%
9% 9% 67%
7% 7% 72%
not bothered
embarrassed
annoyed
worried
always/usually sometimes rarely/never
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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Q. How do you feel about asking for permission to go to the toilet?
(by sex)
59% 73%
21% 8%
9% 4%
not bothered
embarrassed
worried

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Q. When you are in the school toilets, do you feel…?
53%
41%
34%
15%
20%
15%
16%
24%
32%
Always/usually Sometimes Rarely/never
Safe
Rushed
Relaxed
Base: S1-S6 pupils who use school toilets (1,955) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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Q. Thinking about all the toilets available for you to use
in school, would you say there are enough...?
all of the time
most of the time
sometimes
never
62%
27%
35%
20%
8%
don’t know 6%
33% of boys vs. 22% of girls
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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Q. Overall how would you rate your school’s toilets?
very good
good
ok
poor
very poor
31%
27%
9%
23%
32%
15%
12%
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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Q. Thinking about facilities in the school toilets, how would you
rate your toilets for…? (i)
warm water
hand drying
facilities
working locks
private cubicles
32% 28% 19% 8% 5%
22% 20% 19% 15% 15%
28% 25% 21% 11% 7%
28% 23% 20% 9% 8%
very good good ok poor very poor
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012

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Q. Thinking about facilities in the school toilets, how would you
rate your toilets for…? (ii)
enough toilet
paper
soap
cleanliness
13% 22% 27% 14% 10%
13% 19% 24% 19% 18%
12% 19% 28% 16% 17%
Base: S1-S6 pupils (2,154) Ipsos MORI Young People in Scotland Survey 2012
very good good ok poor very poor

18. Thank you
kate.sewel@ipsos.com | 0131 240 3260 23/01/13
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