The results of more than 420,000 parental surveys have been analysed to reveal the top five areas of importance for parents when it comes to their child’s school.
The top priorities, in order of importance, are:
School discipline.
Teaching quality.
Happiness of child.
Control of bullying.
Caring teachers.
Notably, exam results do not appear in the top five and rarely in the top 10 for most schools.
The results also show that “caring teachers” are more important to girls’ parents, while “developing potential” is more important to boys’ parents.
The statistics, which have been published by the National Governors’ Association and Kirkland Rowell Surveys, part of GL Performance, also show changing parental concerns as children progress through school, with academic issues coming to the fore as students approach their examinations.
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