Customer Perception Tracking Research Parents Survey: Final Report – Waves 1–3

A report which presents the findings from a Customer Perception Tracking survey of parents with children aged 0 to 19 in England. It was conducted as part of a three-year study of key audiences, including parents, the public and young people aged 11 to 19. Topics included the early years, parental involvement, child safety and wellbeing, and quality of education. Wave 3 interviews were conducted from December 2008 to January 2009 and a total of 1016 interviews were conducted. Approximately 93% of parents felt early years education was important and more mothers (95%) were likely to indicate it was important than fathers (87%). More than 90% of parents indicated they preferred to be involved with their child’s education. Approximately three-quarters of parents did not feel there was a problem with bullying at their child’s school. However, attitudes differed according to the age of the child, with parents of children at Key Stage 3 and in sixth form most likely to feel that bullying was a problem (29% and 30%, respectively). Parents were mainly positive about the quality of education, with 95% indicating early years was of good quality, 94% indicating primary education was of good quality and 80% indicating secondary education was of good quality.