SUMMARY OF ALL RESPONSES
Questions	Schools					Priests					TOTAL
	YES	NO	Answer	%		YES	NO	Answer	%		YES	NO	Answer	%
Design and Use of Form
Do priests find the information given on Part A of the Form
(the part which is be kept by the Priest and NOT passed
to the school) useful in formulating their response to part B of the Form?						14	1	YES	87.5%
Is there anything that could be usefully added or removed?						7	6	YES	43.8%
Should the form be:
(a) sent to the priest by the school?	7	18	NO	52.9%		6	9	NO	56.3%		13	27	NO	54.0%
(b) brought to the priest by the parent?	30	5	YES	88.2%		10	5	YES	62.5%		40	10	YES	80.0%
Should the priest be:
(a) encouraged to interview the parents?	16	6	YES	47.1%		12	2	YES	75.0%		28	8	YES	56.0%
(b) discouraged from interviewing the parents?	2	12	NO	35.3%		1	10	NO	62.5%		3	22	NO	44.0%
(c) or should it be left to the priest's discretion?	27	6	YES	79.4%		8	1	YES	50.0%		35	7	YES	70.0%
Could the design of Part B of the Form be
improved to make it more objective?	16	10	YES	47.1%		3	8	NO	50.0%		19	18	YES	38.0%
Should priests keep the opportunity, in exceptional cases,
to support an application where there is no practice?	32	5	YES	94.1%		15	1	YES	93.8%		47	6	YES	94.0%
Should:
(a) the priest inform the parents of the outcome of the
reference (returning Part B to the school via the parents)?	24	12	YES	70.6%		9	6	YES	56.3%		33	18	YES	66.0%
(b) the school inform the parents of the outcome after the
Priest returns Part B of the Form directly to the school?	15	15		44.1%		6	9	NO	37.5%		21	24	NO	42.0%
Guidance to be given to Priests
Should there be more guidance on the operation of
Priest's Reference Forms which is specifically
directed at priests?	29	5	YES	85.3%		9	3	YES	56.3%		38	8	YES	76.0%
In particular, should priests be given more detailed
guidance on the following aspects of the process:
how the forms should be used by schools?	27	5	YES	79.4%		10	2	YES	62.5%		37	7	YES	74.0%
how best to maximise the pastoral potential of the
information on Part A of the Form?	25	8	YES	73.5%		9	3	YES	56.3%		34	11	YES	68.0%
filling in part B of the Form?	29	5	YES	85.3%		8	3	YES	50.0%		37	8	YES	74.0%
the definition of 'practising Catholic' to be applied for the
purposes of school admissions?	30	4	YES	88.2%		13	1	YES	81.3%		43	5	YES	86.0%
circumstances in which they might use the opportunity to support
an application where there is no practice?	30	4	YES	88.2%		12	0	YES	75.0%		42	4	YES	84.0%