Overview
Some surveys must be approved (with a survey champions peer review) before you can use them in your user research. This depends on the type of survey you intend to use and how the data you gather will be used.
You must use the correct approved survey software for the type of survey you are planning.
You must gather informed consent from every survey respondent, using the correct consent wording.
Note that user feedback forms on services (exit surveys) do not require a survey champions review, but must use a standard DfE approach to gathering feedback. Guidance to correctly gather user feedback on your service
Survey champions
Survey champions are user researchers with experience or training in survey design who peer review surveys to ensure they are designed well and will be distributed effectively and ethically.
They can also give advice on how to plan and design a high-quality survey, analyse the data correctly and share and present survey findings appropriately.
Any user researcher with survey design experience can become a survey champion. Ask for details in the survey champions Teams channel.
Survey champions Teams channel (opens in a new tab, DfE Teams users only)