Survey for parents and carers
Consultation: the school day
A formal consultation, sent alongside your letter describing the proposal, for a governing board deciding on start or finish times or term dates: support for the proposal, effects on childcare, travel, siblings and clubs, and the alternatives families prefer. About 5 minutes to complete.
What respondents read first
The governing board is consulting families about a proposed change to the school day or the school year. The school has written to you with the details of the proposal and when it would start. Your answers will be shared with governors before they decide. It takes about 5 minutes. It is anonymous: the school cannot see who answered, and results are only shown for groups of 5 or more. If you have more than one child at the school, please answer about your eldest child there. If you write something that makes us worried about a child's safety, the school's safeguarding lead will see that comment so they can help.
How anonymity works in this survey
- The school cannot see who answered. Nothing is reported until 10 people have answered.
- A group, such as one role or one year group, is shown only when 5 or more people in it have answered. Smaller groups are hidden.
- An answer chosen by fewer than 5 people is hidden, along with enough others that it cannot be worked out by subtraction.
- Written comments appear only once 10 people have answered.
The questions
Numbered in the order respondents see them.
Respondents choose
How does your child usually get to school?
- Walk
- Car
- Public bus
- School bus or taxi
- Train or tram
- Bike or scooter
- Another way
This places each answer in a group for the report. It is the only question about the person answering.
The proposed change5
- Question 1.
I understand what the proposed change is.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 2.
I understand the school's reasons for the proposed change.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 5.
I support the proposed change.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 6.
The proposed change would be good for my child.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 7.
If you had to choose, which would you prefer?
Choose one
- The proposed change
- Keep things as they are now
- A different change
- No preference
Effect on your family6
- Question 8.
How would the proposed change affect childcare for your family?
Choose one
- Much easier
- A little easier
- No difference
- A little harder
- Much harder
- Not sure
- We do not use childcare
- Question 9.
How would the proposed change affect getting your child to and from school?
Choose one
- Much easier
- A little easier
- No difference
- A little harder
- Much harder
- Not sure
- Question 10.
How would the proposed change fit with the working hours of the adults in your home?
Choose one
- Much easier
- A little easier
- No difference
- A little harder
- Much harder
- Not sure
- Does not apply to us
- Question 11.
Do you have children at other schools or nurseries?
Choose one
- Yes
- No
- Question 12.
How would the proposed change fit with your other children's schools or nurseries?
Choose one
- Much easier
- A little easier
- No difference
- A little harder
- Much harder
- Not sure
- Question 13.
How would the proposed change affect your child's chance to take part in clubs and activities, in or out of school?
Choose one
- More chances
- No difference
- Fewer chances
- Not sure
The consultation5
- Question 3.
I have been given enough information to form a view.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 4.
The school has told us about the other options it considered.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 14.
I have had enough time to give my views.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 15.
I believe governors will take parents' views into account before they decide.
Agree scale: five points, strongly disagree to strongly agree
- Question 16.
What one thing would you most want governors to know before they decide?
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