The National Parent Survey
Our Parent Voice Reports are the result of our representative Parent Survey, across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, that researches parents’ experiences and perceptions of their children’s education and schooling on an annual basis.
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The National Parent Survey 2024 is Parentkind’s groundbreaking new research that puts the views and voices of UK parents front and centre. Over 5,000 parents took the time to share their experiences with us and the challenges they face every day as a parent. This year’s survey covers a broad range of topics affecting parents, including mental health, screen time, the cost-of-living crisis and school attendance. -
The largest survey of its kind and conducted by YouGov on behalf of Parentkind, The National Parent Survey provides educators and policy makers, at every level of government, with unique insight into the views of parents.
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Our eighth annual survey gives parents a platform to share their views on schools and education.
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This is the seventh wave of the survey since it began in September 2015. The study continues to track perceptions of key aspects of schooling, education and parent voice from year to year.
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‘Parent views from the education pandemic front-line’ – a new research report based on findings from our Annual Parent Survey 2020.
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Our vision is that the contribution parents make to their child’s education is considered essential to their success by society, schools and parents themselves. To achieve this, and to strengthen parent voice in the discussion of education topics, we find out what parents really think about the issues that directly affect them.
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Our 2018 Annual Parent Survey looks at parents’ attitudes and opinions on a number of topics related to their children’s education.
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Our survey of parents in Northern Ireland was conducted for the first time this year to give a more robust picture of the views of parents in the region.
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Our Parent Voice Report 2017 is the third consecutive year that we have canvassed the opinion of a wide sample of over 1,500 parents who have a child currently attending a state school. Our respondents are independent of our PTA membership base.
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Our Annual Parent Survey 2016 that we released on Tuesday 31st January 2017 revealed a concerning lack of engagement with government education policy despite an apparent desire by parents to be more involved in their child’s education.
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Our Parent Insight Survey 2015 revealed that 85% of the parents surveyed who have a child aged five to 18 in state school want a say in how their child is educated.
