Education Technology (EdTech) Survey 2020-21

1 Education Technology (EdTech) Survey 2020-21 Research report May 2021 CooperGibson Research 2 Contents List of figures 5 List of tables 8 Glossary of terms 12 Executive summary 13 1. Introduction 23 Aims and objectives of the research 24 Methodology 24 Sample 25 Fieldwork 26 Survey response 26 Sample profile 27 Respondent roles 28 Weighting 29 Methodological considerations 30 Analysis 31 2. Benefits of EdTech 33 Perceptions of the impact on costs 33 Perceptions of the impact on pupil attainment 34 Perceptions of the impact on workload 34 Impact of EdTech on time 35 3. Remote Education and schools response to COVID-19 38 Technology changes in response to COVID-19 38 Use of Government support programmes 40 Delivery of remote Education 42 Use of new Technology to deliver remote Education 43 Delivery of remote Education 44 Perceptions of remote Education delivery effectiveness 47 Barriers to the use of Technology for remote learning 48 Additional support requirements 50 3 4.

2 EdTech infrastructure 52 Wired end user bandwidth performance 52 Storage and systems 53 On-premise and cloud-based storage 53 On-premise and cloud-based systems 54 Benefits of cloud-based storage and systems 55 Future implementation of cloud-based storage and systems 57 Barriers to fully implementing cloud-based storage and systems 58 Main operating systems 59 Backups of critical data 61 Devices 62 Devices for teachers to use 62 Number of devices for teachers to use 63 Ratio of devices for teachers to use 66 Devices for pupils to use 68 Number of devices for pupils to use 69 Ratio of devices for pupils to use 71 Technologies used in school 72 Assistive technologies used in school 73 Use of mainstream accessibility features 74 5.

3 Use of EdTech in schools 76 School EdTech strategy 76 Suitability of EdTech 77 Software for school administration 78 Software for teaching 80 Software for remote, blended and independent learning 83 Software for other school functions 84 Impact of experience on perceptions of software 86 Devices 87 Storage and networks 89 Unified threat protection 91 4 6. Barriers 93 Financial barriers 93 Pupil barriers 94 Staff barriers 94 Connectivity barriers 97 Other barriers 98 7. Future Investment in EdTech 99 Technology investment 99 Sources of information about EdTech 102 Sources of Education efficacy information 102 Recommendation sources headteachers 103 Recommendation sources teachers 105 Training and CPD 106 8.

4 Conclusions 109 Areas for future development 109 Appendix 1: Survey sample details 111 Appendix 2: Additional data 119 5 List of figures Figure 1: Contribution of Technology to financial cost savings headteachers .. 33 Figure 2: Contribution of Technology to pupil attainment headteachers and teachers .. 34 Figure 3: Contribution of Technology to workload headteachers and teachers .. 35 Figure 4: Impact of Technology on time taken to complete tasks headteachers .. 36 Figure 5: Impact of Technology on time taken to complete tasks teachers .. 37 Figure 6: Changes to Technology in the past 12 months - headteachers .. 38 Figure 7: Types of Technology introduced, increased or upgraded due to COVID-19 - headteachers.

5 39 Figure 8: Perceptions of the impact of new technologies learned to use - teachers .. 43 Figure 9: Provision of work for pupils learning from home - headteachers .. 44 Figure 10: Provision of work for pupils learning from home who lack digital access - headteachers .. 46 Figure 11: Estimate of amount of regular curriculum delivered to pupils learning from home headteachers and teachers .. 47 Figure 12: Agreement with statements headteachers and teachers .. 48 Figure 13: Barriers to the effective use of Technology for remote learning headteachers .. 50 Figure 14: Extent to which additional support is required with using Technology when pupils are learning from home - teachers.

6 51 Figure 15: Bandwidth delivered to wired end users technical Survey .. 53 Figure 16: Type of storage technical Survey .. 54 Figure 17: Type of systems technical Survey .. 55 Figure 18: Benefits of cloud-based storage or systems experienced technical Survey . 56 Figure 19: Challenges to fully implementing cloud-based storage and systems (all schools) technical Survey .. 58 Figure 20: Retention of offline backups of critical data technical Survey .. 61 6 Figure 21: Devices used in school technical Survey .. 63 Figure 22: Number of devices for teachers to use in school (teachers) technical Survey .. 64 Figure 23: Devices for pupils to use in school technical Survey .

7 68 Figure 24: Number of devices for pupils to use technical Survey .. 69 Figure 25: Use of mainstream accessibility features headteachers .. 75 Figure 26: Proportion of schools with a digital Technology strategy .. 76 Figure 27: Extent to which software meets schools needs for administration headteachers .. 79 Figure 28: Extent to which software meets needs for teaching teachers .. 81 Figure 29: Extent to which software meets needs for teaching teachers .. 82 Figure 30: Extent to which software meets needs for teaching teachers .. 84 Figure 31: Extent to which software meets needs for other functions teachers .. 86 Figure 32: Extent to which devices are fit for purpose - headteachers.

8 87 Figure 33: Extent to which storage and networks are fit for purpose technical Survey .. 90 Figure 34: Confidence in aspects of unified threat protection technical Survey .. 91 Figure 35: Staff cyber security training technical Survey .. 92 Figure 36: Financial barriers to increased uptake of EdTech headteachers and teachers .. 93 Figure 37: Pupil barriers to increased uptake of EdTech teachers .. 94 Figure 38: Proportion of teaching staff who are confident in using EdTech in the classroom headteachers .. 95 Figure 39: Staff barriers to increased uptake of EdTech headteachers and teachers .. 96 Figure 40: Connectivity barriers to increased uptake of EdTech headteachers and teachers.

9 97 Figure 41: Other barriers to increased uptake of EdTech headteachers and teachers . 98 7 Figure 42: Other barriers to increased uptake of EdTech 98 Figure 43: Technologies plan to invest in within the next three years - headteachers .. 100 Figure 44: Technologies plan to invest in within the next three years technical Survey .. 101 Figure 45: Channels used for understanding EdTech efficacy - headteachers .. 103 Figure 46: Top three most valued sources of recommendation when choosing EdTech headteachers .. 104 Figure 47: Top three most valued sources of recommendation when choosing EdTech teachers .. 105 Figure 48: Preferred ways to access to training on how to use EdTech - teachers.

10 107 8 List of tables Table 1: Number of schools and respondents per role type in the Survey sample .. 26 Table 2: Responses received by Survey /respondent 27 Table 3: Responses received by Survey /respondent type and school phase .. 27 Table 4: Respondent roles (headteacher Survey ) .. 28 Table 5: Respondent roles (teacher Survey ) .. 29 Table 6: Respondent roles (technical Survey ) .. 29 Table 7: Awareness and use of Government support programmes - headteachers .. 41 Table 8: Future plans to implement any cloud-based admin or curriculum storage technical Survey .. 57 Table 9: Future plans to implement any cloud-based systems technical Survey .